fsonicsmith
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| Garrard 301 PSU 120V 60Hz vs 220V 50Hz Nanda, my friend, Ray at CTC/Classic HiFi is the best man to answer your question. I can tell you this-with Ray's PSU the eddy brake must be disabled. This is part and parcel as to why Ray offers the PSU in the first place. The PSU allows the user... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower For practical reason this type of Steve Dobbins plinth for Garrard 301 is universal for different tonearms if you're going to use many. Same construction in Stereophile article Aesthetically Artisan Fidelity 301 is the best (imo), but you need m... | |
| Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone. The Cohens or Kohens (pronounced "Co-Hayns") were the rabbis of the first and rebuilt Holy Temple. The Levis were the custodians. Back then being a custodian of the Temple was tantamount in status to being a doctor or lawyer. I am supposedly a Lev... | |
| Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone. I am Russian, never ever hear this name "Tallan" and never met anyone with this name in Russia. Are you challenging me? Perhaps you are unaware that when immigrants with long names came through Ellis Island, the names were truncated and "Ameri... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? lewm7,760 posts04-28-2020 5:00pmThe wire is probably fine, but Reed tonearms have a lot more going for them besides good wire. Otherwise, we could all buy FireWire and use it to re-wire some el cheapo tonearm. (Another owner of a Reed tonearm ... | |
| Soundsmith - Thank you to everyone. Peter, this has become a wide ranging question and answer process so I hope you will field another;You build and sell some very expensive and complicated cartridge designs and yet your phono stage designs are relatively simple and inexpensive. Can... | |
| Do I need an overhang gauge, in addition to a protractor to position cartridge correctly? Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that importantI have learned and am of the opinion that the quality of the drive unit, the quality of the tonearm, the quality of the cartridge and phono stage and compatibility/setting of all thes... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? @fsonicsmith Cool. Thanks for the clarification. Another thing I've often wondered is how good the tiny wires connecting the cartridge to the tonearm are. With all the fuss and expense about IC's and speaker cables, are these overlooked? There ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? @fsonicsmith Wait - I'm curious. What well-worn, rutted road? With the new Jelco, I now have not one, not two, but six signal interfaces between the cartridge and the speakers:cartridge to headshell/armheadshell/arm to Premiere Interface DIN ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? It takes special test gear to measure the resistance between good connectors, normal test meters won't pick it up. Do we have to go down that well-worn rutted road again? @fsonicsmith welcome to the club, i have the same Reed 3p Cocobolo "12 ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? Fluid damping causes all kinds of problems of it's own. The solution is worse than the cure. I went from various iterations of the original SME 3009 arm to various VPI arms including two of their 3D arms to my current two arms, Reed 3P's. I have h... | |
| Can I go wrong with Stillpoint Ultra Mini anti-vibration isolation feet? I have them under a massive plinth built by Russ Collinson of Layers of Beauty housing my Garrard 301. Before getting the Stillpoints, I was using edenSound Bearpaws under the same plinth. I usually hear differences with footers, In this case, I h... | |
| Art Dudley passed away. Rest in Peace My favorite audio writer by far. This is devastating to me. | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 And does your post above mean that you have only heard 8 brands of amplifier in your lifetime?Implicitly equating the performance of ARC and Parasound is another gaffer. | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 erik_squires;You seem to have gone off the deep end lately. You used to be a reasonably affable and knowledgeable bloke and now this? Do you really not comprehend the difference between MP3's shortcomings (and all of digital's) for the totally sep... |