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| compressor for airbearing table Give 'ol Bruce Thigpen at Eminent Technology in Tallahassee, Florida, an email or a call and see what he recommends these days. Bruce has been the air bearing guy literally from day one, and was closely involved with the development of the Mapleno... | |
| What's the frequency response of vinyl? With the proper turntable set up, vinyl yields better bass than most CD set ups. For instance, my old VPI HW19 MkIII with and ET2 arm and an AT33PTG cartridge - nothing on the cutting edge have you - regularly beats the snot out of my Parasound C/... | |
| Boxing and shipping BIG speakers? Whats best? DHL does a great job with shipping big, heavy, and fragile speakers. I recently had a pair of Apogee Duetta Signatures (two 150 lb boxes) shipped to me in Florida from Colorado, and they arrived in perfect condition. An added bounus wat the DHL wa... | |
| How many us a Line Conditioner with a Big SS Amp Threshold Stasis 2 and Threshold S-150 powering Apogee Duetta Signatures. Both amps plugged directly into the wall, each on it own dedicated circuit, and that's the way it will stay. | |
| Read Archives: Advice on Dedicated Line install In addition to what Dman514 says above, and since you are going to install two lines, rather than install both receptacles in a common quad-box, have your electrician install each line's outlet receptacle in it's own box. Yes, there is a little mo... | |
| Great bass from a linear tracking arm? After getting my ET2 arm dialed in on my VPI HW19 Mk3, with a little help from Bruce Thigpen (a benefit from living in Tallahassee),I find that the ET2 is delivering excellent bass response, and that's using a well broken-in AT-OC9, which is not a... | |
| Dedicated power.... It won't make any difference unless you change the size of the Romex back to the breaker panel.Typically per NEC:12 gauge wiring for a 20 amp max breaker14 gauge wiring for a 15 amp max breaker | |
| Which Albums do you use for reference Listening ? Forrestc my cousin Christopher Walken . . .Wow! . . . was in that James Bond Movie A view To a Kill with Grace Jones. I asked him what it was like filming a love scene with her he said Joe I wouldn't ---- her with your richard if it was attached t... | |
| Blown Threshold S/300 Stasis II . . . and if your old Threshold amp, S/xxx series or older, still has it's original electrolytic caps in it, you have no idea how good it will sound once you change them out with new. Be sure to change out both the large PS caps, and while you are... | |
| Tube question Back in the old days, when tubes were in everything, there were a number of tube manufacturers that built tubes of all kinds, for types of applications. Because of this, tube manufacturers could easily build a specific flavor of a tube number to m... | |
| Best bargain find ever ? Last year, I grabbed a near mint pair of KEF 103.2 for $15 at the local friendly Goodwill Store, and then a week later at the same Goodwill Store, a pair of Magnepan MMGs for $35, again in near mint condition. Haven't seen anything but junk there ... | |
| Which Albums do you use for reference Listening ? One of my all-time vinyl favorites for reference listening is:Grace Jones, Slave to the Rhythm . . . quite a sonic experience! | |
| Built a Flexi-type rack? If you have a Lumber Liquidators near you, they have deal on nice 1-1/2" thick x 25" wide x 96" (or 144")long unfinished and sanded piece Maple butcher block.http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/thumbnail.jsp?parentCategoryId=18&categoryId... | |
| oil change t/t You may want to look at Red Line MTL which is a very low viscosity synthetic gear-box oil that is safe for bronze parts.http://www.redlineoil.com/products_gearlubricants.asp?productID=40&subCategoryID=15&categoryID=6 | |
| Linn Ittok IV II - The Best Cartridge Match ? I can report that I had for many years an LP12 Vahalla with and Ittok LVII and the first generation (Signet)AT OC9. I recently sold my LP12, but I found that the OC9 seem to be a perfect match for this setup. At a shade under 2 grams, it tracked j... |