elliottbnewcombjr
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| Choosing a new turntable Perhaps many of you have read that the majority of stylus sent in for checking or re-building are worn on 1 side. IOW, anti-skate is/was off enough (too little/too much) for a long enough time to wear one side (and put more force on one side of yo... | |
| Choosing a new turntable lewm you are correct, it also occured to me they are old designs, many on that list are making fixed these days my point is they all made their reputations with these removable headshell designs. reviewed, recommended, on approved lists .... ... | |
| At what point do you... I always buy used unless no used available, even then I would wait a while, having hifisearch show me that item or category 'first shown, new first'. check every am, bang: strike like a viper. I am confident in my skills to evaluate the seller an... | |
| 12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate dinov I don't think the answer (I'd need to ask my friend, we didn't make notes), and it would not be applicable to other phono/pre/amps in any case. I would search for 'rectifier tubes' see what info comes up. perhaps ask Brent Jesse audiotubes... | |
| Choosing a new turntable A search on hishark The following arm makers have models with removable headshells, some removable plates secured by only 1 screw Hifishark 3-16-24 tonearms with removable headshells SME Technics, all the beloved 1200’s, S arm for BP-500 Base ... | |
| Choosing a new turntable mijostyn "@elliottbnewcombjr I hate to pop your bubble, You are not popping my or anyone’s bubble, just exposing your different beliefs/preferences. My preferences: "but one great tonearm is way better than two cheap ones"." NO one said ... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight Ayre's Site: EX-8 2.0 Speaker Output: 100 watts per channel continuous into 8 ohms 170 watts per channel continuous into 4 ohms original ask was for 200 to 300 wpc. I considered 200 wpc a minimum, yes? | |
| Specific Node/Airplay question Sooooo many people here say I should stream, yet nobody answers my questions above. | |
| 12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate OP I’m 75, until last year, I thought rectifiers were rectifiers, nothing to do with the sound. My friend had a new Phono Preamp built by .... she included new 'broken in' tubes as well as some spare used tubes. We listened here, changed tubes,... | |
| Choosing a new turntable Thorens/SME similar appearance to your 3 options ebay, search for: Vintage Thorens TD520 3012-R Turntable With Power Adapter Operation Confirmed 2 out of 3, 2. removable headshell, the renowned SME 3012 arm (I loved my 3009 on Thorens TD124) ... | |
| Choosing a new turntable pindac I can understand your recommendation for Panzerholz or other variations/names of the material as being great for TT plinth, Seems as you say, some makers are ’rushing in’ to get on board. however, if TT’s with other materials have alre... | |
| SEEKING ADVICE: Which component would you upgrade first? people are not paying attention either to OP's budget (+/- a few hundo) or his existing speakers, I looked them up go to hifishark, check the prices asked for his Pioneer HPM-100 Speakers what the hell do you think would be better for a few... | |
| Specific Node/Airplay question I don't get it. I haven't read much about it, but this makes me curious How Hi-Rez is Wireless??? Use the Phone as a Remote Control ONLY! Nice My friend did a search on his phone, picked a song, hit play. Sounded bad. Evidently (from above) IF... | |
| Use escrow service to pay for speakers? 1. join paypal. 2. fund your paypal account with your best credit card. big purchase, call your credit card first, confirm their 'fraud' coverage. They keep a record of that inquiry in their system. 3. ask questions, get answers in writing, with... | |
| Choosing a new turntable Let’s assume all 3 are acceptable for ’quality’ for me it come’s down to functionality: 1. 2nd tonearm possible? 2. removable headshell (on one arm at least) 3. dust cover. (removable during play preferred, plan on a place for it when off). d... |