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| Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362 No problem. Good luck with that-you'll be busy! No experience with the FIM here, but I am still using cryoed versions of the HBL 5362 and 8300H in my line conditioner. I think you'll find pretty big differences between the non-cryoed 8300H (check ... | |
| Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362 My mistake. Albert did stop using the 8300H a few years ago and switched to the 5362 as Hubbell changed the materials in the 8300H and started manufacturing it with a ferrous backstrap. See here:http://new.audiogon.com/listings/porter-port-20-amp-... | |
| Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362 You guys do realize that the Porter Port is a cryoed HBL 5362?Or do you? | |
| What's my next evolution in the analog venture? "Along with increased resolution, a new TT will also make you more aware of things like surface noise. It won't be as forgiving as your current setup."A "better" turntable (or analog front end which includes, table, arm, cartridge and phono preamp... | |
| Entry-level speaker cables "Based on the $25 per foot calculation, I saved $340 (68%) on my used type 8 pair. Not too shabby."Always good to buy used-makes sense. However, even at $8 foot for used 8TC it's almost 3X the price of the 3103. And the Kimber Postmaster spades ar... | |
| Entry-level speaker cables Mogami 3103 terminated with Vampire high copper content spades. Cryo it and burn it in post cryo and it gets even better. I preferred it to my Kimber 8TC (also cryoed and burned in on the Nordost cooker) and ended up selling the Kimber. The 8TC re... | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge Compatability Personally, I do not think the Ortofon TA-110 would be an ideal match with the 2M Black; with that cartridge I would be looking for an arm with a slightly lower effective mass, something in the 12-15 gram effective mass range. I also don't see muc... | |
| phono cable chryoed Great idea to cryo a phono cable, but even more important following the treatment is to subject the cable to proper burn in on something like the Audiodharma or Nordost cable cookers. The output level from phono is so low that a cable like that ne... | |
| Cryogenic experience wanted. Constructive please My experience is pretty much the opposite of Peter's above for what it's worth.I've cryoed entire components, but mostly very cheap units as "experiments". Results were mixed: one DVD player seemed to benefit much more from treatment than another,... | |
| VTF measurments with a unipivot Actusreus: There are probably two relevant pieces of information for you here with respect to your question.1) Whether unipivot or more traditional pivoted tonearm, if you measure VTF above the height of the record you will end up with a reading t... | |
| Esco cantilever/stylus mods for Zu Denon 103R Glad you're having fun. I should mention that I am in what is a cooler climate (Southwestern Ontario, Canada); it's about -15 Celsius outside here right now and I have the furnace set around 20 C inside. I can lower VTF a bit in the warmer, more h... | |
| Esco cantilever/stylus mods for Zu Denon 103R Spirit: Until you have about 25-30 hours on the new stylus I wouldn't get too hung up about really dialling things in as there is IMO a definite break in period. I have no experience with the stock 103; all of mine is with the 103R which by most a... | |
| Esco cantilever/stylus mods for Zu Denon 103R I've used modified Denon 103R's for the better part of 5-6 years now, the most recent versions being one in an ebony body that has been retipped (and potted, as Zu does with theirs) by Soundsmith with their $250 retip (ruby cantilever and line con... | |
| Do balanced/symmetrical phono cables really exist? Yes. Jelco JAC-506 is just one example. | |
| is it safe to clean records with isopropanol ? "So what does isopropyl alcohol do that a mild soap / detergent solution doesn't? When I want to remove grease, dirt, slime, residues and other contaminants, I use soap and water and rinse with clean water. What does alcohol do better?" That's a v... |