joenies
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| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do I had no issues with my TT. After reading many articles and post about how great the springs are, I thought I would try them.my TT sounded very good to my ears, just wanted it to maybe sound better. That plan didn’t work out for me.My TT is back o... | |
| Clearaudio Concept, can I change out the cables I do not think you can. It might be a re-wire job. When I was looking at arms , my dealer informed me that those CA arms have stationary cables. There a good cable and arm but as we all know there is always something better, maybe could happen out... | |
| Audiophile Fuses - Are We Certain They Provide Protection? Thank you for posting this topic. I asked that question to the people at QSA about the rating on the fuse and voltage rating, also the physical size of the fuse.I informed them of how my fuse size is listed in the manual. They said no need to worr... | |
| Build-up on stylus - any new cures? Agree with @noromance only up and down.The other day I notice a piece of lint on my needle. I tried my dry cartridge brush, then Last Stylus cleaner, another fine brush, ME, the lint was still there. Used an older US stylus cleaner that removed ... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do Tomic601I didn’t know Brooks Brendan. Not sure if I read about him and his mods..my Oracle is basically untouched. I rebuilt the Oracle every couple years. I don’t have the dexterity that I used to have so it takes me longer. Last rebuild took me ... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do Used a Teakwood shelf, 1.5” thick, 23”x17”, butcher block style, approx weight 14 lbs., it looked beautiful. I used 4 pods. C size springs. Total weight est. 66 to 70 lbs. Townshend agreed with the C size springs. I moved the Pods around to get th... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do My main table is a non suspension type, ClearAudio Master Solution. I really like having a non suspension TT. My second TT does have a suspension, Oracle Delphi. I have had the Delphi for 30 years plus. I’m very accustom to TT with springs. The C... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do My floor is concrete and my rack is a Symposium Ultra rack. I could walk up to TT no problem. Had to be extra careful if I was making adjustments or touching que lever. With Pods removed I have a rock solid TT with no issues.Joe | |
| Anti-Skate: Pete Riggle Engineering: A good read What came first the Wally Skater or the PRAMS?Good read, thanks for the post. The Wally Skater and the PRAMS look almost identical. I use the Wally Skater myself. Easy to use. Getting your anti skate setup properly makes listening to music more en... | |
| B&W 800 D4's, Room size, & general Q's I always like the sound of my 801’s using Mark Levinson electronics.The 801’s really sounded amazing powered with ML 20.6 power amps. Also used a ML 380 pre-amp.So many choices. | |
| Record clamp It will not hurt your TT. you might get some SQ out of it.just be careful not to over clamp it where the album starts to warp. If you don’t like it put it away, maybe on another TT.I have been using a clamp on my TT’s for 40+ years.My Oracle Delph... | |
| Speaker Wire for Popular Budget System Try some Kimber 4pr or 8pr cables, kinda affordable.go to RadioShack and buy their 12 gauge Speaker Cable. Comes on a roll of 25ft or 50ft. I have put this in a number of friends systems that don’t want to spend a lot of money.The RadioShack speak... | |
| What is wrong with my system? Your equipment seems to be ok as you noted.Try changing your cables. I’ve had good sound with my 801’s using Kimber cable in my second system. | |
| Full range speaker for rogue 90 or 100 wpc amp. Look at the Klipsch line of speakers. They are very efficient.maybe a used pair of Proac speakers. Not as efficient as the Klipsch’s.look at used speaker at your price range. . | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards My system in 1982.B&W 801 e series speakersJanis W1 sub-woofers, pairCJ PV5 preampHafler 220 ampsB&O turntable, linear trackerMonster cables |