invictus005

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Is it possible to mount cartridge without using a protractor?
GR comes with an overhang gauge. Check the box. 
The best place in NYC
@mapman Harman's still there. Great store.  
The best place in NYC
Devialet  
NAME SOME RARE AUDIO ITEMS THAT DID NOT TAKE OFF BUT SHOULD HAVE & WHY.HERE'S MY LIST
TICE INFINITE SPEED power cable. 
Opinions Please - Which Turntable Rack is Better
Sound Anchors is the best I've used. 
BaerWald vs VPI setup protractors
@lewm My opinion is that Baerwald is a fraud. Lofgren A is the correct alignment, so why do people insist on calling it Baerwald?  
BaerWald vs VPI setup protractors
Neither. VPI is bunk and Baerwald is phony. Use Lofgren A or B. What is there to think about? 
SL1200GAE New Tonearm
Reed is out of Lithuania. I was born there. Interesting...  
New SME SYNERGY Turntable!
@cardani When it comes to tonearms, nothing will ever beat van den Hul. But SME and Crystal are now part of the same company and so it goes.  
NAME SOME RARE AUDIO ITEMS THAT DID NOT TAKE OFF BUT SHOULD HAVE & WHY.HERE'S MY LIST
TEKNA SONIC 
Phono (0.1- 0.22mV+) or step up for LOMC?
And let's not forget, Ortofon also had head amplifiers. Which they blatantly stole from John Curl's JC-1.  
Phono (0.1- 0.22mV+) or step up for LOMC?
Anyone listen to Soulution 755 or 550 phono preamp? 
TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! !
@pbnaudio Last batch of LSK389 I ordered directly from Linear Systems, more than half went straight to garbage. Discrete low noise jfet days are over. Those Toshibas are awesome, should be a very low noise phono preamplifier :) 
TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! !
@pbnaudio What are the fets used in that unit? 
TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! !
@lewm When it comes to analog, a phono preamplifier is the single most difficult component to engineer and build. MP1 (pushing $20,000!!!) uses 10 tubes to get 66dB of MC gain and another 6 tubes for line level. I have not heard it, but I doubt it...