dougdeacon
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| TERES - trially Good Coouugar,Welcome to Teres from an 'old-timer' (ten days and counting)! Nice setup you've got. I miss my HK/Rabco linear arm, even if it was a joke compared to an ET2.Definitely do the 1/2" tape. It beats the thread easily. It's a mite fussy to set... | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Lugnut,Thanks for the nice words. Magic it truly is, we are still swooning. Don't get me started or you'll have to endure another bout of joyous babbling. There's certainly been progress in MY phono in the last 20 years! :)The Teres is shockingly ... | |
| Rediscovering the Joy of Digital? Plato,Don't send your vinyl to Rcprince! If the NJ smog doesn't eat them first, he hinted darkly at returning them to you. What kind of friend is that? You're trying to go cold turkey and he'd be hanging around with your old stash, just waiting fo... | |
| something is wrong here, but what is it? Shahens,Hi from another c-j-ophile!I have a PV11 preamp with phono stage. When I ran my new low output MC cartridge directly into it, the sound was flat, lifeless and too low in volume. Turning the volume up made tube noise from the preamp very au... | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Eldartford,FWIW (probably not much) my old ADC XLM MkII with an elliptical stylus was very sensitive to dust bunnies. The slightest accumulation was audible.My new cartridge (Shelter 901) seems virtually immune. Yesterday I happened to glance at t... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Thanks Tom,Our first couple of days with the HiFi Mod have been positive and informative. Bass is much tighter. It is considerably more impactful at the front of the note, with less overhang or bloat on the trailing end. Cello and string bass line... | |
| What is your system - classical and folk. John,Like you we listen to acoustic music, non-amplified human voices and non-amplified instruments, mostly classical. The goal for most who love that kind of music is a convincing reproduction of a live concert. No two ways around it, this is dif... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Zaikes, I'm not familiar with the design of your arm, but wouldn't weighting one side significantly more than the other torque the bearings and potentially cause uneven wear?Tom, I received the HiFi yesterday, thanks for the quick shipment. One qu... | |
| Is this the best analog has to offer? Jyprez,Our experience is very different from yours. On our system the best (classical) CD's, like JVC XRCD or Reference Recordings, while very good, cannot touch their LP counterparts. It's not even close, even though our analog rig has < 50 ho... | |
| Vinyl pressing mistakes slipknot, pay no attention to 4yanx. He's just upset because he sold me all HIS John Tesh LP's in a moment of weakness! ;) | |
| TT drive belt comparison Here's another source for a 1/2" videotape splicer:http://www.mvipro.com/splicingblock.html$32.95US for a splicing block and some splicing tabs. | |
| Analog Selection Dilemma: Aries V. Scout FWIW, my recent experience also suggests buying the best table you can afford now and upgrading the cartridge later if need be. I just got a whole new analog rig and by chance the cartridge came in first. Naturally I couldn't wait, so I mounted it... | |
| TT drive belt comparison Sean, sounds like I should get some 70mm film stock and a really tall pulley!My tape was spliced just like the leader on a VHS tape would be. | |
| TT drive belt comparison WARNING TO ALLCut power to your Teres motor before attempting to feed the tape. Once the tape is on the pulley, even part way, any movement of the platter will start the motor and there goes your tape. Voice of experience :(RANDOM THOUGHTSIf 1/2" ... | |
| TT drive belt comparison Sean, nice statement of the dilemma. It's one of those core conflicts that prevent "perfect" LP playback. Another such is the two contradictory demands on the tonearm. It is expected to hold the cartridge motionless above the groove, resisting all... |