elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird You have space for 3 dedicated TT’s, wow! My friend has room for only 1, and many 78’s as well as mostly 33’s. for others: Single Table/Arm solutions I have had experience with are: My Thorens TD124 with 4 speeds, SME 3009II with changable head... | |
| Large speaker recommendation I would look for (what I have, imagine that): 3 way, 15" woofers. Solid directional bass. no ports, or if so, front mounted only, option to close them. efficient enough to allow you to try tubes some day. ......................................... | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird OP wants two arms. WHY tell OP not needed? Find, love, settle on a preferred MC cartridge, forget further comparisons. OK. An MC fixed stylus cartridge is an excellent reason to have a second headshell (exchange/re-adjust height? tracking? anti-... | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird mijostyn, Let's listen to some Oscar Peterson, a few stereo lps with your $10,000 stereo cartridge via stereo mode, wonderful. Now, this LP is Mono, play it how? Not like I used to, what you advocate, a stereo cartridge is OK, not best I don't ca... | |
| Cornwall IV – tube (amp) choice pick tube type first, then find an amp. that’s kinda what I was saying when I listed all the tube types I have heard, said research tube alternates, generalities of sound, keep easy bias in mind. In addition to needing 16 ohm taps, KT88 is how I... | |
| Best Home HIFi you’ve listened to I love my system in my space, and prefer it to my friends systems, however, I have heard several better LISTENING SPACES than mine. Not crappy hotel rooms with sky high priced equipment, but one setup in a church converted into a home; one huge ... | |
| Phone pre advice - Would I benefit from this upgrade? Involving. Is your system wonderfully involving with other sources? Not so involving with just Phono? | |
| Speaker covers if they are wood, the sun can bleach parts, dry out veneers, why not cover the whole speaker? | |
| Vintage Newcomb speakers.. Model 12 K5-11...Any Information not a relative, I think they got their foot in the 'education' market early. I have a cool pair of red headphones made by newcomb, something like these I use when I work on my R2R machines. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115371373897 lots of s... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? that cartridge has signal strength of 0.2mv and it's coil impedance is 30 ohms. for this, and future cartridges, you want a SUT with several adjustable gain settings, and several separately adjustable impedance. Pass for MM cartridges is very fl... | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird Have you picked your arms yet? This Acos Lustre GST-801 is my rear 9" arm, extremely rare to find it in Mint Condition https://reverb.com/item/53590531-acos-lustre-gst-801-tonearm I learned about it here, actually someone, wish I coul... | |
| Question about byamplification options ahole is not mountain | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird thorens td124 in 2 arm plinth (get your own reconditioned td124 https://www.ebay.com/itm/185235373710 others https://www.google.com/search?q=turntable+two+tonearms&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS949US949&sxsrf=ALiCzsZBhhOuwmzxu9FHjObi0... | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird Had I known about this Luxman PD444 dual arm table, I might have gone for it https://www.ebay.com/itm/154820720186 | |
| Dr. Feickert Blackbird If space is an issue, or equipment preference, some Tonearms allow very easy arm changes. https://www.ebay.com/itm/373995087320 Technics B500 arm base, VTA on the Fly easily changes from straight fixed cartridge arm to S removable arm i... |