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| Gain control not working You don't mention what sub you have, but I suspect there may be corrosion in the sub's volume pot. If you can access it, try spraying some electrical contact cleaner, while you twist the pot up and down. This may clean things up, and get your sub ... | |
| Home audio system recommendations I use, and recommend, Tannoys. I built a one-off pair from HPD 315 (ca 1975 Dual Concentric 12" speakers) in 150 liter 192lb. enclosures, bass reflex. They will stay with me until my lifetime is over.I power them with either an SET 300B amp, or a... | |
| Waiting on 802D3 to arrive -- Will I need a sub? Hello Bryce,From one Thomason to another, it depends, of course, on your room. In my case, my room is roughly 16" X 34", of which the greater part has cathedral ceilings (the living room/dining room area). The kitchen has a normal ceiling height, ... | |
| Looking for the best moving coil cart that is around $5K used Five grand is a lot to waste on a $400 turntable. I believe also that if neither of your cartridges is doing the job for you, you don't have them set up correctly. Cartridge/arm set up is rather an exacting science, until you can master it, no amo... | |
| How can Wilson Audio speakers sound that good if they are using OEM drivers? I can't but agree. My ca 1975 Tannoy 12" dual concentric loudspeakers, with paper woofer and 2" aluminum tweeter, still surprise visiting audiophiles with their quality of sound. Great soundstage depth, imaging that seems to exceed the room barrie... | |
| Is it possible to have a quiet vinyl records After many years, I built my own Ultrasonic record cleaning machine. My vinyl has never sounded as good as now. Records I thought were unplayable now can be played and enjoyed. There is still the occasional click or pop, but not near to the extent... | |
| ***Seattle,Wa.Area 2018 Update*** Ask the Pacific Northwest Audio Club I'm sure they are still active.Dan | |
| Done buying new vinyl I recently received three new LP purchases, Cecile McLorin Salvant's "Dreams and Daggers", and "For One To Love". Also Bela Fleck's "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo" (among the best recordings of any type I've heard). The Cecile McLorin Salvant recordi... | |
| JL Audio F110 Fathom pops... As a first guess, I would say you are overdriving it. The popping noise is most likely parts of the drive system bottoming out, though I've never actually seen the inside of one of their drivers, just in ads and reviews. I know they're built like ... | |
| Reducing Background Noise On Records I have also used Gruveglide, and it seems to work as advertised. The biggest improvement though, came with building my own Ultrasonic Record Cleaning machine. Fairly easy to build, and inexpensive, at $200 including the Ultrasonic cleaner.If you a... | |
| Tannoy Owners: Need help with Canterbury GR fine tuning. Steve (Williewonka), is absolutely right. While I'm not using Canterburys, rather 12" HPD in massive cabinets (heavy), they perform the same magic described by Steve in my large room. The speakers are one-third of the way into the room, with nearl... | |
| Garrad 401 service expert in San Francisco Area Michel, I bought some fairly inexpensive 1877 brand cables. They haven't seemed to be a bottleneck for attaining good sound. I did pop for some Synergistic Research cables (they had to be fairly long at around eight feet to reach from my phono pre... | |
| Garrad 401 service expert in San Francisco Area There is not too much that can go wrong with the 401, they are built like a tank. Get some good oil for the spindle (I use synthetic from Northwest Analog in the UK). If you can, lube the motor bearings with some good sewing machine oil.I believe ... | |
| Really satisfied??? There were many years of frustration and trial-and-error (some of which was caused by living far from any large city, and no audio oriented culture to learn from in my small town). A limited budget has also been a factor, but I have spent as much ... | |
| Mounting a Jelco Tonearm Schubert, I have a fairly broad range of musical interests, chamber music, symphonic, mostly mainstream jazz (Coltrane, Monk, Miles, Bill Evans, etc; blues and some R'nR.I love good music, as long as it's what I consider good. Not big on rap or op... |