g_m_c
Responses from g_m_c
| Can you have too many tubes? I was 100% tubes, up in the 30's.I just could not keep up with the paranoia of problem tubes.You certainly need a tester, or access to one if you go with many tubes...Or live near Alberporter..which I actually think I do.I am now down to an Art Au... | |
| Does sound travel better at night? Cornfedboy,It's just the circle of life...zzzzzzzzzzzz | |
| Does sound travel better at night? The electricity travels better at night. | |
| High Quality Integrated to power Mani-2 Look at GamuT.My model 1's loved it. | |
| what made you get into high end gear. this damn site! | |
| How much does power grid load effect the sound? It has serious impact. That is why the music often sounds better in the eveneng, after things cool down a bit, and the heaver use is down. | |
| Rega RB1000 and VTA Adjustment Kate, Very interesting and logical tweeks.All that stuff can add resonance!I bet it is very minimal and sleek looking, as you say., | |
| Rega RB1000 and VTA Adjustment Rich62, I have not tried the ZYX on the Rega, but I did run the Dynavector on the Schroeder for a few days. I have to be honest; the Schroeder is in a different place than the Rega. It is so nimble and light on it feet, and yet its quickness and s... | |
| Rega RB1000 and VTA Adjustment I have a 9/1000 with a Dyanavector X-2. I used Wally tools to dial everything in properly. Once the VTA got there. with spacers, I was very happy and did not see a large difference with the range of lp thicknesses. I think you would be in good sha... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? I have owned the herron and now use the Tom Evans Groove +.That is the best I have heard. There are many I have not heard. | |
| Looking for phono stage recommendations I am driving an ZYX UNI through a Tom Evans Groove Plus (used of course), and it sounds awesome. The Evans replaced a Herron tube pre. | |
| Just a power amp, turntable and speakers? you could get an amp with volume control, but you will still need a phono-pre. You could do an integrated, although i do not know it any integrateds have phono stages. | |
| Question about quality of Meadowlark I have a pair of 18 mo. Blue Herron 2's. They are absolutely perfect. I can see no reason for any concern. Others can disagree. The cabinets may get dinged or scraped some day, that will not affect the sound. The drivers are of the shelf. However,... | |
| I heard the entire catalog of The Who was going to ask on www.stevehoffman.tvthey are on top of this stuff. | |
| Flattening warped lp's with Seal dry mount press From my experiments in the oven I might postulate that you may have set the heat 20 degrees to hot and the weight of the platten may have been too much as well. I have had best luck at 140 or so, and letting the weight of the glass(although I used... |