drbond
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| No more "High End" for me...Back to Reality Audio Here's an anecdote: My mom has had the Bose speaker system for years. I purchased and set up a low-end hifi audiophile system ($3,000) for her at her home, and she is amazed. She loves it and is listening to music and enjoying it like never b... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other Just thought it would be helpful for any future individuals looking to upgrade their turntable to post a link to this discussion on various types of drives on turntables, and other unrelated posts in the thread, all of which may be helpful: ... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @dover Correct me if I'm wrong, but in your message above, you wrote "By eliminating tracking angle error and distortion, properly implemented tangential trackers give you the most accurate soundstage presentation,". .. Based on the context, I t... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @dover After reading about Mike Lavigne’s musical journey, who has at least 3 active turntables, from his experience, it sounds like there’s no best choice at / above this level, but just slightly different, and best to be able to listen to seve... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other So, I went to the Florida Audio Expo today, and I've been reading and reviewing more turntable recommendations and possibilities: firstly, the expo was pretty good insofar as talking with some other audiophiles and dealers about their systems. U... | |
| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? @lewm Thanks for the recommended thread on stylus tips, etc. That is an excellent discussion on parts and re-tipping cartridges, along with the usual banter amongst contributors. For reference, here's the link: (I don't know why the copy/paste... | |
| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? @mijostyn The Linn Krystal has a aluminum tube cantilever, with a vital fine line stylus (whatever that means). It seems like aluminum would be the reasonable replacement option from Sound Smith: Aluminum Alloy Cantilever; Nude Hyper-... | |
| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? @whart Thanks for the input. I inquired at the shop that I bought the Linn cartridge from, and they seemed to indicate that Linn does not re-tip or repair cartridges. . . I put in an inquiry to Linn factory, but haven't received a response yet.... | |
| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? @whart How did the stylus change affect the sound quality? Thanks. | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! I think all Lamm pre-amplifiers come with "balance" adjustment, in the form of a volume knob for the left channel, and a completely separate volume knob for the right channel. | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? I received some Vibrasystems rubber pads, and incorporating them into my Rega P8 turntable footers, they are definitely superior to the sponge puck / hockey puck stack: I stacked a standard hockey puck on a Vibrasystems pad under each footer, and ... | |
| Do good power cords have to be stiff? @carlsbad 12G or 14G should suffice for most: 15A outlets have 14G single strand copper, whereas 20A outlets have 12G single strand copper providing power to the outlets. That’s your bottleneck: having 10G power cable feeding from a 14G wire sho... | |
| Do good power cords have to be stiff? Unless your equipment is very poorly designed, I don't think you should be able to tell any difference between any power cords, assuming a decent construction baseline. I can't tell a difference in my system, and the only blind test that I know o... | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? Here's an observation: my system is set up on a concrete slab; other systems are set up on a suspended wooden/particle board floor. On a concrete slab, you can jump as much as you want right next to the components, including turntable, and you ... | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? @chorus Interesting: worth a shot at 1.60-1.80 per pad from Vibrasystems. . . they have EVA-BRF pads and EVA-BFP pads, which appear to be similar, but obviously different is some aspect: maybe they'll be better than my puck stands! |