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| Are most PC's ROHS now compliant? RoHS is not a world wide standard. It is an EU standard (Note: There are a few other nations that have also implimented the EU standard). If a manufacturer wants to sell electrical products in the European market place the product must be RoHS com... | |
| Something New. Audiophiles should be aware that flash cards, thumb drives and other flash (solid state) memory does not last forever. The drives have a limited number of read and write cycles before they wear out. Oh well, so much for perfect sound forever. | |
| Ferrite Ring filters bad for Interconnects? All ferrite filters are not the same!! You can get ferrite filters that filter different frequencies of RFI and EMI. The cost is really inexpensive and it it worth a try. Do an Google search to locate US companies that specialize in ferrite filters. | |
| Best phono pre in the 500.00 price range Used Pick up a used Audio Research LS3 pre amp. This is a great inexpensive pre and it can be had for 500-600 dollars. | |
| A Little Technical Help with the VPI Strobe Yes, the table is running a little slow. | |
| Audio Research LS 12 Preamp Characteristics? Sonically, the LS12 is truly one of the best preamps ever made. No, it is does not have the best clarity (almost the best), detail (almost the best), dynamics (almost the best), midrange (almost the best), depth (very good), staging (very good), a... | |
| VPI - MINI HR-X FOOT UPGRADE FOR SCOUT The improvement in sound quality is mimimal. Adding an additional belt to the table or placing wool felt under the motor gives a bigger improvement. | |
| More on VPI Anti-Skate How much damping fluid are you placing in the well? Is the well 50%, 60%, 70% or more full. | |
| VPI Super Scout Master questions/concerns Hi Zenieth,The counter weight on the JMW 9 tonearm is a problem. Yes you do have to put a lot of muscle on the screw in the counterweight to lock it down. This is a design flaw. With my first JMW tonearm I could not lock the setscrew down and the ... | |
| ARC Ref 110 vs. Ref 210 Always go with more power. | |
| Need Audiophile Headphone Rig to Replace Sen HD590 You might try the following:1. Purchase a pair of Senn 600s2. Purchase a Cardas headphone cable3. Purchase a Musical Fidelity X3 headphone Amp4. Purchase a Musical Fidelity X3 PSU5. Purchase a Shunyata Venom power cableEnjoy the music! | |
| Has anyone added a second belt to their VPI Scout Hi Audiogon Members, I have not weighted in on this issue in a while so I thought I would add an addtional 2 cents to the discussion.1. The pulley that I have on my scout turntable is not tapered. When I upgraded from the 600 RPM motor to the 300 ... | |
| Has anyone added a second belt to their VPI Scout VPI dual belt update....adding a second belt to the VPI scout made the following changes in sound and platter speed stability.1. The sound stage image becomes more focused.2. There is an improvement in anti skating. That is, when the tonearm teste... | |
| How to do defragment disk on Mac? Use the procedure testing and repairing a disk or volume. This information is located under disc/utility located in the applications/utilities. Follow the four steps described. By the way always use the help menu to located information about the M... | |
| Has anyone added a second belt to their VPI Scout Just experimenting. I've seen multiple belts on other turntables and thought that it is a cheap enough tweek that somebody may have already done it. By the way on my Scout the pulley is not tapered. |