ghdprentice
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| How to choose an upgraded tonearm. @skyscraper I think you are choosing a wise course. Gather deep experience before attempting something really complex. | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k I always find wood labeling very confusing because it is frequently a conflated combination of wood type and color. Drives me crazy. | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k The Montegiro Lusso is certainly out standing… for me not in a good way. To me, it is actually the worst looking table I have ever seen. But it is completely personal tastes. I am very fond of wood and gravitate towards traditional elegant. He... | |
| Audio research reference 10 tube replacement The remote problem came about when the remote manufacturer, with little notice stopped manufacturing them. Trent the new owner of ARC immediately went in search of a new manufacturer. This does not happen over night. I believe new remote is free ... | |
| Subwoofer between speakers? @delm Turned up too loud. | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? Technology continues to evolve. That said high quality floor standing speakers out perform active ones at this time. Choosing high quality speakers that fit your room (what ever the size) plus careful placement, room treatments, and carefully chos... | |
| My likes and Disappointments with the Pro-Ject Record Cleaning Machine Good review. Thank you for sharing. I hate cleaning records as well. I used a VPI for over twenty years… then it died. It applied fluid and vacuumed. But the vacuum was too loud! So, I was disappointed as it wasn’t cheap. So I got a Nessie Pro... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? @hondaron Whoa, check your ego at the door. | |
| How to tell the current from the amp High current amplifiers will usually put the specifications of the maximum current output. The others will not. @erik_squires is correct the doubling is a good proxy. My real interaction with this issue was in 1980, I bought a 200 watt/channe... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap You don’t know what you don’t know… until you do. | |
| Looking for a tube phono pre @pakatsuleas I have owned a dozen phono stages over the last 40 years… starting at $200 and now with my Audio Research Reference 3 ($17K)… every penny you put into your Phonostage (assuming well chosen, not just on price alone) is worth it… gener... | |
| Wanting to upgrade my streaming sound quality. @gphill 👍🎉 | |
| Subwoofer between speakers? OP Respect for your adoptions. We always have a pair… acquired one, train for a year, then second. No doubt you have your hands full. It is hard enough to train and domesticate one dog at a time… three is got to be beyond difficult… I hope you don... | |
| Looking at Turntable: belt drive or direct drive? I would definitely get turntable without a phono stage. Phono stages are critical in the performance of a turntable, probably the first thing you will want to upgrade. I wasn’t happy until I got a $1.6K + over 30 years ago. This way you can upgrad... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? I have to agree with @avanti1960 until your speakers are optimized. My speakers disappear after some repositioning. But @bhvf is absolute;y correct… those old recording with one guy an the left and one one the right, are just not going to disappea... |