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| Thoughts on upgrading TT signal chain How are your cartridge balance/alignment skills? All must be right for any cartridge, the existing one may be worn, or poorly balanced aligned. I suggest you start with a new moderately priced MM cartridge, advanced stylus shape: SAS, ML, MR, Shib... | |
| My Last CD player I ain't deaf yet: I hear differences, prefer LP to CD, prefer R2R tape to LP; prefer Tube to SS. Within the last 2 years: Cooped up with Covid; Inherited Some Money and 4,000 lps; SS back to Tubes; Buying LP's again; Wife retired, listening togeth... | |
| Teac A-3340S I had one, here’s it’s manualfile:///C:/Users/ellio/Downloads/Teac-A-3340-S-Service-Manual.pdf It is really for a musician to make recordings: 4 separate forward tracks, and professional speeds: 15 ips; 7-1/2 ips; there is no 3-3/4 ips. My Teac X2... | |
| Cheap Audio Cables Gotham USA has a lot of sale items.http://www.gothamaudiousa.com/textpattern/index.php?s=saleChance to buy only the lengths you want, buy for cost per foot, cut the connectors off, put your own on.i.e. Cut 20' into four 5' add your connectors .... | |
| Cheap Audio Cables I searched all over hell today, finally went with these:https://www.ebay.com/itm/122028614401Component Cable = 3 RCAtwo = 3 pairs interconnects: 6 lf; six 9's copper; locking rca connectors$50. totalI'll peel them and make 3 pairs, each pair diffe... | |
| Trades... One of my best experiences was a trade made with Bill whom I met here on Audiogon. He lives a bit less than 2 hours from me here in NJ. We have traded, listened, and visited LP stores together since meeting.I re-worked my office focusing on the so... | |
| What’s a mistake you made by being impulsive? I just got lucky, a mistake I made had no consequence, but it certainly could have.I researched a lot of vintage preamps, I needed shallow depth to sit on top of a bookcase. Luxman stood out. ALL the Vintage Luxman Tube Preamps had pre-out/main-in... | |
| Audiogon Friday Feel Good Story of the Week OP,congrats.Have you considered, NOT hooking up the sub is WHY it sounds so good!!!??? | |
| cheapo phono preamp, $20. ridiculously good until you find something better. mijostyn,Surprisingly good, exactly my point. Also, it’s small size, and linear cables in/out arrangement make it easy to fit out of sight. Wall wart transformer avoids interference concerns.UNTIL you find something better. That’s not easy with ph... | |
| cheapo phono preamp, $20. ridiculously good until you find something better. fuzztone,I’m 72, I and many of my friends have been vaccinated, the spring weather and world opening up, the timing of finishing all 3 systems is a happy coincidence. Still being cautious, but getting out some, to dinner last night, such a normal ... | |
| cheapo phono preamp, $20. ridiculously good until you find something better. who? | |
| Which best CD SACD with XLR connections I bought this SACD/CD player (also blu-ray; also streamer). Excellent sound, has 'pure audio' mode.https://www.oppodigital.com/support/blu-ray-bdp-105/It has XLR's | |
| Please suggest a CD/streaming device for ~$2000 A quick glance of the link I found https://www.google.com/search?q=stream+with+bdp-105&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS881US881&oq=stream+with+... says the OPPO sounds great, You get SACD/CD/Streaming in one unit, saving space and less cables/inputs neede... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Had CD, bought the LP version of Betty Carter 'Finally', the whole thing an all time favorite.https://www.discogs.com/Betty-Carter-Finally/master/404885Amazing version of 'Body and Soul', features Bass Player Lisle Atkinson. Had to get me some Lis... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Donna loves Patti Smith. I visited this store in Milltown, NJ this past Saturday:https://revillagroovesandgear.com/Found two Patti LP's for Mother's Day gift for her! She's in Florida, sent her a photo, waiting for her return to listen. |