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| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? Graham Slee AccessionParasound JC3+ Whest PS.40RDT Pass Labs XP-17 What I have found is that many people tend to under gain their cartridges, this leads to a lack of dynamics. Not always the case but many times I have been at friends ... | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? The ART 9 is not as dynamic as the Delos, you might find it a little lacking on Classical, I did. But the ART 9 is a pretty balanced cart overall. I bought it based on the love it gets on this forum but for me I never felt it was the giant killer ... | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? The Delos can be a great sounding cart you just need to make sure you have the loading right, it is sensitive to the cabling (not expense or expensive cabling but capacitance) . As was mentioned try 250-500 ohms. Mine is at 330 Ohms and sounds ver... | |
| What do you think of your Soundsmith Cartridge I have a Zephyr MIMC, and completely agree with @fsonicsmith It's OK. For the price I would expect a lot more. Overall it's a little lacking, ok bass, mids are clear but not in your face, highs are a little soft. Overall it just doesn't excite. ... | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? Have we ever gotten an answer as to what Deep Core is? I have an 1800 and I really like it, so I am intrigued by another product. But I honestly have no idea what it is supposed to do. | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 I agree, I would look at the Parasound JC3+. I listened to a lot of phono stages over the summer. I thought at it's price it was the best one one. | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain A while ago I realized that for a cart to sound it's best the voltage should be brought as close to 1V as possible. Get that gain from a SUT or from the phono stage. As you found out, getting that extra gain really makes the cart sing. For your ca... | |
| Stylus force digital scales I don't think it's an issue though. I had a friend bring over his Ortofon DS-3 and it read exactly the same with my cart. My Delos is supposed to be at exactly 1.72 for it's best, so I'm trying to make sure it's as accurate as possible. | |
| Stylus force digital scales You absolutely can use the inexpensive digital scales. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I have been using this stylus gauge for the last year, it's $14 shipped. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XC2AQN4/I have a set of calibration weights (... | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? Received my 1800 the other day and am burning it in as we speak. I already have a smaller 500 watt balanced power transformer (not from CPT) in my system so I very familiar with how much of an impact balanced power can have on the system. Right ou... | |
| Shielded power cord best used on Digital/Source or on Tube Amps? Shielded power cables should really only be used if you are running power close or on top of other cables that are very sensitive electrical interference. I don't run any power cables with shielding on them. | |
| Which is the best Buy: Shielded and Unshielded Ethernet Cables? Unless you have a really noisy and crazy environment you are running the cable through UTP should be just fine. I have UTP cat5e I ran years and years ago, every once in a while I put a managed switch on the network and never found any dropped pac... | |
| SoundSmith repair time Soundsmith sent in for retipping on April 10th, received back on July 1st. | |
| Best for recording records? Best off getting something that does not record to the computer. Most of the ADCs that do record to the computer via USB etc introduce noise as well. You are generally better off getting something that will record to an SD card and then transfer t... | |
| JC3+ Anyone? I got a chance to have JC3+ for a week to test in home. It was being actively used by my dealer for well over 6 months so it was ready to go when I got it.I used it with a ART9 cart so that is .5mV the same as your Lyra. Sounds on the JC3+ are ver... |