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| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Some good suggestions above, particularly re getting a better phono preamp. I bought my son the Cambridge that you have for his modest (and pretty good sounding) system, and while pretty good sounding, it's far from high-end; lean midrange with an... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, we could go much much more in-depth with some of these topics and so far only the surface has been scratched here. But, you are correct in that it's probably "Enough of this for now". If there is further interest on your, or anyone else's, ... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, electronically generated tones can indeed be a very good way to judge pitch stability. This brings up an interesting issue related to the previous discussion about the tuning of acoustic instruments, and the "improvements" in intonation of ... | |
| threshold fet 10 pc or CJ Motif MC-8 ****Why would you want to get a preamp that old? Generally speaking, preamps have gotten much better overall between then and now.****Because they are both excellent phono preamps, and one would be hard pressed to find similar quality in current p... | |
| Chuck Mangione - Feels so Good Agree about Mangione. Good player and composer with his own sound. While he can fairly be categorized as a "soft-jazz" artist, he is one of the few artists in that genre that has a feel-good sound without the all-too-common "Look how hip I am!" qu... | |
| Turn table speed variation question You are welcome. Happy Holidays! | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, c'mon, was THAT necessary? Why do you assume some underlying cynicism, it was a simple comment that some may find of interest; no ulterior motive, I made that clear and simply wanted to make sure you understood my intention.Now, re tuning: ... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, allow me to explain. I made a comment about the tuning of instruments and you appeared to respond to it (since no other comment specifically about the tuning of instruments had been made up to that point) in a way that I did not see as rele... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, I think that you are confusing a couple of issues. First of all, while it is true that orchestras did, in fact, tune to a lower pitch standard in earlier (than modern) periods, that fact has little to do with the issue of the tuning of orig... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Lew, "original" or "period" instruments refers to the instruments that were in use when the particular music was composed and applies primarily to the music of the Rennaisance and Baroque and, as you say, the early to mid-Classical period. These m... | |
| VPI bearing oil/grease? Thanks, Dover I will look into the Motul; it's getting to be time for my annual bearing cleaning and relubing. | |
| good preamp for dynaco mk3 monoblocks with maggies Dover is quite right about the Dynacos' input sensitivity. It is rated at 1.6V for 60 watts output. I am surprised about this after looking it up, so I have to agree with his comments. I get excellent results with a non-TVC passive preamp (Audio S... | |
| VPI bearing oil/grease? Slaw, thanks for the update. Not entirely clear what your final assessment is. I agree that different lubes all have slightly different tonal signatures in any given tt; best in this case is clearly system dependent. What is not so system dependen... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Dougdeacon, you are correct in your description of the harmonic characteristics of period vs modern instruments. The opposite is believed to be true by some (including some musicians) because modern instruments' apparent brilliance is sometimes as... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Piano is indeed the toughest, and the greatest source of frustration for me when listening to vinyl which I consider the superior medium in every other respect. First of all, you may be particularly sensitive to this type of distortion; not all li... |