jrcotner
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| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Turns out timing really is everything. While I've been getting more info on the turntable, it has been sold. At least now I'm properly informed if another one becomes available. | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Thanks for the continued input. Since my stereo is in a small room, how far can the vacuum unit be from the turntable? Space is a premium and if I can put the workings on another room it would save me some space. | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Thanks for the info. It comes with a Grado XTZ cartridge and a clamp. Does the pump run during the entire play time? How loud is it? I have spousal approval, but don't want to leap before I know what I'm getting into. | |
| Ruminations On CD Players After much consideration and review of the preceding posts, I finally pulled the trigger on a CD player. I got a Cambridge CXC v2 and a Jolida Glass FX III DAC. They sound great together and are a considerable improvement over my Arcam CD-73. I... | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. Lots of good and thoughtful selections. I vote for "Dirty Water" by the Standells (I hear you rolling your eyes out there). Great rhythm, good guitar hook, simple lyrics and it sounded good on a portable transistor radio or in the car, where peo... | |
| Maximum Upgrade Potential Thanks for all of the thoughtful insights. It seems a better choice to save some dough and plan on getting a new amp instead of spending $1000 on tubes. I've been chatting with Fritz of Fritz Speakers about a pair of Carbon 7 SE Mk 2s. If the d... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh I replaced the Mullard EL-34 tubes with Tung-Sol EL-34B tubes and after some run-in time I replay the Hildegard Von Bingren CD which started this. The sound is much improved and not nearly as harsh. The higher register soars rather than screech... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh I did some side-by-side testing yesterday and discovered that there is no difference between the left and right speaker. I swapped cables and no change. But when I changed from the eight ohm to four ohm output, the harshness decreased somewhat. ... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh I listen at lunch and again in the evening with my adult beverage. I have post-concussion phonophobia, which I suspected at first. But my wife also noticed it so I can rule that out. I don't have any sources for spare gear around here to swap i... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh Thanks for all of the information, as well as confirmation that I'm in the right place. I got this tube set from Upscale Audio, so I'll check with them regarding tube behavior. Room acoustics is an interesting idea, but I've been here for four y... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh Thanks for the info. I get the harshness with CDs as well as records. I've changed around the speaker output taps and no change. I apologize if I offended anyone with my modest problems. I settled on the Audiogon forum since it looked like it ... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players I correctly titled this post. Ruminations, indeed. | |
| Ruminations On CD Players I just scored about 90 used MHS Mozart and Beethoven albums, so I'm listening to a lot of that. I mostly listen to classical from the romantic period back. I've also developed an interest in medieval choral and early instrument music. I'm tryin... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players I like that idea. I'll give the Orchid a look. I'm getting swayed toward the notion of separates. | |
| Ruminations On CD Players Thanks for the info and advice. One of the posters asked about my system. I have a Prima Luna Dialogue One amp and Forest Totem speakers. I don't have a streamer and hate to say never, but I'll likely stick with CDs and vinyl. When the time co... |