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jtsnead

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Turntable Advice Needed
Setting up the 3d arm is not fun and you also need the 2and pivot piece and the Soundsmith thing you put on the weight for azimuth to make the arm usable it's just to hard compared to other arms I've had. I think enough people complained then they... 
Whest Phono Stages
Sounds great. Just an FYI here is a Titan $4300 US https://www.ebay.com/itm/124002846849  
Turntable Advice Needed
+2 on the Dr Feickert, had a VPI would never go back 
Turntable recommendations
My last 10 years - VPI Scout II with Trans Fi Terminator arm with all upgrades I was one of the first users - VPI Prime for a short time - Technics SL1200G and GAE kept the GAE as a collector item but very good sound - SME 10 with M2 Arm and 2nd a... 
Turntable Advice Needed
1K more Dr Feickert Volare so much better than anything in the same price range. If you are near MD I know a dealer that has it on display.                 http://www.feickert.org/index.php?id=34&L=1  
Is the Modwright for an Oppo udp205 worth it?
Another LX500 user here sold 10K worth of PS Audio when i got it! I was looking to get a 205 used around the time they started going up in price but after talking to Dan it seems the LX500 is 95% the sound quality of the 205 so I got one on his re... 
SCAM ALERT ON MULTIPLE CRAIGS LISTS - Watch Out!
Also in Maryland 
Phono Pre Upgrade from Parasound JC-3?
Modwright PH9.0 I lied it better the JC3jr and Rogue  
Mounting Triplanar Tonearm to SME 20/2 Turntable
I mounted a Triplanar on a SME 10, you @snackeyp might of bought the arm from me? Any how I had an armboard made of Delrin by Brian at Analogue Artisan and worked great he is in New Hampshire and does very good work. If you look at my profile I pu... 
Time to buy a class D amp?
Has anyone posted this yet $2500  https://thelsagroup.com/products/lsa-amplifiers 
Best Analog for $10K
Dr Feickert Blackbird with Jelco 850M, ortofon Cadenza bronze, Modwright PH9.0, look at my avatar  
Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened?
@twoleftears Thales is the last tonearm I will ever own, it is outstanding  
Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update
@ledoux1238 the Simplicity arm likes heavier cartridges it did not like much Ortofon Cadenza Bronze so I got a Air Tight PC7 and it works very well with the arm, constant sound quality for the entire record. I can here how a pivoted arm affects th... 
Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update
I was an early adopter of Vic's arm also loved the sound but ultimately got tired of messing with the pump etc., so I went back to pivoted and could not catch the sound I had before with multiple tables and arms. I got all the way up to the Tripla... 
PS Audio new Stellar Phono PreAmp?
If I were you I would try to demo one first. I had at least 6 phono pre's in the last 2 1/2 years and the one I settled on is the Modwright PH9.0 if you like tubes in the phono stage going solid state you might be disappointed you will loose mainl...