folkfreak
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| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines Domestic isolation transformers are a little noisy (I use a Torus WM-75BAL which is a 9000VA transformer) but not too bad. Mine is in an adjacent storage room but the door to that room is double thickness and soundproofed. The main fuse box is in ... | |
| Do I need a power conditioner? Re concerns about installing balanced circuits. It can be done within code but the outlets must be clearly labeled as non standard outlets. I had an Equitech wall mounted balanced transformer in my previous installation and while I thought it work... | |
| What to do with old LP inner sleeve? Thanks @skipping appreciate the kind words on my system. Just been enjoying my digital rig this morning appreciating switching to the DSD outputs on the upsampler, with some new digital cables this has really come into its own and sounds very anal... | |
| What to do with old LP inner sleeve? If it's so snug it risks damaging the outer sleeve how about putting it in the clear LP jacket that you're storing your LPs in, i.e. outside the LP sleeve -- if you use a nice well sized one like this you will have plenty of roomhttp://www.sleevec... | |
| What to do with old LP inner sleeve? Besides which the ones advertising other LPs are period pieces in their own right, they can also help in confirming the dating of an issue as well (I recall some cases where telling a first vs subsequent pressing can only be done through matching ... | |
| What to do with old LP inner sleeve? My policy is that if the original sleeve has any art/advertising or other data on it then it must be kept, without it the LP is not in original condition. If it's just a plain unadorned sleeve I discard it. While I've never seen anyone note the in... | |
| The Palladian-A step beyond @thuchan interesting you found that with the PHTs. I had much the same experience when I tried it on my old AirTight PC-1. Minimal if any effect and tended to blur and diffuse the sound in a negative way. I use several dozen HFTs in my listening r... | |
| Nude Turntable Project @lewm -- agreed re eBay, if you have room for some industrial tech the AVI series could work well -- for example this is a nice oneHowever what’s great about the TS-150 (except its price) is how compact (18kg, 450mmx400mmx78mm) it is and hence how... | |
| Nude Turntable Project @halcro at risk of seeming like a stalker (after getting the Palladian on your tip) I've reached out to a Herzan about adding a TS-150 to my rig. As I suffer from a very seismically active environment I think it may be just the ticket | |
| What CD player/transport has the most stable mechanism? @hgonzal Bear in mind that other manufacturers such as DCS use Teac VRDS drives as well. For example there’s a Paganini just listed today that has the Teac VMK-5 drive. Teac have stopped selling drives to third parties unfortunately so there will ... | |
| Speaker damage? When I damaged my woofer it was immediately audible (buzzing sounds) -- but woofers are tough and you'd really be hearing it before they got damaged -- mine was a full volume short without any volume control. | |
| What CD player/transport has the most stable mechanism? I would assume a belt driven mechanism such as this from BMC or this from CEC would also deal with this issue?But personally I'd invest in a Townshend Seismic platform and make the problem go away | |
| Speaker damage? One of the easiest ways to blow a woofer is with a high volume ground buzz -- loose RCA connections can do this very easily as I discovered to my cost with a pair of Magico V3s -- one reason to avoid those "twist to tighten" "collect chucking " WB... | |
| Theta Data Transport and Gen 2 dac Looks like the pair would sell for $600-800 on eBay judging by recent completed sales. List each separately and see how it goes. Probably not AudioGon material, I see a number of listings via HiFi Shark but not sure how many sold | |
| Janis Ian "Breaking Silence" 45RPM 2 disc reissue @slaw you're right and normally it's always clean first but I was out of solution and couldn't wait!my original observations still stand and were not affected by cleaning or adjustments to SRA. Clearly the decisions made in the mix have tamed the ... |