drewmb1
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| When does analog compete with digital? Darn sorry to hear that. I apologize that my pathetic $60 Empire cartridge and my tubed phono pre-amp kicks sand in the face of ANY cd I've ever heard. Perhaps I just don't understand the concept of the silhouette cutouts that cd offers that I've ... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? There is no point in me recreating the wheel or in this instance the gimbled platform. I'll check with NASA and see if they can help........... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? CDs or vinyl......These are the big questions we ask ourselves. Regardless of preferences I have personally found it difficult to listen to vinyl in my car. My gimbaled turntable (that's turntable not tonearm) still skips. While I work out this en... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Frogman,Thank you for the heads up! I'm very excited about the prospects!Sincerely, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm,Thank you for the thoughtful response to my grounding concerns. I live in a rural area so I'm not too concerned about RF and yet the thought of spending hundreds of dollars on wire and finding out that I don't know how to eliminate RF wa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,It SOUNDS easy....... Where did the SHIELD come from????????????? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hola Raul!I have followed this thread and your own search for audio heaven. You have helped me along the path. I have looked at the posts and your photos on how to use an external tonearm rewire direct to my phono stage. Please explain about groun... | |
| Denon DL-103R Wood Body Mod Very nice. Perhaps you are familiar with the saying, "A silk purse from a sows ear"? I appreciate the 103R and yet compared to a vintage MM Empire or the equivalent we have an exercise in conversion.......Sincerely, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul,Thank you for the thoughtful and thorough answer.Sincerely, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? While I realize my question,"Do you think this will affect the cartridges performance?" wasn't stated well I would still appreciate comments clarifying what I might expect as far as differences from a Soundsmith re-tip as an example.Sincerely, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello All,I've purchased several Empire cartridges that have the original stylus. After all the discussion about getting original stylus I've grown concerned about my plans of having mine re-tipped. I would think that this would be the logical sol... | |
| Turntable isolation Dear Listens2tubes,I recommend trying first the balls and then putting butcher block or granite on top to see which sounds best. Mine sounded totally dead on top of my gel pads. I listened like that for a year thinking I really had it together. On... | |
| Turntable isolation Hello,A butcher block on top of gel mouse pads. Total isolation on a ROCK solid platform.Sincerely, | |
| Suggestions for a good phono stage Sheer Audio:MM Tube Phono Preamplifier;http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290415612365&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT$400.00 shipping included. I've owned one for 3 months and am continually amazed at the depth of soundstage, cla... | |
| help me remove noise from my vinyl setup "defeats the purpose of the low output Grado, The low output grado uses less wire in its coils to get the signal out faster and cleaner, why put more wire back into the path of the signal."Hello Scar,In my opinion the quote from Grado merely stren... |