fsonicsmith
Responses from fsonicsmith
| HELP I Lost My Phono Preamp Transformer I recently replaced the wallwart psu to my Simaudio LP3 with a Wellbourne Labs power supply and the sound improved threefold. The WL PSUs go for about $100. Check out their website by googling. | |
| Replace wall wart to Simaudio LP3 The Wellborne Labs PSU I bought used from this site (Thanks Marc!) arrived yesterday in mint condition as described. The DC cord came with the same 2.1 mm male connector my Simaudio LP3 needed. Warmed up the trusty ARC VS110 and AudioPrism Mantiss... | |
| Heavy table on Target vw1 'pro'? I have a very similar fear, but with the VW-2. I have a VPI Classic on the top shelf with a two inch maple shelf in between. I am going to guess that is 60lbs alone. On the lower shelf I have a Simaudio LP5.3 and a fairly light headphone amp. The ... | |
| Replace wall wart to Simaudio LP3 "Just picking up a brand new phono stage and immediately thinking about replacing the power supply doesn't sound like much fun to me"Unnecessary implied criticism/negativity. To each his own. If you read my OP, you would have seen that I already h... | |
| Replace wall wart to Simaudio LP3 Well yeah, I guess. Arguably, the LP3 is very close in POTENTIAL to the LP5.3 with a very similar layout and parts choice but it is single ended only and it lacks a sophisticated power supply. I picked up the LP3 on close-out for $350. The LP5.3 h... | |
| New-prod high-compliance carts for SME 3009 I recently posted the same question. There are actually many options in current production. Ortofon made a high compliance cartridge, the 540 MkII, that is still available off of EBay (and I went with it). Apparently the 540 was among Ortofon's to... | |
| VPI motor popping noise upon startup/shut off I used to get a slight pop with powering on and off my VPI Classic and interestingly enough, an even louder (much louder) pop with turning on the turntable switch-but not the vacuum switch) on my VPI 16.5 RCM. I eliminated both inadvertenly by rep... | |
| Audio Research VS110, VS115? Assuming that you are putting a system together from scratch, you ought to tell us what speakers you intend to use, what your source(s) will be, and what type of sound you have liked or disliked in the past. That said, I would suggest you call ARC... | |
| Do Acoustic Zen Adagios still live up to the Hype My B+Ws have mirrored posts. I may very well be wrong as to what most speaker manufacturers do. I believe I am correct that most amp manufacturers (high end at least) mirror their posts. The big picture is that I want to make sure my Adagios are i... | |
| Do Acoustic Zen Adagios still live up to the Hype I am mostly happy with mine. Mine are four months old. Sometimes they sound extremely good, they never sound less than very good, but rarely am I in sonic bliss. I am not getting the degree of imaging I used to get with my standmounted minimonitor... | |
| Suggestions for a good phono stage I have not heard the Ray Samuels Nighthawk though I am a fan of his stuff. I do love my Simaudio LP5.3 with my VPI Classic and Benz Glider S LO. | |
| VPI Classic - Now you have one...... I do get a very slight pop too with turning table off. I do not think it warrants replacing the table, nor do I think VPI would/should. Such pops vary with each household and how your wiring is done and also varies with your choice of amp and prea... | |
| recommendations for TT + arm + cart, around $3.5k To respond to Elizabeth, seems a shame to give up on the VPI Classic just because it is backordered. I would not think the lag time would exceed six weeks. Hope your Rega P5 meets all your needs. In my case, my dealer had one VPI Classic in stock ... | |
| VPI Classic - Now you have one...... I bought mine from Galen too. He rec'd the Benz Glider to go with it and as it seems that the Benz is on backorder, I am waiting. | |
| Speaker Recommendations for Soundstage and Imaging "and not to use a sub is a HUGE mistake with any speaker, including the 1.6's".Aw, cmon. Maybe using Maggies without a sub is a mistake, but not using subs with "any speaker"? I don't know why I bother to comment about this. I am sure it is obviou... |