johnnyb53
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| The Well Tempered Record Player and Denon DL103 If you're going to pair a low compliance cart like the DL-103 with a low-to-mid effective mass tonearm like what's on the Amadeus, you need to get the tonearm's total effective mass up to around 30g. The easiest way to do this is to get the Zu-103... | |
| Turntable/cartridge/tonearm suggestions Don't buy anything until you audition a DPS/Ayre turntable. They're about $10K and have similar presentation to a $30K SME rig. The DPS/Ayre (especially with a good Lyra cartridge) always takes my breath away in the demos at my local high end stor... | |
| Best budget $300 Balanced IC Recommendation Go to the closeout page at Zu Audio's website. Scroll down to where you can get Wylde XLR IC at $99/pair or Varial, their flagship until about a month ago at $299/pair. These are about 70% off list price before the closeout. Zu also provides a 60-... | |
| hifi interconnect good for sub I like the Analysis Plus sub cable. Fast, clean, linear. | |
| best cartridge under $500 09-21-10: Audiofeil... However, I'm a big moving magnet fan and almost 50% of my cartridges are moving magnet/iron. Cut my teeth on the original Shure V-15 (old fart). They are by leaps and bounds much better values than moving coils. No contest.F... | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? 09-22-10: SebrofI'm with Drdennis on this one.I don't think that someone who heard your system for 30 minutes could tell the difference with new cords. Which kinda proves the point - People believe they hear things and arrive at certain conclusion... | |
| Phono cartridge for a Technics SL-1200 TT? 09-20-10: Vinyladdict... and now for something completely different!KEEP the M97xE and replace the stylus with the Jico SAS stylus available from: stylus.export-japan.comAre you recommending this, or this? | |
| Anybody own any direct-to-disc LP's? There are some D2D LPs with truly high quality music. The Harry James albums on Sheffield qualify. I also have a Sheffield D2D of Tower of Power. It's maybe not the best iteration of the band, but they're still very good and it's hard to beat a br... | |
| Anybody own any direct-to-disc LP's? 09-18-10: SidsspI didn't know the Creedence was D2D. I should check it out.He didn't say it was. Just that their 45 rpm singles reissues sound the best he's heard. | |
| Phono cartridge for a Technics SL-1200 TT? I've been using (and tweaking) an SL1210 M5G for 3-1/2 years now and am really happy with the music it makes.A lot of improvement in the SL1200 comes from vibration and resonance control. Here are a series of low-cost vibration control tweaks that... | |
| Advice on interconnect choice Right now Zu is offering the Mission series at half price through Friday Sept. 10. You can get a 1M pair of ICs for $149 or 1.5M for $164. I use the Wylde interconnects and have been really pleased with them. I also have a 1.5M Pivot (iPod style c... | |
| Wilson audio Maxx best amp match??? Best amp/Wilson combination I ever heard was the VTL Siegfried Reference mono's driving the Alexandria X-2. Next best was an all-tube Audio Research chain driving the Maxx 3's. Wilsons like tubes, especially well regulated tube amps with wide band... | |
| Adcom Vs Rotel So maybe you'll save up for a dream amp later when you can afford one. You can take the time to audition products from Ayre, McIntosh, Bryston, Classe, etc. and find the amp that really makes the 802's sing. In the meantime you still need a decent... | |
| analog newbie question/vinyl weight I just checked, and Mikey's math is correct. A 9" arm describes a circle with a circumference of about 1,436 mm. Since there are 360 degrees to a circle, that would mean 1mm translates to about 1/4 of a degree.As legendary as Mr. Fremer's listenin... | |
| Adcom Vs Rotel As long as we're talking Adcom and Rotel, why not discuss Parasound and NAD?Some Adcoms are designed (or consulted with) Nelson Pass. It's my understanding, however, that John Curl is very involved with many (most?) of the Parasound designs. The H... |