folkfreak
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| Symposium Ulta Shelf under floor standing speakers - Any Thoughts ? Certainly worth trying. I can testify to the benefit of well thought out isolation of the speaker from the floor having recently installed the Townshend Seismic podiums under my Magico Q3s. This is more than twice the price of the similar sized Sy... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? I guess my view is that we are in the midst of a transition -- a healthy but ultimately very destructive transition. Overall the demand for and supply of new gear is healthy, especially at the very high end ($10K and up up up). Just a quick look a... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK I can attest that Marigo Mystery feet will certainly sound better, however the cost is somewhat excessive ($1500 for a set of the current F8). A further consideration is tha even with the removal of the stock feet there is not enough clearance at ... | |
| Sources for information and/or advice on dedicated AC lines desired As an alternative has anyone considered installing the Tesla battery pack so as to take you off line for dedicated listening? A few years back I also looked into installing a fuel cell. Actually not that expensive but at the time the only ones ava... | |
| Sources for information and/or advice on dedicated AC lines desired I’m also in Portland OR and just gone through build out of my room (details in my system description)i think you have most of it but please consider one line for each channel so you can support monoblocks later on. Personally I still use my SR Pow... | |
| Stylus cleaner This one is widely available and works well. You will have to remove the clear plastic guardMicroscope | |
| VPI 3D tonearm adjustment Unipivots suck.But that's why we love them! Constantly worrying if they are "in tune", always something to fiddle with. But when they're working boy are they good! And more seriously I concur with don_c55 that they do take some user engagement to ... | |
| aes / ebu digital cable choices Sorry -- should have said I went from AudioQuest Eagle Eye (which was of course 75OHM) to a 110OHM Wild for my transport to upsampler, and from AQ Diamond FireWire to dual AQ Wild AES/EBU from upsampler to DAC. Am now exploring replacing all three... | |
| aes / ebu digital cable choices I hate to see you with no responses and unfortunately cannot comment on these specific models but I can say from deep experience that choice of cables makes a big difference.In my DCS stack I’ve gone from AW FireEye to Wild and would like to now g... | |
| New Reel to Reel machines! I have seen those pictures before and one thing bothers me. If you look at an enlargement of those photos, the controls for the machine suggest that it is a playback-only machine (no record button, no controls for input or output volume, etc).The ... | |
| What makes a good Hi Fi rack improve your system. Ricred1 - absolutely. Rack design, choice of shelf material and footers all matter. Design of the rack and the material of the shelf will all affect the vibration transmitted to the feet thus definitely has an impact. As a rule solving the problem... | |
| What makes a good Hi Fi rack improve your system. When I lived in the UK (some 20 years or so now) I was a big fan of the Audiophile Base system. It looks good, is versatile and expandable and is well designed from an isolation standpoint. As I recall it was also good valueSomewhat higher end and... | |
| Stylus cleaner As many have noted the key to a good cleaning regime is actually not letting the stylus get dirty in the first place soClean LPsInspect and clean tip at least once each session (Oznow Zerodust or magic eraser)Keep dust and dirt away from cantileve... | |
| Full Manual Turntable-What to do Obviously removing a clamp with a spinning disc is a recipe for trouble. And if your deck is designed for a clamp then sure use one. My experience is however that for decks not designed for clamps they can deaden the sound making it slow and heavy... | |
| Full Manual Turntable-What to do If the main argument is saving the motor /switch vs. saving your vinyl?Neither, the argument for leaving the motor on is that the vast majority of motors take a long time to fully speed stabilize and hence you are best of to avoid turning them off... |