johnnyb53
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| Tad 1000's quiet? The TAD 150 Signature's phono stage is made for high output cartridges. The OP's Lyra Clavis puts out a low 0.25mV.I also wonder how you couldn't notice the totally tipped up treble and rolled off bass (i.e., completely unlistenable tonal balance)... | |
| Tad 1000's quiet? There are several things you don't mention in your original post. If this a recent occurrence or has this combo always acted this way? If it just started happening, you need to check for tubes going bad or gain knobs that got bumped or inadvertent... | |
| Great tracker cart $100 02-13-15: ViridianGreat buy for $100.00; nice score.... $100 was his original budget, but I'm not sure that he got an AT440mla for that. Those were $100 in 2008 when the dollar-to-yen exchange was particularly favorable. That's when several people... | |
| Advice: used speakers $600 I'd probably go for the Stratus Silvers or Stratus Gold if you could find those in your price range.However, if you can find a pair of Mirage M5si's at $400-700/pair, get 'em! I have a pair of brand new Magneplanar 1.7s anchoring my 2-channel anal... | |
| Great tracker cart $100 For sound, the Ortofon 2M Red probably has the edge, but IME, for tracking, the Shure M97xE with the damping brush deployed (i.e., in the down position) will track almost anything, including poorly stored hideously warped records from thrift shops... | |
| Buliding off of my Technics 1200 You will get better dynamics and especially inner detail if you replace the stock feet with something else. The cheapest way to get an improvement is probably KAB's Sorbothane II Sonic Domes. At $21 for a set of 4, that's hard to beat.Another alte... | |
| RUNNING POWERED SPEAKERS FROM AN IMAC I recommend you try Audirvana Plus playback software, made specifically for the Mac. You can try it for free for a couple of weeks. Learn how to use it to turn off other computer functions that compete with the music playback, and dedicate some RA... | |
| Zany measurements and theories 01-27-15: Zd542JohnnyB53: "Then a dogma has once again risen out of worst-case speculation of a theoretical scenario with no verification."It's not speculation. The contact point does get very hot. I did list 2 publications in my last post that de... | |
| Vinyl Recovery Well, I think the cement blocks-on-amps has more sound theory behind it than LPs needing a 24-hour cooling-off period before replay. The cement blocks may or may not work, but:Every active electrical component has a transformer, and every transfor... | |
| Zany measurements and theories I suspect that the vinyl that deflects from friction heat returns quickly to its original form and is back to room temp before the record is finished playing.For all this talk about a 24-hour cooling off period, is there any resarch to verify this... | |
| Vinyl Recovery I got into quality audio in 1972, when this dogma was first formulated and repeated. Some advertisers and publications made it sound like your record was irretrievably damaged after the first play. Quadraphonic CD4 may have helped propagate this m... | |
| Looking for speakers under 3000.00 used 01-24-15: RlwainwrightThe biggest sweet spots I have ever heard came from two very different speakers: Ohm and Gallo.Different configurations and different looks, but very similar dispersion patterns. The Ohm is omnidirectional and the Gallo tweet... | |
| What speakers for 10k? Yep. Hard to beat finding a bargain price on a great speaker AND being able to sell your current one right away.Several years ago I scored on a new (floor model) pair of Mirage M5si's on closeout at half price ($1K). I was able to turn around and ... | |
| Anyone else own EPI/Epicure "back in the day?" Compared to horns and JBL titanium tweeters, the EPI might have been polite by comparison, but compared side-by-side with ARs and Advents (which I was able to do in a single store), the EPI "spring air" tweeter was noticeably faster and more exten... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 and Subwoofer help/recommendations Do you have room for a Magneplanar DWM? I've heard 'em, and blending one or more with Maggie panels is a slam-dunk.I think they're $595 ea., so adding one is well within your budget. There's a 30-day trial period with full product price refund (i.... |