jb0194
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| Does Technology Trump Quality? Given product choices that match your system well, I agree with Bill - even more so for upstream electronics. | |
| DCS Scarlatti I agree with Fafafion, having owned both Elgar and now Scarlatti - a "naturalness" which renders all other alternatives (heard and unheard) irrelevant. I, for one, care not if dCS themselves introduce a new line sometime down the road. For the man... | |
| Decent Interconnects From Table to Preamp Oyaide PA-2075 RR, available on Ebay. | |
| Ultimate DIY speaker design? Troels Gravesen in his most recent "Speakers Corner" of 9/11/09 (see his website) writes of a transmission line Watt Puppy clone project he'll soon be starting. Nice drivers by general description. | |
| Why so few high end line arrays? Hi Ptmconsulting,My arrays stand 5.5 feet tall, shorter than the really big 'uns. Image height is not noticeably exaggerated where I sit (the back of the "nearfield zone").As well, the image "forwardness" at high volumes in my system goes away bel... | |
| Why so few high end line arrays? Emailists:Your system is impressive. You take your vinyl as seriously as I do my cds! Headsnappin:Have you heard the effect of comb filtering in more than one line array model designed for home audio? Can you elaborate on what I should be hearing ... | |
| Why so few high end line arrays? Emailists,I use Atma MA-1s with mine and the arrays are custom wired to yield 13 ohms nominal, 10 ohms minimum. I wasn't prepared for the difference that proper impedance matching makes with OTLs. You are likely in for a treat.As for comb filterin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul: I also own a Pickering XSV-4000, Stanton 881 MKII-s, Nagaoka MP-30, Shure V15 Type III w/Jico SAS, Ortofon Super OM40. The Pickering XSV-5000 w/D7500 stereohedron stylus is at the head of the class in realism. Even when I swap out the stylus... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just a brief word of praise for the Pickering XSV-5000 MM. Found one in great shape (no stylus) on Ebay for $65 and sprung ($280) for one of the few remaining NIB original Pickering D7500 styli. Simply outstanding in all respects! | |
| Feickert Protractor - anyone use one? I own the Feickert and find it both useful and easy to use.FWIW, I also own the "Turntable Basics" phono cartidge alignment tool (mirrored). I also own both the "TT Basics" and the Shure stylus force gauges.For folks like me, with a combined inves... | |
| The Best Phono cable In the $200=300 range, the Oyaide PA-2075 is very good. | |
| Dual 1229 upgrades??? I'm not sure Bill agrees with the Norbornene balls in place of the stock springs, but I find greater immunity to footfalls and other extrinsic vibrations.The direct drives with the EDS1000 motor don't seem stressed by a 3+ pound TTWeights center w... | |
| Dual 1229 upgrades??? Buy a hardwood base from Bill at fixmydualdotcom ($95), and try swapping out the springs for Edmund Scientific 3/4 inch "unhappy balls" ($19.80 for set of 4), which perfectly fit the wells for the springs in both the tt plinth and the hardwood bas... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Thanks, Ralph! | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Ralph,Have you tried "record periphery rings"? It would appear to benefit warped lps, of which I have a number.Your feedback would help me in considering same. I've already tweaked the mat and use a spindle weight. My table is a Dual 721 with robu... |