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| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system For around $200 Ortofon 2M Blue and Nagaoka MP150 are two that come to mind. Kind of a loaded question and you'll get lots of opinions.The Nagaoka might be a very good match, though, with that arm and what is probably a heavier headshell than the ... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system Good pick up on that Mofimadness. Never thought to check on a phono stage on that preamp. In looking at it, though, it appears to be MM only (although it is probably an outstanding phono stage). This changes things considerably.So in this case, ju... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system Yes, ideally you should have around 58 db of gain with that cartridge. Depending on the rest of your equipment that may or may not be a big deal. With a low output MC cartridge it is more critical to have enough gain without having too much than w... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system Do not even think of replacing that cartridge with an AT 95e or Shure M97!!!Buy a replacement stylus for the AT31E from LP gear or another retailer and don't skimp on the phono preamp! Remember that the AT is a low output MC so you will need a pho... | |
| Electrical Question - dumb one - but a good one Hubbell is a bit unusual actually, using contacts in their 15 amp receptacle that would not, in any way, accept a 20 amp male plug even if the faceplate of the receptacle had the T slot with at least a few of their models (Spec grade 5262/5362 and... | |
| Is this Normal? Zeppelin IV LP sounds horrible I've never heard a standard reissue of IV that sounds decent. I have a UK original first pressing that sounds miles ahead of any of the re-issues I've owned both domestic and UK.The general concensus is that original George Peckham pressings of th... | |
| do fancy fuses help? The simple and inexpensive way to establish whether it's worth it or not is to, if your equipment uses stock glass fuses, replace all of those with ceramic fuses and if you have a cryo vendor locally, to cryo those ceramics. If you cryo, you'll ha... | |
| Vinyl Back in Black Review There is a fairly large thread on the Hoffman forum about the Back in Black series and there is very little that is positive that is said about them there with the exception of a couple of titles (the Hendrix Axis gets positive reviews, and some p... | |
| Any thoughts on the new Bob Dylan album? Picked up the LP and enclosed the other.Lyrically this might be lighter than Modern Times (I'll have to spend a bit more time with it), but I think it's a more enjoyable listen and it'll probably be spending more time on my turntable and I think I... | |
| Need to finally replace my 8TC, but with what? Another option for you: if you have a vendor locally that is capable of cryogenically treating your 8TC, have it done and then have the cables burned in on a cable cooker (Nordost, Audiodharma, etc.)You will spend a lot less than new cables and ac... | |
| Tonearm effective mass Thanks again Doug (and Quiddity). I understand (now) that it's a given that the heavier headshell will have a much greater effect on increasing mass than messing with counterweights. It was interesting to me that a lighter counterweight pushed out... | |
| Tonearm effective mass Doug: Thanks for that information. It is both counterintuitive and very relavant to me at this time as I am in the process of doing a tonearm upgrade and one of the goals is to increase effective mass of the tonearm (cartridge is a wood bodied Den... | |
| best value - record cleaning machine Frankly, based on my experience, I fail to see how the Loricraft or Monks can be considered a "high value" RCM but maybe I'm just a cheapskate. I paid $160 for a KAB EV1 3 years ago and have cleaned 2,500 records in the past 3 years with it. I dou... | |
| Record cleannig fluid to Nitty Gritty Mini pro 1 Having used the Nitty Gritty Fluid, I am not a fan of it. I personally use the Mobile Fidelity (formerly RRL) Super Deep and like it, although I've heard very positive things about the Audio Intelligent, Disc Doctor and Walker cleaners as well.I d... | |
| best value - record cleaning machine DIY if you can or KAB EV-1 if you already have a decent vacuum. I think you need a junk turntable for application of fluids with the KAB for best results but we're talking free or next to nothing for that. You can also integrate steaming into the ... |