edle

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Tweeking further for the denon 103r.
The 'edginess and harshness' are from the Graham. I never heard a Graham that sounds good. 
Why does my vinyl sound so bright?
Wall mount TT shelf is NOT an excellent idea. The house's wall in North America are usually made of dry wall. If a TT shelf mount to the dry wall in the Hi-Fi room., the dry wall(large surface area) will act as a giant DIAGHPARM and will transit t... 
"tube sound" character from tubed SACD player
A high quality tube pre-amp is all you need. 
Teres Audio Verus Direct Couples Motor, Anyone?
'I followed the instructions Teres sent with the motor. Putting a strobe disc on the turntable. Turning on the motor controller and then adjusting it until the strobe disc held rock steady for a full 60 seconds.'Once you start playing your favouri... 
Where are the female Audiophiles?
Men collect fancy machines and that's including audio equipments....Women collect shoes and your $$$ :) !!!!! 
Lowther drivers, front horn or back loaded horn?
Lowther is an interesting and good sounding speaker. But there is one thing that bothering me is the different timing of the mid/high and the low frequency arrive at the listening position. The mid/high go straight to the listening position but th... 
CD player making strange noises
One of my friend CD player did the same thing and then the power transformer was gone . 
Excellent turntables with threaded spindles ?
Yes, the theory will apply to your mentioned method too. I used to have a light weight Michell LP clamp...I used it a few times and sold it. It was not worth my time. 
Excellent turntables with threaded spindles ?
For me, I would avoid using screw on record clamp at all cost. The reason is that the spindle is usually an extension of the bearing shaft with has direct contact to the ball bearing/thrust pad....If using a screw on record clamp on the TT, the gr... 
New TT ideas please
I used to have a Garrard 401 on my mono system in my home office. The 401 is dead mint and I constructed a high mass 7 layers Birch plywood plinth and quite happy with it. The plinth was 22 x 24in. in size and weight approv. 40 to 50lbs. I also us... 
New TT ideas please
Verdier is the only name that you need to know. 
Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it.
Are you Vinylworthy ? 
Is vinyl still a "perfect" source?
8 tracks were gone.Cassettes were gone.R2R were gone.DAT were gone.SACD is going soon and nobody can read/listen to CD 50 years later.I think LPs are really close to perfect. I can still play a 50 years old mono LP and sounds wonderful. 
Upgrade for Vpi aries table
I have a friend who bought a demo VPI Aries TT with VPI 12in. tonearm for CAN$3500. He also told me that the motor is noisy from day one, the rubber drive belt is lousy(transmitting all the noise and vibration to the platter) and the speed of the ... 
Has anyone heard the Denon 103-SA?
The Denon DL-103 were used by advanced/experienced audiophiles through out Europe and Japan for a long time. I'm using mine since year 2000. It is a super sounding cartridge. I also using a Denon DL-102(mono) in my mono system with great result.