dwette
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| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? 75 db +-10, more or less. Maybe some peaks into 90-95 db when I play large scale orchestra music, but nothing louder than that. I use the NIOSH SLM iOS app to measure. | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP @sbsail9 The Original Source series Pastoral sounds just fine on my system. Maybe what you need is better turntable isolation. That can make a very significant difference and solve a lot of problems with vinyl playback. | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP If the DG recordings referred to are the new reissues in the DG Classics The Original Source series, I have them all. I have no issues with surface noise on any of them. These are quiet pressings. Optimal has challenges with pressing defects but e... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? @markalarsen I wish I could afford one Lyra Atlas Lambda cartridge. Understand. I'm not trying to rub it in or make anyone envious, but it's a reasonable part of the discussion. I got lucky with a windfall, and I have the system to take adva... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? I don’t know. It depends on the $5K tonearm. My tonearm is $6700. I’m sure I could get more out of the Lyra with a $20K tonearm, but I assure you I am getting my money’s worth with the one I have. It's the real deal. Like I said, it’s about balan... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? @inna phono stage must be real good for $4k cartridge, even for $2k cartridge for that matter. In my view, generally speaking, two/three times more expensive than cartridge Hah....there you are generalizing again. Again, I say it depends. :) ... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? @inna it depends... For example, the Clearaudio Concept Signature turntable with Tracer tonearm is in the $5k range or so. It’s the real deal. I wouldn’t hesitate to put a $4k cartridge on it, like a Hanna Umami Red, Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua or ... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? I don’t think there is a rule of thumb. It’s more about finding a synergistic balance, and I’m sure that distribution of cost varies as one goes up the range towards higher end gear (or down towards less costly gear). FWIW: I have a Clearaudio In... | |
| Degritter Mk II Questions I saw your questions on SH forums a few days ago, and answered what I could there. There are answers from others too. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @atmasphere they also play test pressings in the record plant during the manufacturing cycle. I’ve been on tours of the AS/AP/QRP facility in Salina. They have a small room next the one where all the presses are located. I’ve observed a plant engi... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? Weight, scale and dynamics will improve with better turntable isolation if you don’t already have that sorted out. That happened for me when I went from an isoAcoustics Delos to a HRS R3x isolation base. That was an eye-opening game changer and re... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @mulveling My current thought – if I upgrade to Master Innovation – is to get a three-shelf HRS EXR rack for the phono-stage and TT, with a Minus-K under the TT. I'll repurpose the HRS R3x isolation base I have (with the right feet) for the phono-... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @tomic601 It seems Minus-K have already worked out the correct product for the Clearaudio Master Innovation. It’s the BM-8 and they show an example of one with a Master Innovation on it. It looks like the cost for one is $3,635.00. That’s about th... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @mulveling yeah, I've been thinking that if I go through with that Master Innovation upgrade I should really include the Minus-K in my budget. If the windfall I expect affords me the Master it will afford the Minus-K as well. :) | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? Yeah, anyone getting spendy on turntables and ignoring isolation is more likely than not throwing good money after bad. Adding a first class isolation base to a turntable is like getting an upgraded turntable. It's more often than not a real game ... |