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| Help setting up cartridge VTA In theory, the stylus should track @12 degrees positive to the LP surface. In theory, cantilevers are designed to account for this, when seemingly parallel to the LP surface. In practise, you have to experiment, starting from the parallel point --... | |
| An unscientific poll: How often are you happy? Throughout the years, I have raised my satisfaction ratio to ~50%... through self-imposed leniency rather than system performance level. As I, too, attend many live performances, my pure expectations from a home system (mine is ~60k) had been inor... | |
| Sibelius Symphonies Thoroughly recommend Barbirolli, for the whole cycle. Also Davis offers insightful playing. Found on EMI. Cheers | |
| Battery Power for Audio System Interesting, T, thanks! The only solar power benefit I'm getting at the moment is hot water! | |
| Is digital poetry... Good one, Jayboard; now THAT'a poetry! | |
| Is the Mephisto II reliable? Bwhite, beautiful coincidence! Identical reply on chords from R. Gemein (Symphonic Line) regarding the reference cd. Short length AND large gauge were intimated... I'm currently changing the two chords leading from P/S to cdp. Cheers! | |
| DG Recordings I can only add to Rc that, if the performance we want is on DG, then we'll have to live with it. And I agree it's not always that bad. My point is that we can extraolate until death (God forbid) do us part how it could have been better, but the im... | |
| Is digital poetry... Could we but forgo the pernicious iambic pentametre, and a-tune our expectations onto another rhythm, better revealing of our intended pace! | |
| Battery Power for Audio System T, they're 110/230 V, 120 - 240 Amp rating, generator/ mains rechargeable. They have a limited life (¬ 12 months use) before a relatively cheap service is needed. They can output hi voltage (230V) and lower DC -- but only last about 12 hrs before ... | |
| Anyone heard the KR Enterprise Antares???? Glreno, how things are globalising! The Antares I used (in Europe) offered 2yrs parts, BUT 20.000 hrs (or TEN years) of tube life!!! Well, 2 yrs is better than 1yr I guess. Plus you'll know if the tubes are defective within the 1st 4.000 hours of ... | |
| Battery Power for Audio System VERY interesting, Twl! I for one will look forward to your impressions with the new device. On subject, I have toyed with the idea of using a very large battery supply unit, a model that's used in subs (the marine -- not audio -- version). I had b... | |
| Room setup vs. longer interconnects Thanks for yr input, Sean! | |
| Carmina Burana: what's your favorite recording? The Jochum version on Deutsche. The best performance, IMO. The recording isn't all that bad either (on LP). | |
| Which speaker for "bright" room? Brand A, B orC? I'm with Ezme & Sean. Let me add that, 1) speaker placement is important and can help,2) "taming/ fixing" a room isn't a multi million $ headache... it starts with dampening 1st order reflections, using rugs, carpets, furniture, etc in a manne... | |
| Room setup vs. longer interconnects If U stick to unbalalnced: I wouldn't dare contradict Sean on the possible circuit danger resulting fm a long IC :>), but I did do just that w/out any problem. HOWEVER, it is logical that the smaller signal emanating from the pre is way more vu... |