helomech
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| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. As far as the DAC goes, I am looking at a Berkeley Dac or an AURELIC VEGA G2. State of the art is out of my budget but achieving a musical good sounding 2 channell system is in reachState-of-the-art in digital can be had for a mere $700:https://ww... | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Just about anything pressed for Capitol these days is atrocious. | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Oops, my mistake. But then it’s just like my argument how inconvenient the MC cartridges really are. Does that mean a Hana charge 80% of retail to rebuild or completely change their cart officially via distributors ? Yes, MC cartridge replacement ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Fairly certain my VPI dealer would tell you the Scoutmaster is one of the best tables they've ever made short of an Aries or HRX. Personally, I'd take a Scoutmaster over the AS Primus. Its AS equivalent would probably be closer to the Wow XL or Tr... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Everyone here has poisoned me on VPI. Guess they suck. Now I am looking at a new Acoustic Signature primus or a Rega RP8. Any thoughts on those tables?FWIW, my local dealer loves the old variations of the VPI Scout with unipivot arm. He's still a ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. With exception of Soundsmith carts, the typical replacement stylus for an MM/MI cart is 80% the cost of the cartridge.@helomech just check Peter's interview and he said at 17:00 here SoundSmith cartridges will be rebuild ONLY for 20% of the cost (... | |
| What's up With VTS? Yesterday when I tried calling multiple timee, hours apart, it wouldn't even ring. The dial was followed by a brief silence and then a disconnect with a "line busy" notice. I get that he's old-school but would a voicemail be asking too much? Maybe... | |
| What's up With VTS? I understand his business model and have been trying him by phone - figured that was made clear in my second post. When one tries each week for a few months, usually at least twice in a given week, and still can't make contact, what is one suppose... | |
| What's up With VTS? I realize he's a one-man operation, but I've never had trouble contacting him in the past and he always returned his missed calls. I've been trying to contact him weekly for months now. I have doubts that he pays much mind to his website. Somethin... | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Analogue Productions can produce some very fine records. So does RTI Unfortunately, the sister company, QRP, will press all variations of quality. It seems the QRP sticker on the jacket indicates they actually cared enough to do it right. Records ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Regarding cartridges you will always pay more for MC, no matter what.This is very important for a newbie! It is obvious that MC has very short life span and stylus is not user replaceable. Even if your MC cartridge has reasonable retail price this... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Unfortunately that's the only arm that comes with the SCOUTMASTER. JMW MEMORIAL TONEARM. Unipivot offers less friction. Follows the grooves better. Superior sound. Bearings add friction and you lose detail.Someone knows how to read marketing bro... | |
| Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020? Some AN models are ported, some are sealed.IME, there is really no substitute for the acoustic suspension sound in a vented box. Some bass-reflex and transmission-line speakers can play as deep but lack the speed and texture. Open baffles excel at... | |
| Spendor Classic 3/1 vs Graham Chartwell LS6 ? Not too many sealed speakers around anymore. I wonder why that is?I wonder the same. There are advantages to sealed designs that cannot be achieved in a ported box. Porting helps with efficiency but power is relatively cheap these days. | |
| Spendor Classic 3/1 vs Graham Chartwell LS6 ? It's really quite uncanny since I'm looking at spendor classic 3/1 as well. The difference is that I own the Graham ls6.I can tell you without a doubt, ls6 is bad for edm. The bass is just way too boomy, especially if you put it near walls. That i... |