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| SOTA vs. Rega, VPI, Music Hall, Clearaudio Hi, I had a SOTA Star IV with an SME 309 arm and a Grado Sonta cartriage for several years. I upgraded this turntable from a SOTA sapphire mark III, and I must say that I enjoyed both tables quite a bit. But time has moved on and SOTA has not kept... | |
| Which SS amps sound like a tube amp? ARC 100.2 All the pluses of tubes and all of the pluses of solid state in one amp. This is one of ARC's hidden gems. | |
| bay area scout dealers The music lovers shoppe in Berkley has them on display. | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? 1. See the thornes white paper on antiskating. The correct value is 14% of the tracking force.or2. Use the Wally tractor method. This equates to approximately 12% of tracking force.Hope this helps, both methods are valid and work. | |
| Oppinions on the Thiel 2.3's Save your money. Thiel is updating the 2.3 to the 2.4 in a month or so. | |
| Static Build Up On Record Surface Thanks for the suggestions. I live in Sacramento , Ca. and the climate is very dry. When I remove the vpi cleaning fluid from the record surface I allow 1 rotatation of the platter before I shut down the motor. This completely removes the fluid bu... | |
| Taming bright Thiels Auido Ideas Guide (the Canadian publication) produces a product (damping ring) that improves the dispersion pattern of the thiel tweeter and damps the reflected sound off of the tweeter plate. This $10 option works very well and it will solve your... | |
| ARC 100.2 pop and hum Hi Dave,The hum is not normal. Contact ARC and send the unit back. Something got damaged in shipping. | |
| How to improve a Sota Sapphire III? Here is a $2.00 improvement that will suprise you.1. First clean the belt with alcohol and a clean cotton cloth.2. Clean the platter and pulley with alcohol.3. Obtain some pure talcum (no mixatures with perfumes ect.) power and completely dust the... | |
| CJ Premier 11a vs. Audio Research VT50/VT100MKII ? Hi,I have a setup similar to yours. I have been using the ARC LS16 and LS12 with my CJ 11a. First some general comments.1. The set up is very very correct sonically. If you are trying to create music you should not change amplifiers!2. You can mak... | |
| Advice on Phono Stage I agree with Jimstrange. The problem you are describing is due to the 6dj8 tube used in the PH3SE. The preamp does not sound dry or cold it just does not sound right (like the real thing unless the right associated components are used with it) Thi... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Keep an old reference system to compare each new piec of equipment to; If the upgrade that you are considering is not 10 times better (better tonal balance, better resolution, better sound stage, better depth, better bass, better high end, more na... | |
| Impedance matching for preamp and amp Can it drive the Threshold? Yes. Will you get a proper impedance match? No. The impedance of the amplifying device should be 10 to 100 times as large. If it is not you will loose the top end information and bottom end information. | |
| Dielectric? Hi degauss your system (the cables in the path of the electrical signal and listen again. Your highs will come back. |