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| Recommedations for bestt interconnects for phono cable inputs at $100 or less +2 for the Audio Sensibility Impact SE. Recently bought one (also balanced) expecting a minor improvement over the Jelco 506 Balanced tonearm cable I was using and was shocked at how much better it was than the Jelco. The Jelco had (like the Audi... | |
| mono cartridge vs stereo I just did a pseudo mono setup in the past week that involved strapping a stereo cartridge (a modified Denon 103R potted in an aluminum body and retipped by Soundsmith with a ruby cantilever and line contact stylus). The whole setup flies in the f... | |
| Anyone else having trouble getting cartridges back they sent for repair? A year and a half would be totally unacceptable to me. I've had positive experiences with two different retippers on four different jobs and never had to wait more than 3 months. Turnaround was inside a month on two of those jobs and one of those ... | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons Correction: that should have read some the low output Dynas would be good as many have higher resistance/impedance as well. | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons Yes, Spencer. Vinylengine uses the term output impedance; Dynavector uses the term "DC Resistance" in their specifications so you might find different wording on this spec depending on where you are looking. Most of the low output Dynas would be g... | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons Spencer: As well as looking at arm/cartridge compatibility I would also seriously consider cartridge/phono stage matching with your Aqvox, particularly if you are running into the balanced inputs which I would expect you would be. I have the Aqvox... | |
| Mogami wire quality? "Cardas has a very specific manufacturing method where it uses a very high purity copper and does a slow draw when forming the actual wire strands to make a long grain copper conductor (this is approaching OCC or Ohno Continuous Cast). Also, much... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Thanks for this Rushton. Very enlightening and very informative; your recommendations provide for an entry into ultrasonic cleaning that is very affordable, which is very appealing. Good manual cleaning is pretty labour intensive and time consumin... | |
| What tonearm will better mine? No real comments on the Jelco vs. other arms. I’m happy with my 750D and have read a few reports from users who went upmarket and, in the end, still felt the Jelco was great value so I stick with it. Raul’s suggestion is a good one though if you d... | |
| Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that? Can't comment on an original UK but own the Japanese Pro Use and have heard the Mo Fi UHQR. The UHQR is superior IMO. | |
| Strange Loud Popping Sounds The Delos and the JC3 (particularly the original JC3-gain was reduced in the JC3+) are not a good match. See:http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/new-toys-parasound-jc3-phono-preamp-lyra-delos-cartridge.34119...Too much output and too much gain. ... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Thanks Bill. I will keep my eye out for one. (I'm blakep over at the Hoffman forum ;) ) | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? Bill: Is your after the Gold Rush an Artisan? Have been looking but I've never seen one in my travels here in Canada but do have a friend with an Artisan copy and it really does sound fabulous and quite a bit better than other early/earlier pressi... | |
| How do you prepare for a record show? Based on experience attending various shows over the years I would suggest the following preparation (clearly, other attendees that I've run into have undertaken this strategy):1) No bathing for at least one week prior to the event. You want to be... | |
| cartridge headshell screws. Lots of variables with mounting hardware. Weight will be one. Aluminum will be much lighter than stainless or brass for example so you can have minor changes in effective mass that might improve or degrade things. Magnetic vs. non-magnetic hardwar... |