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| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE @mtseymour all of my connections, with the exception of the bare silver connections to my stands, are SR HD links. For the Atmosphere and my two FEQs SR make a cable terminated with the larger bananas. I also needed longer runs to the FEQs for whi... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation That’s the problem in most of these comparisons. The basic cartridge is different. Not surprising that a cart costing 5 times as much (as in my Palladian vs the Zero) can drag out some more detail, but often the cheaper Zero is more sympatico. Any... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @rossb I also own all the Coup Martzy’s (I’m not so rich that I can justify ERC prices) and love how they sound with my Zero. They also sound good with my Palladian but somehow there’s more vim with the Zero which suits the material. Have you trie... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @rossb It’s a bit more complex then thatFor example, anyone purchasing ERC can be confident they’re using a mono cutter ...https://electricrecordingco.com/about... but comparisons with other pressings of the same material cut on a stereo large sug... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @salectric not sure if it was my comments you were referring to but to clarify. I've no reason to believe (nor have I ever experienced) a reduction in record related noise (i.e. from the playing surface) in using a mono cartridge over a stereo, wi... | |
| Dan D’Agostino and ARC Ref. 10 ARC Ref 40 and VTL MB450III is a great combo for me. Use the balanced connection and then tune to your speakers with the adjustable damping factor. The VTLs also benefit greatly from Herbies dampers and the type of stand and footers you use | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation Unless you have a hum problem there’s no need to also use the mono switch and if you have a mono cart. Anyway try it both ways and see what sounds best to you. The mono switch will help cancel hum if that is an issue. Mono cartridges are prone to ... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @lewm I’ve owned a Lyra Dorian Mono and heard many other mono Lyra’s. They give great sound in the Lyra house style but to my mind miss the soul, the energy, the brio that the Miyajima’s bring. I also obviously can play a mono disc using my stereo... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation How about the Miyajima Spirit Mono HI, I love my Zero and judging by this review the Spirit brings the same feeling at its price point https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-1-page-2 | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain So accepting that my caveats with high gain may all be down to shortcomings in the ARC design (although no reviewer of this model line has ever said that) the main point I was trying to make was regarding my experience adding 14dB in my preferred ... | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain @almarg thanks. One minor correction. I neglected to note that the MFA also has adjustable load so I have maintained the 200ohms seen by the cartridge. The step up needs to see 47k to work so that is how the phono stage is set@lewm thanks for your... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions There’s a very blurry line between manufacturer, distributor, dealer, reviewer and hobbyist and an attempt to rule on who is and is not allowed to contribute is doomed to in the long run just further damp down the site. We should welcome as many v... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC @agriculturist the adhesive is a huge no-no. You want to avoid anything that will introduce another interface between your footer and the amp. Some sort of squishy gluey stuff will just reduce the effectiveness of the coupling amp to footer. Many ... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. That Magicos need big solid state amps is a canard. They will work really well with powerful tube amps. Unfortunately I suspect that 150W may not do it. It’s nothing to do with playing loud but all about having the headroom for the dynamic range t... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC @agriculturist to get this to work you need to know how the weight is distributed in your amp. Given the heavy transformers at the back of your amp this is where most of the weight is. In this case you need to place two cones under the rear, and o... |