johnnyb53
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| SL1200 upgrade tonearm or replace cartridge? 02-14-13: Vicdamone...After reading your tweaks I think I'm going to give them a shot. Thank you very much. Here is a picture of my SL1210 M5G and the tweaks I've made. o The tonearm has the KAB fluid damper and is wrapped in Teflon pipe thread ta... | |
| Gone are the days of the great audition. Well, that depends on how long ago it "used to be easy." During the so-called golden age of stereo there were rooms full of a wide range of speakers and components coast to coast. However, most were populated with the usual suspects--JBL, Bose, Al... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? +1 on the Marantz PM8004. If you only have $1K for an amp, have middling (70 wpc) power requirements, and need the highest end experience at that price, this one will do it. You can actually pair it with $10K speakers (e.g., SF Cremona M) and it w... | |
| Top monitors 3K - 6K range Sounds to me like the Dynaudio C1 is the one to get--the easiest to live with, as it has the most seamless top-to-bottom coherency, realistic midrange, and no single frequency range that calls attention to itself as you get with the Usher berylliu... | |
| Replacement for Maggie's? Pryso: Actually I'm very familiar with the Maggie DWM woofer; I heard it in a demo with mini maggies around 5 years ago. I am very impressed with it and it would be another great alternative to subs. When I mentioned the powered subs I intended th... | |
| SL1200 upgrade tonearm or replace cartridge? Zenblaster: I agree with you. I've read enough testimonials of good tonearm swaps to agree with you that at some point you're throwing good money after bad on the SL12x0 stock tonearm. Technics must have realized this too, as they originally also ... | |
| Replacement for Maggie's? This attitude of categorically dismissing subwoofers for fear of integration problems is a bit dated. Sure, it can be a hassle to integrate one or more subs with a system, but it can also be rewarding well beyond the financial investment.First, yo... | |
| Cartridge find Audio Technica AT155LC - any good? Maybe it's time to move on to an AT150MLX. Currently in production and has a MicroLine stylus (excellent tracker, very long lasting) instead of the Line Contact. | |
| SL1200 upgrade tonearm or replace cartridge? 02-07-13: ZenblasterDon't forget that all the damping and wrapping come at a price. These are fixes to tame resonant frequencies, to move towards a more musical and less analytical presentation. I would love to put my 10' vpi tonearm from a Travel... | |
| SL1200 upgrade tonearm or replace cartridge? I read somewhere, and maybe someone else can speak more definitively, that the servo circuit within the SL motor is constantly hunting for the proper rpm. While looking at the strobe it appears to be visually stable but the motor is continuously c... | |
| SL1200 upgrade tonearm or replace cartridge? If you check out Jeff Dorgay's article in ToneAudio's Issue 22, he replaces the internal power supply with an aftermarket one, and the mounts an SME 309 and reports the results. An excerpt:...if you want to push the boundaries of what you can achi... | |
| Right in the too-many-options budget sweet spot? GIven that the Triton 3 is a scaled-down Triton 2, read the Stereophile review of the Triton 2, where reviewer Deutsch auditions the speakers with a SImaudio SS amp and two much lower-powered tube amps. Although the SS amp produced tighter bass, e... | |
| SF EXTREMA vs SF Cremona M The common denominator here is that SF enthusiasts want your Extremas and are willing to trade current models to get them. I'd be very cautious about giving them up.I've heard the Cremona Ms and love them, but based on what I've read, the Extremas... | |
| ???Phono Preamp for Rega RP3 W/Elys2 ???? I have had my Jolida JD9 for two years now and love it. I had considered the Vincent PHO-8 with its rave review in TAS, but liked the idea of getting some tubes into the signal path. The Vincent distinguishes itself with a large, separate power su... | |
| Best cartridge options for around $200. I know the difference between detailed and tipped up. I can't stand tipped up. It sounds bogus to me and I have no tolerance of it. It drives me out of the room. The low level detail of the AT150MLX is earned with a micro-line tip and very low mov... |