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| RCA phono cables to XLR Preamp. I would suggest you skip the adapters and simply have your tonearm leads properly re-terminated with XLR's. Sound quality will probably be better and cost may actually be less, certainly not a lot more. I believe this kind of termination may be pr... | |
| South Florida Record Stores? If you're into jazz, Blue Note Records in North Miami Beach is a good spot with an interesting selection. I bought 8 or 9 records there in early January when I was there; some nice jazz, a sealed early 70's Aretha Franklin and a nice copy of John ... | |
| Better TT or Better Pre? MMF5 vs XII vs Debut III No experience with the equipment you've described (although I have owned the original Project Phono Box-it was nothing to get excited about); I would think that it might almost be a wash (in light of the fact that the Phono Box II is supposed to b... | |
| Increase tonearm mass to match low compliance cart Do not read too much into Denon's compliance number. If you do a search at Vinyl Asylum, there is a general concensus there that Denon's number is not particularly accurate and that the real compliance number is closer to 9cu. A member there has m... | |
| Getting into Vinyl... Tvad: Just curious. Is your vinyl pressing of "Somethin' Else" an original Blue Note, a solid blue label Blue Note early 70's reissue or the more recent Blue Note re-issue? | |
| Aqvox 2CI Direct Input If you only have a few hours on it, don't make any judgements as it should improve considerably as it breaks in over the next few days. I'd be curious about your tweaks so please keep us posted on that. A DIY DH Labs power cord (Marinco IEC and ma... | |
| Current recordings on vinyl? I think it's been a long, long time since Dylan has released anything mastered in analog. His last 3 releases going back to and including 1997's Time Out of Mind are certainly not analog recordings. | |
| The relationship between VTA and VTF I'm not sure what a "stable balance" arm is as opposed to a "neutral balance" arm. I think that virtually all pivoted arms will exhibit this trait-I know mine does. You can drive yourself crazy with this stuff if you let it. I don't have any VTA o... | |
| Audiolab alive? Yes, they are now owned by a Chinese pro audio conglomerate, International Audio Group.Let's take a look at a brief history of the Audiolab 8000S.1996 Price under Audiolab UK 600 poundsEarly 2000's price under Tag MacLaren 1,200 pounds (you did ge... | |
| why are most new releases going to four sides? While the switch to 45 RPM does bring with it some sonic improvements, I can't help but think that some of the switch is motivated by the record companies to gouge the consumer for more money. The move to heavier and thicker vinyl certainly is; it... | |
| Aqvox 2CI Direct Input No, the gain controls are volume pots with the 0-14 db additional gain range simply silk screened onto the front panel for each control/channel. You can adjust anywhere within that range. I just ended up with 2 db additional gain because that was ... | |
| Aqvox 2CI Direct Input I have no idea whether this would be feasible; my gut feeling is that it would not work particularly well, particularly if you are using a fairly low output moving coil. I'm using the Aqvox with a Denon 103R (.25 mV output) into the balanced input... | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Zaikesman makes a very good point (one which I was thinking about posting earlier but was too lazy) and that is that what may work well with tube amps in terms of budget cords is probably going to be an issue of synergy more than anything else. I ... | |
| Anti-Skating or just let it skate? Your opinion. I believe that some antiskate is absolutely necessary to really lock in top quality sound. The question is: how much?I think AJ Vandenhul is probably on the right track with his recommendations, which vary as to stylus profile:http://www.vandenhul... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced It is my limited understanding (correct me, someone if I'm wrong) that the signal from any MC cartridge (along with microphones) is already fully balanced. It's also my understanding that most tonearm wires (in the tonearm itself-not external phon... |