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| Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting By The River IS AMAZING! thanks, I just ordered it for my Birthday prize next week! | |
| Pondering to pull the trigger on an AT VM 760SLC The AT comes with advanced stylus shape, much more contact with sides of grooves (the music) 3 versions, all preferable to the Grado which is ellipticalAll aluminum shaft, tips: MicroLine, Shibata, Special Microline. How are you deciding which one? | |
| Ethernet cable question basic Cat 5, up to 100Mbpsthat's 100,000,000. bits per second. how does 40khz translate into bits per second? | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? Well,I chose to believe in the concept of small diameter, individually insulated multi-strand, to minimize the 'Skin' effect of single or twisted strands of non-insulated small diameter strands. (Cat 5 like, what I use)excerpt:" Skin effect in aud... | |
| Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm I've just researched the heck out of MM, MI, MCHO, MCLO, SUT, MC pre-preamps.Many think rebuilding is to save money, however you have many other important reasons to rebuild that Sumiko. If you do, find the best to do it, pay what you have to, con... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? millercarbon now that you mention CD’s,1st: 8 tracks (hundred of them). Cassettes made 8 tracks cheap, 6 for $5.00 (incl tax .88c each). Had no disposable money in those days, so every payday I would wander the music store, decided to buy stuff I ... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? mkgus I love when trouble leads to 'better'.what was the design error? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Goanna, Spirit of Place, Australian Band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Place_(album) Live Aid started in the middle of the night here, in Australia. I recorded it, heard INXS first time, had no idea how to pronounce it.Heard a few band... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Not the most costly, but one I am still peeved about.Had my Thorens TD124 on a high shelf, SME tonearm eye level, see that needle drop.Oh did it drop. Shure V15VxMR, removable stylus with brush, microline on BERYLLIUM.I dropped that stylus, it lan... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? the real deal https://www.artisanfidelity.com/tonearms/ikeda-it-407 | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? lewm my first thread here was asking about long arms https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/tt-12-tonearm-who-tried-and-ended-up-preferring-12-arm-2 then I asked specifically about the Blackbird 12.5 https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/12... | |
| Spikes or rubber feet. btw, I put tower speakers that could easily tip over if only 3 spikes (or my current 3 wheels). Trick is, put blocks in both rear corners, just a bit of clearance so the rear spike/wheel only is supporting the speaker. Then, for any reason (fat pa... | |
| Spikes or rubber feet. Nice line of speakers, and the OEM evaluated them with both the hard rubber or spikes, provided both in case you wanted to try spikes.My speakers are very heavy, close to 200 lbs I bet. I’ve done hard but ’slidable’ bottom pads, felt, adjustable s... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Not costly, but I just fixed a big disaster.I was photographing equipment, put the leaves in the dining room table, put my 45 lb Cayin tube amp near one end of the table, out of sight while I was shooting my McIntosh tube preamp, closer to the oth... | |
| Is my Reel to Reel worth anything? It has more value if it was working, and then, if working and in good shape you might only get $300. and you would have to worry about packing, shipping, it arriving undamaged, that's no joke. not generally available, none currently for sale on hi... |