jameswei
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| Why Not Semi-Automatic Style Turntables? One impediment to lifts is arm vs table geometry. Lifting the arm at the runout grooves of a record is basically an arm function, but it is commonly mounted on the table. If you buy separates, the table manufacturer doesn't know what arm you're go... | |
| How to keep housemates from using your rig? Your situation is upsetting to read about. Your housemates are selfish, unscrupulous, and dishonest. You should find a better place to live.To address your question, the weak part of your plan is probably the servo + linkage. These need to be posi... | |
| cable help? With digital sources and electrostatic speakers in the mix, I think you wouldn't want cables that emphasize the treble. Also, given the price points for the naks, I don't think you're interested in spending $2000 for a pair of interconnects. I'd s... | |
| Bryston 7BST or bridged 4BSTs The 7B ST has a voltage versus current switch on the back. The switch should be set to current if the impedance of your speakers dips meaningfully below 3 ohms over part of the frequency range. Higher impedance loads are driven with the switch set... | |
| help with humming noise? Try grounding the CA7. You may have a grounding problem that goes away when you hook up a Nak to an ML component that is itself properly grounded. For example, the cable ground/drain on the MLs may be connected to chassis ground. Connecting the CA... | |
| What Power amp SS would you recommend........ The Bryston 7B ST's do a good job on the low end. They are also Class A rated in Stereophile (for what it's worth), and they're reasonably priced. | |
| Talk About Static Cling... Make sure your drive belt isn't rubbing against anything. | |
| What IC's works best with ML390s cd player? Glad to hear you pulled the trigger on the 390s. I've been pleased with Cardas Golden Cross direct to my Aleph 3. The Golden Cross seems very quiet, the background and small silences are deep black. For me, this heightens the color and dynamic cha... | |
| good CD player with variable output? The Mark Levinson 39 and its successor the 390s are fine players with analog volume controls. The 390s is more dynamic and colorful, but obviously costs more than a used 39. I recommend avoiding players with digital volume controls because they di... | |
| Vintage turntable running fast, any ideas? Could it be that one of your parts is a wrong-size replacement that got put in sometime a long time ago? It sounds like the pulley could be a too-big replacement. Or, the belt (which would have been the first thing to wear out and be replaced) cou... | |
| The final solution to WAF problems / issues. I saw these at the NY show. If they don't sell out to the guys with WAF problems, at least they should appeal to the fetishists. They didn't sound half bad either. | |
| Shielding unshield speakers: Possible? You can cover the speakers in mu-metal, a soft metal that shields against magnetic fields. The more completely the speaker is wrapped, the better, since magnetic fields tend to leak around edges. The thickness of your sheet depends on how strong t... | |
| Tonearm-Preamp Grounding Problems-HELP From your comments, it seems like you've tried swapping out pretty much everything. Could it be environmental? For example, people who live close to high tension electric power transmission lines commonly have voltages built up in their metallic p... | |
| Selection of cd player under 5000 used for... OK. Suggest you wait for a used 390s. | |
| How can Audio shows be improved? All rooms should play show-goers' song requests. Many serious listeners bring their own software. Some rooms just played demos of their own software choices, of course to best show off their systems. Attendees have their own software which they kn... |