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| VPI TNT HRX table - what tonearms? OK, dustcovers. The HRX turntable itself covers a rectangle 25 x 19 inches. This is more likely to fit in your location.The VPI dustcover is a two piece affair that rests on the same surface as the HRX. The bottom piece consists of four walls that... | |
| VPI TNT HRX table - what tonearms? I suggest you try the JMW that comes with the table. If you like it, you could save a lot of work.The HRX does not come with interchangeable arm boards. The arm is mounted in a hole drilled through the three-layer (plastic, steel, plastic) plinth.... | |
| JBL lovers Older JBLs played loud and had a peaky response, sometimes with undue emphasis on midbass and the "presence" band, upper midrange through lower treble. There is a good chance you will lose considerable detail, although this may not be so important... | |
| Why even bother? Why do I listen to radio?-It's easier than putting on something I have on disc.-Sometimes I don't have a strong preference and just want some music to listen to.-Radio is one of the primary ways I discover new music that I like.-It's free.-Notably... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Pass Aleph Ono -- very good. Manley Steelhead -- awesome. | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Tassiemike, Thanks for the perspective on the Zero 100. I remember looking at one back in the 70s, before I knew anything about hifi. I was intrigued by the nifty solution that the articulating cantilever design provided for linear tracking. I rec... | |
| Brown out problem Two products that are advertised as able to solve your type of problem are the Monster Cable AVS-2000 Voltage Stabilizer and the PS Audio P300 Power Plant. Both are for sale from Audio Advisor (yes, they have a web site) for the same price, a heft... | |
| motor replacement dilema You can look for a turntable motor as a repair or upgrade part sold by some turntable manufacturers. For example, VPI sells a stand-alone motor assembly called the SAMA. I don't know if it will have enough torque to spin up your huge platter in a ... | |
| Prolonged use of PAUSE on a CD player I don't know if leaving my SCD-1 on Pause continually caused a motor failure (repaired under warranty by Sony). I think some motors are kept spinning for some players when Paused. Now, I always use Stop, but I leave the power on. | |
| Graham mount compatability. The Musical Surroundings website describes the Robin as compatible with the 2.1 and 2.2 armboards. The 2.0 should therefore also be compatible. The 1.5 arm had a sliding platform that allowed it to adjust to different armboards. This suggests that... | |
| How do YOU find the hole? Sorry I'm so late to this thread. I had to go back and look up my Graham arm instructions from 1996. I recall reading about two positions. The Seagrave/Baerwald position optimizes performance near the outer edge and inner grooves. The Loefgren pos... | |
| More Sources than Inputs I bought a source switcher (Monster Cable Director AV 4.1) for this. I plugged my non-hifi sources into it -- tuner and VCR -- and plugged it into my preamp. Clearly, I wouldn't use it with my purest sources, phono or digital discs. I can't find t... | |
| tonearm/cartridge set up question Suggest you check your antiskating force setting. | |
| Best tracks to "show off" your system Recent discovery: Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson on Meant to Be, from the Narada label. Nancy sings on half the cuts, as Ramsey fronts a piano trio with bass and drums. They do sentimental jazz covers. The sound is really clear -- they come into ... | |
| Comments on Magnum Dynalab MD-205 Signal Sleuth I have an MD-205. It boosts the antenna signal in a narrowed frequency window. The user dials in the amount of boost applied. If you like to skip up and down the dial, this will magnify your work because you need to move the MD-205's boost window ... |