islandmandan
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| purchasing a Scout/Scoutmaster: need input please There are some very "high end" audiophiles buying and upgrading The Technics 1200 MK II and MKIII, a Canadian friend of mine sold his $6000 Raven one and is putting together an upgraded Technics 1200 MKII. If I were you, I would look into this asp... | |
| Need some expert advice Dynaudio's love power. I have heard nothing but good about the Odyessy Audio Khartago, $895 new,at 120 wpc, voted best affordable amp of the year in Absolute Sound, for what it's worth. Speaker cables can make a big difference with Dynaudio as wel... | |
| Speaker cables for Simaudio/ Dynaudio I used Synergistic's Resolution Reference FX's for years with Dyn Contour 5.4's, a great combination, I'm still using them with my One-Off Tannoy custom HPD 315's w/custom crossovers. Tried the Teslas, but thought the improvement not worth the dif... | |
| New VPI Scout II Owner My preference in my Scout Signature is a Dynavector XX2MKII, an excellent pairing. My phono stage is a modded Simaudio LP 5.3, and improvements have been made regarding isolation ridding arm, cartridge, and plinth (including motor), of vibration a... | |
| Boy, do I need help Tabl10s, I admit it could get hot on the carpet, and would, had I not put longer "feet" on it to raise it off the carpet aways. I occaisionally take the cover off, and give it a good blast of air and clean the intake, fan, and the rest of the unit... | |
| Boy, do I need help Hello, just thought I'd throw my 2cents worth in. I have a very complicated system, with a mish-mash of components, home theater, multi-channel, integral separate 2 channel system with passive pre., solid state, and valve amps, along with an analo... | |
| Synergistic Designer Reference Cables? character.. This info may not be pertinent to the thread, but I have been using Resolution Reference FX speaker cables for the last four years, and after trying out the Tesla line, decided to stay with what I have. Very smooth, neutral, balanced with black ba... | |
| Where is the problem? Tracking error? Your problem is likely 90%+ set up inaccuracy. I had the same problem when I got back into vinyl about three years ago. I was quite ignorant at the time about set up, and so was discouraged and wondered what all the fuss was about re vinyl. After ... | |
| VPI scout VTA help. Darren, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, it has truly been a labor of love, and I am happy to say, it was well worth the effort. Good luck on your audio endeavors.Season's Greetings, regards,Dan | |
| VPI scout VTA help. On the flange where the arm mount fastens to the plinth, If you look closely, on the right side of the flange you will notice a small allen-head set screw. 90 degrees counter-clockwise from that set screw, or on the back side of the flange/plinth,... | |
| Time for new used cartridge A friend of mine just had his XV1-S go down, and his dealer loaned him a Dyna XX2MKII. He knows that's what I use, and after listening, his comment was: That's an f'n good cartridge! One can be had used for around 1K or less, so while you are wait... | |
| Comments on Tannoy Kensington SE - Room size About a year ago, I decided to sell my very fine pair of Dynaudio Contour 5.4's, and go back to Tannoy. I bought a pair of thirty-five year old HPD 315's, 12" Dual Concentric drivers from Ebay UK. I had 150 liter nearly 2" thick, 200lb. (ea.) encl... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! My current system, with custom built 200lb. enclosures (ea.) to house Tannoy HPD 315's (12" Dual Concentric drivers), soon to have custom scratch-built crossovers. Modded 300wpc SS amp, sounds superb to my ears. When the crossovers are done and ve... | |
| Next Analog Steps: VPI Scout Users I'll not conveniently rank what you should do in what order, but I can make suggestions that will take your Scout to a level you never dreamed it could reach. FYI, it is a Signature model, with a Dyavector XX2MKII cart, and Modded LP 5.3 Sim phono... | |
| Any experience with Copper Mat on Raven One One other thing the copper mat makes possible is to fasten a ground wire from the bottom of the bearing assembly to ground on phono pre. Used Mapleshade Silclear on spindle to enhance connection between it and copper mat. Can't say it made much di... |