harhau
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| cleaning vintage receivers Miles,It sounds like you might find the Pioneer Audio section over at www.audiokarma.org interesting. It is full of guys heavily and incurably addicted to vintage receivers. Viridan's advice is pretty sound and cautious, so I'll second that (altho... | |
| Newbie looking for cheap dependable table In addition to the TTs already mentioned, you should consider a Technics Sl-1200mk2 (or mk5) modified with a tonearm damper from www.kabusa.com.Check Ekobesky's review here at Audiogon or the recent review at TNT Audio http://www.tnt-audio.com/sor... | |
| starting from just about scratch w/ $600 to spend My suggestion:You can upgrade your TT to a new Technics SL-1200mk2 for $400 if you shop around. Your Grado Red is fine with the SL-1200mk2. That should leave you $200 for a phono stage.A gently used SL-1200mk2 is also an option, but at $400 I woul... | |
| Best $2K TT Package for VAC As an alternative to the usual belt driven turntables, you may want to consider a Technics SL-1200mk2 with all the mods (arm damper, external power supply, threaded record clamp) from www.kabusa.com . This will be well within your budget and leave... | |
| At what point can you hear a Fast or Slow Table? I would worry about a .37% speed drop due to stylus drag, if it really is the case. This because stylus drag - and more importantly the torque on the platter - depends on the amount of groove modulation and the position of the stylus with respect ... | |
| Are the TT's of the 70-80 as good as the new ones You may live very happily with older top models from Thorens, Sony, Kenwood, Denon, Technics etc. You should be aware that many newer DJ tables come with short straight tonearms specifically made for scratching. These will not allow you to mount y... | |
| Review: Quad U S A ESL-989 Speaker I have the ESL-63, so I can't comment on the sound of the 989 specifically, except to say that Drbond's description of the 989 sound applies as well to the ESL-63.Now, as for the socks: The socks are there for aesthetic reasons, however the metal ... | |
| What amp do you use with your QUAD'S? I use a Quad 303 for my ESL-63s. Sounds good to me. I am working on bringing a Threshold 400A (2x100W class A) back to life and use it to drive my Quads . Any thouhgts on these combos?Cheers,- Harald | |
| What Turntable to buy under $600 ? Stefanl wrote:>>If a table is suitable for broadcast and DJ duties would it not be already some way towards the goal of good sound reproduction?<<Stanhifi replied:>> Faulty logic. These tables were originally designed for bull wo... | |
| What Turntable to buy under $600 ? I'd just like to add a dissenting opinion into the mix: You could consider a KAB modified Technics SL-1200mk2 (or mk3,4,5) with a tonearm damper and external power supply (see www.kabusa.com). You can get a gently used SL-1200mk2 and do the modifi... | |
| Review: Threshold 400a Amplifier Thanks to Ferrari for another nice review!I have a 400a that I bought used for $200. As Ferrari pointed out, one should preferably leave it on 24/7. I didn't, and after a few weeks it made a loud buzzing sound after power up. I will work on it thi... | |
| Review: Denon DL-160 Cartridge Ed,Thanks for a very well written review of the DL-160. I am using mine on a Technics SL-1200mk2 and I find it a very good muatch. I prefer it over the other budget carts I have: Shure M97xE and Grado Prestige Blue.Cheers,- Harald | |
| turntable recommendations under $1500 I'll add to flyingred's suggestion. You should consider a modified Technics SL-1200mkX. I have an old SL-1200mk2 to which I have added the tonearm fluid damper from KAB. The damper improved tracking with my Denon DL-160 cart which really has an au... | |
| wow and flutter Mayanitis,I don't think the arm/cartridge resonance is relevant for what you hear at your 3 kHz test track unless it is a 3 kHz tone superimposed on a low frequency (near the arm cartridge resonance frequency)signal. You should make sure that the ... | |
| Best turntable for easy setup and no maintenence? A KAB modified Technics SL-1200mk5 with tonearm fluid damper and external power supply. Get the KAB/STANTON Trackmaster II integrated cartridge/headshell for easy (as in 'nothing to adjust') alignment. Buy the KAB/Technics pre-tweaked from Kevin a... |