fsonicsmith
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| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 @mijostyn This is the reason belt and direct drives stole the entire market dumping these old ID drive tables, which were in the beginning very inexpensive until audiophile mythology took over. No need to tear you into pieces. When a fool st... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 Pretty cool. AF are a pretty smart bunch of guys with their choice of products and marketing. FWIW, I have never purchased a thing from AF. I am not sure if you are applying the word "marketing" with respect or snark. They do have a glitzy webs... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 Is the Roadrunner compatible with the AF power supply? It is not an Artisan Fidelity PS, it is an LDA (as specified) that AF happens to sell. I have no doubt you mean "does it work with the PS the same way it worked with Phoenix Engineering’s P... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 After you get the basics ironed out you can consider going the extra mile to get the. best out of the 301 which might include Stillpoints installed under the plinth, an LDA (Long Dog Audio-what a name!) power supply to smooth out the induction mot... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 I don't want to be accused of "scamming AG for a free ad". As I said above, the devil is in the details. Was your motor truly torn down piece by piece and rebuilt by someone who knows how to make it "new"? Was it rebuilt with upgraded parts su... | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 I would love to help you but no one could possibly help you with such scant information. I took every possible path with a Thorens TD124 I inherited from my Dad. I had it "restored" by someone who seemed to know how to properly restore it. He did ... | |
| True high-end Speakers need a midrange Perhaps the OP can explain the perceived performance and measurements of this loudpseaker https://www.stereophile.com/content/tad-ce1tx-loudspeaker At every opportunity this long term denizen of this Board is telling everyone that they can not u... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge With 28,500 LPs and 60 years experience, I prefer the Dynavector 20X2 L cartridge. It works great with my modified SME IV, with the Zesto Allesso SUT as well as EAR 864 and EAR 912. It is so highly valued by friends and myself because it permits ... | |
| Leben CS 600 ( Dumper tube ) Tube rolling Ralph is the expert but rectifier tubes can change the sound in some amp designs. The difference stems from allowing the power tubes to see higher or lesser voltage. My Ampsandsound Nautilus single ended triode amp modeled after the HK 16 is o... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? I suggest looking at it from a slightly different perspective-which some of you are already doing; where do the diminishing returns kick in more abruptly. I also am disregarding base-level set ups intentionally (base level skews the analsis). So... | |
| Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker. Personally I feed this need by building. Whether it is speakers or cables, I find it more satisfying to make something than buying something. I encourage all audiophiles to at least once in their hobby lifetime to build at least 1 speaker kit... | |
| Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable The converse of this oft-experienced scenario is lusting after "this year's model". 9.9 times out of 10, "this year's model" will become the old has-been you can not believe you once lusted over. Krell was once CH Precision. CH Precision will beco... | |
| Speaker cables recomendation for Luxman L509X / Dynaudio Contour 30i I was going to chime in with Auditorium23 and see that jond beat me to it. They are amazing. I have five amps and three sets of loudspeakers and they excel with every combination. They come standard with bananas and are very difficult to get with ... | |
| New R2R DAC I have been very careful not to bring up SW1X unless someone else does. The reason is fairly simple-I just don't feel qualified to make qualitative judgments as to competing DAC's at any price level. But I auditioned the SW1X 2 SE with the USB opt... | |
| How important are spikes? Some loudspeakers benefit substantially from spikes. If the manufacturer has a good reputation and has supplied spikes, they should at least be tried. My Spendor D7.2's sound better in my room with the supplied spikes than with Gaia’s. I have hard... |