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| Does a turntable mat make any difference? I use the funk firm mat. It sounds great to me. Some of the things I like about it is I do not have to turn off the motor to change or flip the record. Also it does not leave any lint on the record. I have friends who use the Herbie on the Rega. I... | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? It takes approximately 4 mm of adjustment on the bearing side of the tonearm to make 1 degree of difference on SRA. ( angle of the stylus)We can play from 100g to 200g records which have different thicknesses without any adjustments. My point is t... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision I own an ARC Ref 5se. You can get these for under 6k. The yellow circuit boards are the older ones. So you can save about 1k on those. Unless you have absolute proof of tube life I would get new regardless of what the hour clock says. ( it can be ... | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? Brian Walsh He uses Analog Magic. I am not sure where you live but he does travel. https://www.ttsetup.com/ | |
| REL Hum. Stumped As a side note do not connect the black Speakon wire to the speaker terminal if it is a balanced amp or has XLR inputs. If you must use it connect it to chassis ground ( or a chassis screw). That is cool you figured it out. I use upgraded power ca... | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions Just an option for now. Your Hegel has RCA pre outs. You could buy some Mogami RCA cables. I like the idea of the Blue Sound Node with the upgraded power supply. Use the USB output since this is the best input on the Hegel. I hope this helped. | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions NO, NO, NO. Please do not use your Yamaha as a preamp for those speakers. 1. Not good enough for those powered speakers. 2. XLR might not be truly balanced as most Marantz, Yamaha, and Onkyo are not. 3. you are worried they will not sound the s... | |
| Will audio gear be ok in unheated house I like the idea from Surfmuz. You can take it to another level by wrapping it in plastic or a garbage bag and putting some desiccant in with the components. You can buy a bunch for under $20. That combined with the process listed above you are set... | |
| Will audio gear be ok in unheated house Hello, When you are ready to listen make sure the equipment is acclimated to the living temperature of the house. Like 70 degrees. Once you have done that plug everything in and put in standby to let the capacitors charge up a little. After 24 hou... | |
| Need Help With Building DIY Grounding Cable You should check out Puritan cables. They have these RCA spring clip to banana ground cables. There is a great trick for this. Get yourself a speaker wall plate with 5 red and 5 black 5 way posts. They are usually $15. Take one stripped copper and... | |
| Need Help With Building DIY Grounding Cable No problem. I didn’t want anything to happen to your equipment. | |
| Need Help With Building DIY Grounding Cable Just remember signal ground and chassis ground are not the same. If you components are balanced be very careful. Typically the neg on the RCA or the outer circle is the only thing connected to ground as long as the components are not XLR/ balanced. | |
| Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described Hey, The main thing is make sure you follow PayPal or EBay rules during the dispute process. Also, when product is shipped using one of these services you have to take pictures and videos even before you touch the box. Shake it, Do you hear rattli... | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? Hello, I like the Hana ML for you. It’s semi warm and somewhat forgiving. If you want a little more detail take the VTF/ weight below 2 g. Maybe 1.9 g. Music Direct has it for less than $1k. I would skip the Ortofon carts with the Shibata stylus... | |
| AC hum Puritan Puritan PSM156 Ground Master City Route Master Worst comes to worst you run new ground rods and install a Ground Master connected to those ground rod/s |