drbond
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| Help needed to make system better, please Subwoofers will add a sense of fullness to the musical texture. | |
| If you think about capacitors, check out this video I’ve had two boards from subwoofers go bad. I’m wondering if the culprit is the metallized polypropylene film capacitors which are closest to the power source. Looking at them, you can’t tell that those capacitors are bad, from what I’ve seen. ... | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO Yes, thanks for sharing the video. Very informative for Lyra owners. | |
| Turntable Upgrade I’m very content with my Dohmann Helix One Mk2 | |
| Recommendations for a phono amp CH Precision P1 or P10, with low impedance cartridge. | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions I guess I cheaped out on record storage, with the Wal Mart Better Homes and Garden 4 cube set up…or you can go the two cube route, but has worked well for about 4 years: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-4-Cube-Storage-Organizer-Sol... | |
| Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables? There are literally hundreds of options to choose from. .. which will be the best? Only a trial in your system will tell you. I've found that the more problems you have in your components, the more that you need cables to counteract your systems... | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? I power my CD transport with clean AC energy from its own nuclear reactor. I use a small nuclear reactor for each component to keep the AC current cleaner. 😏 | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Yes, @viridian recommends that booklet that offers a great review of cleaning techniques. I think many just use distilled water in an ultrasonic cleaner, of which there are many to choose from, each with their own advantages. | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil If you want top of the line or near top of the line, one option would be the (current-based) CH Precision P1, with or without the X1. Another approach with SUT would be Ypsilon VPS100, or the EMIA LR Phono Corrector. | |
| Phono preamp hum I’ve had a bad tube behave like that in the past…I replaced the tube, and never heard it again. | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State For MM use with a SUT, I would consider the EM/IA LR phono corrector and the Ypsilon VPS100. | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! No, you have a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COW BELL! | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Depending on your favorite genre, I can also aver that the Analog Sounds label, Analogue Productions albums, are always very well produced and engineered. | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs Just about every cable will sound differently in each system. In some systems, cable A may sound better than cable B, but in another system, cable B works better than cable A. Trial is the only way to tell. Personally, I found that the cheapest... |