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| What is the perferred material for a TT shelf? I purchased a Jean Nantais Lenco Reference Mk III a year ago. It's a suspension-less design. Jean recommended a 1/2" slap of marble laminated to a 3/8" think slab of acrylic that is the top layer. I put Herbie footers under this platform to iso... | |
| Need Audio Tech who knows tubes - Chicago area Many thanks to all of you that responded with leads. First, it appears to have been a bad driver tube on the amp causing the problems. I will replace all four 2A3 tubes with new EML solid plates as I do think one of the Full Music tubes I had been... | |
| Eliminating hum Based on my own personal experience, hum can also be picked up as airborne EMF from a nearby amplifier. In my case, what I had spent hours configuring and re-configuring, as suggested by Tjassoc, was not an AC ground loop at all, but EMF picked up... | |
| Ground Loop Hum with balanced XLR cables only I am (was?) battling with phono 60 hz hum in my system, too. Spent a lot of time swapping out components, star grounding, floating, relocating, cleaning connections, etc, with no luck. Yesterday may have been an epiphany (not 100% certain just yet... | |
| Bah Hum Bug Fromunda, I had the exact same problem as you. It was phono stage related. I tried cheater plugs, not much difference. I ended up purchasing the Granite Audio 502 Ground Zero and that seems to have worked for me, with some experimentation of setti... | |
| Decent power strip I use a PS Audio Juice Bar purchased used from Audiogon. There have since been updated versions of the original that I own. | |
| AXPONA anyone? I am going, my first show ever. I live in Chicago's northern suburbs, so it is an easy decision for me. I'm excited about it. Should be fun. | |
| Noisy, loose Audience Au24e connector I had a short with my Kondo(Japan) silver interconnect recently. Kondo repaired it and now it is as good as new. I had owned the IC for probably 5 years (though bought pre-loved). Gently treated by me during my ownership. I identified the issue by... | |
| Esoteric Clocks Owners / and cables Hello Garebear - I pondered the same question when I purchased my G-0Rb clock a year ago. I considered the Acrolink product but ultimately did not want to spend that kind of coin on a digital cable. I spoke directly with a company technician who s... | |
| Kondo DAC : Why no reviews ?? I've owned the Kondo KSL DAC for the past 5 years or so. Personally, Bombaywalla's analogy to the Phantom I think is a good one. To me, it sounds excellent, but I also do not chase the market and have no idea if there are other units available tha... | |
| Review: Reed 2A Series Tonearm I have the same 301 turntable, PS, Dobbins plinth, and 12" Reed 2A Pernambucco. I am breaking in a new Koetsu Azule. I had a Gen 1 DaVinci (circa 2005) on my old turntable with Dyna DV1s. I liked the Gen 1 DaVinci. I don't feel like I have given u... | |
| humming interconnects I had a hum problem with a set of Kondo silver interconnects. If I wiggled the interconnect, the hum disappeared. I gave the interconnect RCA plugs and the female plug on the amplifier a good cleaning with some very, very fine steel wool, and I sw... | |
| Brass support poles for Avantgarde speakers His name is Brian. I own Duo 3.1s with his solid brass stands. Pretty amazing workmanship. Contact me directly and I can put you in touch. | |
| Da Vinci Grandezza Hello Curiemt11. I have a 10" Da Vinci Grandezza arm with the Dynavector XV-1s cartridge mounted on Bob Benn's SoundEngineering SC-1 turntable with fly wheel. Very happy with the combination. However, I have never seen a pre-loved SC-1 available o... | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? Well, Ertugrul and Tbg, I am proceeding with the purchase of the pre-loved Kondo KSL DAC. I'll let you know what I think when it arrives in a couple of weeks. |