jameswei
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| newbie turntable/speed control question Check out what can be done by power line conditioners. For example, VPI's SDS operates by taking wall power and generating its own output sine wave, much as an amplifier creates music from wall current. The SDS allows the user to vary the frequenc... | |
| Shelter 501 questions/concerns I had a 501 (known then as the "Crown Jewel," distributed by Sounds of Silence several years ago when I bought it) mounted on a Graham 1.5 t/c (medium mass) unipivot on a VPI HW19III. I had no problems with it, and it sounded pretty good. I don't ... | |
| Exposed tonearm cable source of hum?? How do you know the hum isn't from upstream of the exposed cable, like from the cartridge or in the arm? | |
| Exposed tonearm cable source of hum?? I had a bad hum from a VPI PLC power line conditioner until I relocated it away from the turntable and preamps. The SDS is OK.It should seem that five or six inches of unshielded cable wouldn't pick up that much AC interference unless there were a... | |
| VPI SDS....? The SDS provides higher voltage on turn-on, then reduces the voltage to 72 volts. The turntable motor needs more power on start up, to accelerate from zero up to 33 rpm. After achieving 33 rpm, less power is needed to maintain speed (i.e., to over... | |
| Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniv Album There's an interesting analysis on the Stereophile web site that compares the CD layer versus the SACD layer. JA's measurements suggest that the CD layer was compressed and the dynamics were often clipped. Not so the SACD. The observation was that... | |
| No Dustcover for Turntable, What do You do? WWW.elusivedisc.com lists a number of dustcovers for the VPI Aries series. There is a Scout Table Top ($200) version that fits over the whole thing and sits on the table -- presumably this may be inappropriate for your shelf location. There is a S... | |
| Does the subwoofer have to be on the floor? Some subwoofers are designed to be placed close to the floor so that floor reflections can reinforce their volume. I suppose you could adjust the volume control to compensate.A proper location for the subwoofer would minimize excitation of room re... | |
| Best small speaker I like the Proac 1SC. It does a good job on the mids and the highs and goes to the mid-upper bass on the low end. I would supplement it with a good powered subwoofer, something you might want for most small speakers anyhow. Good luck. | |
| Japanese Jazz Musicians Many of these musicians appear on albums recorded via the Three Blind Mice label re-released by JVC. Some albums are currently available at www.elusivedisc.com (just do a search on the artists' names or Three Blind Mice). Sugano's "Love Is a Many ... | |
| +++Magnum Dynalab MD-208 Reciever+++ I have a 208, but I have never owned a NAD receiver. The 208 does a pretty good job pulling in FM stations, probably better than most, although such differences are easily overwhelmed by antenna decisions. The amp section is credible driving my pa... | |
| Ground loop hum I had a hum that came from a light dimmer switch installed in the wall. When I flipped the switch, the hum would go away for a while.I also had a hum when using the VPI PLC to power my turntable. It broadcasts a lot of hum. You don't describe your... | |
| Newbie ?'s I've always liked Steely Dan's Aja, Blood Sweat & Tears' self titled album, and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (recently re-released as a CD/SACD hybrid) for good sound. Of course, they've done a good job remastering the Stones' albums in ... | |
| VPI Magic Brick or Webster's Dictionary I have two Sunfire subwoofers stacked. They are not magnetically shielded, and I have been concerned about magnetic interaction in stacked configuration. Putting some steel in between the subs would make sense theoretically, to channel the fields ... | |
| Theil 3.5's...Tubes or SS? Just bought a used pair I have a pair of 3.6s and have had good results driving them with solid state amps of 100 watts per channel or more. The 3.6s (and 3.5s, I believe) are difficult to drive with an impedance curve that dips below 3 ohms at points. I understand that ... |