dwette
Responses from dwette
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped There is no cut and dry answer. It depends on the cartridge, who is doing the service, and what their retipping service includes. It can be done cheaply and/or badly and change the original cartridge for the worse, or it can be done very well at g... | |
| Record Storage Problem I'm in the St. Louis area (i.e. high humidity in summer months). My collection of some 5000 LPs – acquired over the last 50 years to now – is mostly (not box sets) wrapped in Sleeve City 5 mil sleeves, and there is no evidence of mold anywhere. In... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? When I make changes to the system I just play all the music I love to listen to, and much of it isn't boutique audiophile reissues or anything like that. A lot of it is jazz and classical and early music records from the 70s I have listened to for... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? I think what he meant is that with the Bugatti after you get from point A to point B you need $20K for a new set of tires. | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? @larryi A clamping system can further improve the transfer of energy, but whether this will improve the sound is a matter of system synergy and personal raste. I have the Clearaudio Statement clamp and outer limit ring, and it does sound bett... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? I don’t use a platter pad. Well, maybe I do. It’s a 70mm POM platter pad sitting on a 15mm stainless steel platter. Right @mulveling? | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO @josepad FWIW: I just use the SPT at the beginning of each listening session (usually 2-4 hours). After every record I wipe the stylus with the dense carbon brush supplied with the cartridge (I have Atlas Lambda SL and Atlas Lambda Mono). I still... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Plus, I've gotten great support over the years from Musical Surroundings. I am getting both my Universal 12" arms rewired. They have to go back to Germany for that, for est. 6-8 weeks. Musical Surroundings sent me one of their demo arms, first to ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @mulveling Thanks for answering about Clearaudio parts. I haven't ever needed to buy such parts (and I have my original boxes). When I ordered my Innovation I got an extra 30mm standard armboard for a 2nd Universal arm. That was $500. It seems ste... | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP @richardbrand has a good suggestion. The OP should get their own system out of the equation if they think the records have an issue (and I have already commented the DG TOS reissue doesn't have that issue here). Play them on a known good system be... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @inna I have a German turntable and tonearms (Clearaudio), Japanese cartridges (Lyra x 2, Dynavector), American phono-stage (Boulder), British electronics (Naim Audio top-of-line Classic series), Danish speakers (Dynaudio) and British subs (REL)... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @mulveling 3 table companies I like? Impossible lol. I also like my Clearaudio a lot, but they've made a lot of design missteps IMO, and their pricing (especially for parts, upgrades) sucks. What parts have you needed for a Clearaudio? ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? I had a Linn LP12 from ca. 1987 until the 2000s. I stopped using it in the 90s because the suspension failed. Around 2010 my wife wanted us to start playing records again. I sold the crippled LP12 and bought a Rega, but wasn’t really happy with it... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @inna Best turntables will always be British. And by extension - Australian. Why? | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @audiorusty The last time I measured I was hitting peaks at 119 dbc at slightly under 9’ away. I don’t believe that for a sewcond. That’s ear bleed, ear damaging volume. Surely there is a problem with how you measure. 120 dB marks the limit f... |