folkfreak
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| The Palladian-A step beyond Halcro. Many thanks for the heartfelt review and for drawing our attention to this cartridge. I've been following Dietrich with great interest for several years ever since purchasing a UNI Protractor which is still my go to alignment device. Inspi... | |
| Listen...chair I found this chair on sale at BoConcept, Ideal height for me, very comfortable and no material around the head area, works perfectly and doesn’t take up too much space. Also light and easy to move which can be important if you are in a tight space... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input Adding on to johnnyb53’s comment I always found this to be a great explanation of how to set azimuth using a stereo cartridge on mono material -- certainly works for me (much better than using my Fozgometer)http://www.durand-tonearms.com/Support/S... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Did anyone ever compare the two really strong products mentioned above side by side? Let me elaborate on what one may experience. Clearly the Townshend and Sistrum Platform are two totally different approaches to vibration management. The technolo... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Wanted to report on my experience with Herbie's dampers on my VTL MB450-III power ampsHaving had good results with the UltraSonic Rx dampers on my phono and pre I wanted to try something on my (currently undamped) power amps. As these run pretty h... | |
| Record weights but does it not have an array of small ball-shaped spacers, mounted into the bottom surface at regular intervals around the circumference? Seems to me these stand-offs elevate the weight off the label, thereby greatly reducing its capacity to "cou... | |
| Record weights I own and love the Durand -- seems like a good weight -- low enough that I can still use it on my spring suspended EAR turntable but high enough that it couples well -- it outperformed the Oyaide weight in my head to head comparison | |
| Synergistic Research Powercell 12UEF mtseymourThanks for the question. As far as how the SE edition differs from the others I’m afraid I cannot say as I never compared them head to head. In fact in my opinion the glass top is a disadvantage as it a) allows a very annoying flickering ... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? mapmanSome things are best left to the experts to solveYes, but even top end equipment is built to a price point and after market solutions to these problems can be beneficial -- case in point changing the rubber ring tube dampers on ARC kit to He... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK oregonpapa - actually the Ultima Signature is the older model (dates from 2013-2014) and was superseded by the Clear Transformation which is the current model -- Ron doesn’t exactly update his web site (the Mystery Feet are in F8 for example notwi... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK If you are checking out CD mats I can strongly recommend the Marigo Audio Clear Transformation Mat -- I use it all the time in my DCS stack and can clearly hear the difference in terms of unifying the recording into a coherent whole, even the orie... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Yes, I use the larger ones on the 6550s. They fit very easily and securely and with the adjustments can even accommodate tubes that are very close to one another. I'd heartily recommended using them on all the tubes in your system | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Oregonpapa -- yes I did start with them just on the signal tubes then ordered more for the power supply -- while having them on the signal tubes is good having them on the power supply as well is more than twice as good -- now note that my PS is n... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Just wanted to add a wholehearted endorsement of the Herbie's tube dampers. I've now installed these on all tubes (signal and power supply) on my ARC Ref40 and Phono 2SE -- all I can say is wow! Compared with the original rubber rings the differe... | |
| Synergistic Research Powercell 12UEF Jafant. Regarding which dealers to use here are three recommendations I have worked with1. The Cable Company. You will be limited to their discount policy (plus any current SR offers) but benefit from the cable library2. Highend-electronics. Alfre... |