flyfish2002
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| Analog maintenance Lot's of great advice. Thanks. I will wean myself down on the LAST and use it about every 10 albums or so. For some reason, I do collect a bit of dust during LP playback. I put a pristine LP on the TT and when I pick it up after playing, there is ... | |
| Analog maintenance Never thought of that. My wife is already jealous enough, though, and that might put her over the edge. :-> | |
| CD Player Under $1.5k With Vinyl Sound I want to chime in. As a committed analog nut, I recently replaced my 18 year old Yamaha CDX-1030. I accepted the fact that so much is not available on vinyl for my VPI TNT, Graham Phantom Mk ii and Clearaudio Stradivari. I went with April Music's... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Rccc - glad it worked out for you. As I mentioned above, Tim de P told me that 12.6mV is a bit high, but a decent phono stage in MM mode won't get overloaded until you hit 14 or so. I didn't believe him, at first. My future plans are to replace my... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Thanks. Garth Lear of Musical Surroundings had suggested 300 - 400 for the Stradivari. My speakers are 85dB sensitivy and 4 ohm - may be the culprit.Good listening. | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers One month later...I have settled in with the EAR MC-4 more. I have adjusted the set-up. I now use the 12 ohm tap instead of the 40 ohm tap on the MC-4. The 12 ohm tap provides 18x voltage gain instead of the 10x of the 40 ohm tap. While the EAR MC... | |
| The Best Phono cable Nsgarch, I don't know about other phono cables, but the Silver Breeze (and the Purist I now know) does use extensive mechanical dampening. I have exchanged e-mails and have had phone calls with Max Kreifeldt and find him very knowledgeable (and op... | |
| The Best Phono cable I have tried the Graham 70, Synergistic Research Tricon, Hovland MG2, Cardas Golden Reference and Silver Audio Silver Breeze. In my system, the Silver Breeze is at another level and is the cable I use.Analog Rig: VPI TNT Mk IV fully upgraded; Grah... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Today is August 5th - the EAR MC-4 finally arrived! Hoorah! I had a chance to insert the MC-4 into my system and change my phono stage by re-setting the resistance back to the stock 47kohms and switching to MM mode. The results - dead quiet. Now, ... | |
| why is a 13" tonearm design really superior? During my e-mail exchanges with Bob Graham when I recently upgraded my 1.5t to a Phantom Mk ii, he indicated that he is not in agreement on "longer tone arm length means superior anything" when viewing the tone arm a comprehensive whole. He felt h... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Thanks, John. When the MC-4 finally is in my system, the load will be at 470 ohms due to the SUT "loading down" the cartridge by the square of the volatege gain (47000/10^2). Thanks for posting your experience - it helps to give me some confidence... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Thanks again for the posts. In my second posting, I was discussing loading my phono stage, or what I have just learned is referred to as "back loading". I never even knew one could "front load". I apologize to Axelwahl for any confusiuon. In my ph... | |
| Need to be educated re: MC Step-up transformers Thanks for all the input. Re: loading the MC cartridge. I had been running it at 47 kohms (don't laugh), and found the sound a bit harsh. My original dealer (now out of business) never educated me on matching and I never educated myself until the ... | |
| SDS Power cord I had a local tech wunderkid move the female outlet that the motor PC plugs into on the back of the SDS flush with the rear chassis wall - cost me a beer. I then bought a VH Audio Flavor 1 to replace the stock VPI cord. Was it worth a bit north of... | |
| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II I never owned an original Phantom. I had a 1.5t for 16 years, but recently broke down and ordered a Phantom Mk ii. I exchanged e-mails with Bob Graham during the process. There is no Mk iii. Here's what I learned: When original Phantom came out, B... |