fsonicsmith
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| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K My two picks if it were me are the Devore O/96's and the Volti Rival. The Rival is $1,000 over budget and if you are strictly limiting yourself to 15K, than the Razz would be just fine. I really have no clue why I am diving into this thread-the s... | |
| Advantages with an outboard power supply I don't believe anyone has answered your question. Then again, it has been covered many times. The power supply is the heart of any audio component. In recent years, switching wall-wart power supplies have become popular because they work very wel... | |
| Vibration Question You asked for help. The rest of are not there and can only go off of the available information. I gave you my very best guess and very questionable opinion. | |
| Vibration Question Well, the 18th century oak chest wins over all other considerations! It's worth more than all my hi-fi and records. Don't take me literally. I meant to ditch it as the base for your turntable. Looking at the photo you posted the chance of the t... | |
| Vibration Question Here, finally is the question: he thinks I am simply introducing twice as many vibrations (external, I think he means) into the tonearm by having it rest in two sites on the oak chest, and that I would be better off having one end of the tonearm ... | |
| Vibration Question @mijostyn For once I am in agreement. I have said it. elsewhere in this forum. Even the pivoting leaf type of mount found on many turntables such as this one is significant compromise. It offers versatility if you change tonearms and easy adjustme... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? @ddgtt I owe you an apology. I looked at other folks who are in the industry and though I thought they had a signature identifying their business affiliation, they don't. | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? @ddgtt You acknowledge "being in the audio business" in some but not most of your limited number of posts. I thought it was a Forums rule that you identify your business if you are in one. Maybe I am confusing the many fora I visit. Regardless, ho... | |
| My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles. This community is a big part of my love for audio so thank you and right back at you-and to all of the rest of you. | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... I think that is why there are class D amps now that are shutting down class A solid state designs for sheer musicality. Ralph, others have posted here and there with the question "what is meant by musicality?". They do so because the word is va... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? Oftentimes a radically different design seems jarring and ugly at first and then with time it grows on you. It is integral to human behavior-we are initially drawn to the subjective impressions we are accustomed to. One need only look to automobil... | |
| Manley Chinook SE MK2 By the way, as regards the autoformers in the Steelhead, I get the feeling that my Steelhead sounds best through its MM outputs, where there is no autoformer in the signal path. Interestingly, in the Steelhead, I have read (never tried it) that y... | |
| Manley Chinook SE MK2 Happy holiday and a healthy new year to you Lewm. | |
| Manley Chinook SE MK2 From the owner's manual to the Steelhead; An effective means of varying the load seen by the MC cartridge has been included in the form of a 5-position rotary switch. This switch selects various taps on a specially manufactured dual-primary bi-f... | |
| Goodbye Everyone Elliott, keep a positive spirit. I don't say this in a vacuum. Short story-70 mph Camaro hits cyclist broadside and cyclist goes flying 50 feet like a frisbee and breaks tons of bones. I was not in the Camaro. |