drbond
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| Mixed Brand Pre-Amp Power Amp Pairings that Work Good equipment will sound good..just watch two things: impedance matching and voltage output on pre- and voltage sensitivity for the amplifier. | |
| RCA Living Stereo @audioguy85 Here is a link to a more informed thread about all the various RCA pressings, and nuances: RCA-Victor Shaded Dog / White Dog LP pressing question... | Steve Hoffman Music Forums | |
| RCA Living Stereo @lewm So maybe I exaggerated slightly about RCA LP's, but only slightly: the only label that I've heard that was a worse recording than RCA is a Supraphon LP from the former USSR, Czech manufacture. . . but they were on about equal footing with... | |
| RCA Living Stereo ??? I don't know what you're used to listening to, but RCA is by far the absolute worst manufacturer I've ever heard on LP. The sound quality is very poor, and the engineering is as bad. Supposedly, the shaded dog LP's are better quality RCA LP... | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @mijostyn Interesting observation about eccentric spindle hole placement: how did you measure this to confirm the degree of displacement off center? (BTW, while DGG may have misplaced their spindle hole, RCA LP's are just really bad!) Thanks. | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @mijostyn @lewm @big_greg Mockingbird no longer sells them. I already investigated this: they are only available from Japan as 100V. | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @lewm No, if you read the print, even on @mijostyn ’s link, it says "no longer available for purchase". . . I only found it available for sale in Japan. You can find it on ebay. @mr_m The previously sold $1900 Orb was the cheap one! The expens... | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @lewm I’ve looked into this, as I recently acquired alot of vinyl. Unfortunately, I’ve found that some of the Mint LP’s that I’ve bought tend to be warped, as they’ve never been opened in 60 years, but just lying around diagonally on someone’s s... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages @clearthinker Supposedly, one purported advantage of the current based phono stages is that you don't need any loading. Some literature on the Grail SE indicates that you have options for MC loading from 40-400 ohms; however, other discussion a... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @dover Well, I finally had some time to read that review (from the links that you posted previously) of various high end phono stages, written in Chinese. I think much must’ve been lost in translation, and after reading his review of the Manley ... | |
| Low Output MC recommendations? For what it's worth, I haven't heard any bad LOMC: Koetsu Rosewood Signature is very musical and worth it; Linn Krystal was very good; Linn Kandid is supposedly better; Lyra Atlas is excellent and detailed. Supposedly, there's the $2,000 level, ... | |
| Replacement platter mat for Rega RP8 For what it's worth, I used either 1. no mat, or 2. an old vinyl record as a mat when I had my P8. | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @rauliruegas Thanks for sharing the recommendation of the DSA phono III. I think a few others had recommended that one as well, and I'm sure it's an excellent phono stage, but the first sentence of the review sums it up for me: it is not the s... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @rauliruegas I personally have not investigated the purported benefits of a current design vs voltage design in the phono stage, however, most on this forum seem to indicate that a current design will be more precise and detailed due to the effe... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @rauliruegas Thanks for your phono stage recommendations. I haven't looked at the details of those three that you recommended. Are they all current based phono stages? Thanks. |