elliottbnewcombjr
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| 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... | |
| Need copper speaker cable recommendations $300 ish last time I researched, long time ago, I decided to believe in avoiding the ’skin effect’read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litz_wire so, no large diameter strands, each strand individually jacketed or coated to maintain individuality except ... | |
| Looking to upgrade a new cart to my TT I just want to add, after living with this cartridge a while now, last night I listened to Jose Feliciano, 10 to 23, side 2, last track is Hey Jude, 8 minutes with a long guitar solo.I've yapped about channel separation, The tight channel balance ... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? Being horrified by prices of 12" arms, and deciding, if I'm going long, I'm going LONG, JVC long arm 7082, terrific if rubber fixed, is actually only 11-1/8" Many 11-5/8" ...After searching, I found a 12.5" arm, love the simple physics, looks, pri... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry I just played Jose Feliciano, 10 to 23 album, MC cartridge is terrific, the last track, Hey Jude, 8 minutes, long guitar solo, never sounded better!I've talked about it's separation,this time the tight channel balance, he is ROCK centered! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jose Feliciano, 10 to 23 (1st track is a recording of Jose age 10) https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/438419?ev=rb&sort=condition%2Cdesc Very nice and the long guitar solo on Hey Jude is awesome | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry tyray I resisted MC for 30 years, the non-replaceable stylus the second reason, the 'fear' of noise from needed pre-pre-amp signal strength boost the primary reason.however, I met Bill, he is convincing, and I had improved my TT system sooo muc... |