elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? I say, residential, short runs: no advantage, I do like that XLR connectors lock in place, but I changed to locking rca's to solve that. extra gain: I did get a SMALL amount of gain out of my Sony xa5400 CD player's XLR compared to it's rca out... | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 lewm 12,126 posts 01-19-2024 at 09:51pm "Just to point out that the video cables almost certainly do not have separate and equal conductors for audio hot and audio ground. In my experience that makes a difference. In cheap 75 ohm video cables,... | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 I changed my interconnects to Locking RCA connectors these, or others https://douglasconnection.com/product/douglas-connection-locking-rca-plug/ If you cannot find ready made, you could have Pine Tree make you a cable: rca/rca/ground/loc... | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 when I bought my long tonearm, the maker essentially insisted I buy this Ortofon https://www.audioadvice.com/ortofon-6nx-tsw-1010r-tonearm-cable I did, but frankly I do not hear any difference comparing several, including inexpensive one... | |
| Tonearm for Michell Focus One I had the SME 3009 on my Thorens TD124 TT for many years, loved it. Had Shure's last V15Vxmr cartridge with beryllium cantilever (until I broke the cantilever) Combined with the Thorens very heavy (9.5 lbs) platter, it produced the best bass I ev... | |
| Tonearm for Michell Focus One There are various versions of the Mission arms, some highly respected. Mine is the budget one made by Jelco. https://www.vinylengine.com/library/mission/774lc.shtml Nothing special, EXCEPT, it has a very short rear counterweight section which I ... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision My friend just moved up the AR chain with a used AR Preamp he bought from Steve at VAS. I didn't pay attention to model numbers, but I visited, compared the old and new to him one, distinctly better, especially imaging. Also better in Mono, no wa... | |
| Please help with sideways speaker installation Theory: tweeters, narrowest wavelengths, to the insides. However, in my office, horizontal seated ear height, they surprised me by sounding better on the outside. Probably because it moved the 10" woofer inside away from the left side wall ... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision looking at the suggestions, never heard any of them, IF you don't need a tape loop, I would think long and hard about the BHK. stop doing something, or sell something to get the add'l $ Aside from ...... it has dedicated remote balance on the re... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums 8th-note Your pre-recorded 7-1/2" tapes: make sure DBX is OFF. and, some, they recorded L/R signal strengths differently on purpose, watch meters, listen, adjust, enjoy. Mine definitely beat CD or SACD. SACD for me is simply a lower noise flo... | |
| Does anyone know what the thickness is of the standard VPI felt mat? Everyone should have one of these alignment/blank side discs, 2mm thick. Alignment grids one side for overhang, 2 null points. Blank side to set anti-skate visually. They can be used to raise a thin mat if tonearm height is not easily adjustable.... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums dynalead mentioned Barclay Crocker Tapes, and DBX Noise Reduction was just mentioned by crustycoot. Only late R2R machines had DBX, my late Teac x2000r has DBX-1, called Professional Noise Reduction. Later, good quality Cassette recorders has D... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums Original Moody Blues, Piano Based Blues Band, Denny Laine PRIOR to Justin Hasyward. 1st album: Go Now. Dynamic Piano was is distorted on LP, and Later CD, the sound of the R2R was/is the 1st time I heard it all without distortion. no bargain pr... | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? And this, my friends, is exactly why I recommend getting an arm with a removable headshell, or changable arm wands, OR, even better a TT with two tonearms. easily listen to friend’s cartridges, buy/keep alternates; sapphire cantilever ... new, v... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums I settled on Teac X2000r machines. their last prosumer deck. 6 heads, auto-reverse. Amazingly, the pre-recorded tapes from late 50’s and 60’s, 70’s, early 80’s STILL sound terrific. No tape shedding, bleed thru, only rare brittleness and very rar... |