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| Age old discussion I know but MM or MC? Benefits? I don't know about the Shelter cartridge, but with my Goldring MM it took me some patience to set the anti-skate right. It was slightly better in one position with some music and slightly better in another with other music, but these were very sma... | |
| Age old discussion I know but MM or MC? Benefits? Great. Yes, the Shelter is liked by many with Nottinghams. If you have questions regarding the set-up you might want to talk to Larry from Hollywood Sound, he knows Nottinghams and I think the only distributor/dealer in the US. He also likes MC ca... | |
| Tchernov cables. Anyone knows anything about them? It will be here today. My ritual with new cables is to put them for a few hours right away on the source I intend to use them with to see how they sound brand new, phono stage in this case, then I move them to the cd player to burn in, 230 hours r... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? And this is something that might be an ultimate bargain.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8YIow9m2s&t=289s | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Yeah, I'd say Grado 225e headphones, $200. Not good enough for me but for youtube listening mostly okay.Next would be $5000 used previous generation Gryphon Diablo integrated amp with or without phono. Great value even if not exactly inexpensive. | |
| Tchernov cables. Anyone knows anything about them? Yup, Jim is there in Ontario.So I decided to keep the Classic MK II in any case. If the Reference MK II is much better I will keep it too, though by doing it I will use up all my upgrade allowance for the next year. In this case the Classic will g... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? My approach is simple. I upgrade the cartridge last. For as long as I hear improvements while upgrading other elements of the chain I will not touch it. So, trust your hearing, be nice to your wallet and stay cool. When the time to upgrade comes, ... | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? Yeah, that's perhaps too much even for "extreme audiophiles", as Orpheus10 put it. But why not ?Ralph, which one sounds better, 1/2" four track or 1/4" two track ? Assuming 7 1/2 ips and 15 ips speeds. | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? I wouldn't be so harsh and I have an advice - if your tuntable/tonearm/phono are good enough "blow $2.5k minimum on an Air Tight I" and see for yourself. Or do you want us to "blow" this kind of money and give you a free decision-making advice? Wh... | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? orpheus10, thank you. Yeah, that's the one, but A810 and perhaps A807 would be enough for me. There are A810 and A807 on ebay now, sold by some Germans, with custom tube outboard playback head preamp. That's how I would eventually want it. I'll ge... | |
| Tchernov cables. Anyone knows anything about them? jafant, not yet but it is on its way to me, should be here within two-three days. I keep listening to the Classic MK II for now. Tchernov's Balanced Refined Copper is very balanced indeed. They don't try to make the copper as pure as possible, th... | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? Besides, what about 1/2" tape machines ? Not that decks don't have vibration interference, they do, so you deal with it as much as possible. Replacing lamp cord power cable should improve it further, I guess. | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? The best way to eliminate unwanted vibration is to get rid of the needle and of the arm, that's, theoretically, laser-based playback. But it was never really developed. Maybe one day. | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one If I had to do it only one cable at a time I would first try power cord for Gryphon, not interconnects and not speaker cables. | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one Yeah. You guessed right with the Gryphon. I knew it. It is definitely worth experimenting with cables and power cords. If I myself was doing it I would start and probably end with five brands - Gryphon, Purist Audio, Echole, Stage III and Tchernov... |