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| Child Damage Mitigation @noroMy first pair of “good speakers” were Magnepan MG-1.4 (~1987). Those had the L-shaped feet, so they tilted back, with nothing extending to the front. Our first child (who was about a year and a half then) casually toddled up to the left speak... | |
| Child Damage Mitigation We raised five children with various Maggies in the house the whole time. It was labor intensive, but as some others have mentioned, letting them know the speakers, and the rest of the audio equipment (and the stove, and AC outlets, and the stairs... | |
| Power Amplifiers The most “classic” amp I’m using in one of my systems is a Scott LK-150 (1961-64). It’s essentially stock (restored, but not modified), and performs as well, or better than any “modern” amp I’ve compared it to! Pretty amazing! I’m also using a Mus... | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Great thread! Diverse crowd, but with certain themes recurring! My love of music and audio equipment comes from my parents, who always had a stereo system, and lots of LPs spinning. As for me... I’ve been lifting weights for 41 years straight, and... | |
| Adjusting tube bias... Hi all. I’m hoping that someone reading this thread will be able to help me. I am also not new to tube amp use, but most of the tube amps I’ve had have had a built-in method to test bias. I bought a 1961 HH Scott LK-150, which has a bias meter on ... | |
| Free to Good Homes Hello. I agree this is a very generous offer! I’d like to take advantage of it ;). I have some components on cutting boards, and have always wanted to try the Mapleshade platforms, but found the price beyond what I was comfortable with for an expe... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Lewm, I know the numbered value dials you refer to (I’m kinda *from* the good old days ;) ). The Rega arm has a few detents in the antiskate lever which represent 0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0 (iirc), and the manual suggests choosing the value that represents y... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Jack, it is my understanding that the skating force is not equal across the entire stylus path from lead in to lead out... plus, even if one were to consider doing what you suggest, any sprung table, or any unipivot arm, would use the same forces ... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? As others have pointed out, there are many different combinations of factors that contribute to the skating effect in each set up. I have a VPI Scoutmaster Signature, which included an antiskate device. I have tried it with and without a number o... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. @ramtubes. It is very likely that what I’m hearing with this preamp vs passive thing is a less than perfect passive, against preamp distortions which “smooth” the sound. I’d like to know more about your suggested solution to this issue, but con... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. What I’m hearing is a thinning of the midbass range. The lower bass is coming through. There is also the etched character I hear in the higher frequency range. These are slight, but obvious changes in the sound which, together, render the music “l... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Gentlemen, thank you for your advice. I actually never intended for either the Axiom passive, or the little Mani to take up residence in my main system, however I decided to try them, which lead to my interest in replacing my preamplifier. What st... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. @ieales. Thanks for the link.. I’ll check it out. My comment regarding the phono preamp with aux inputs and level control was made selfishly because I am very much interested in outstanding LP playback, and only listen to my digital sources casual... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Sorry, I had mentioned my sources in a previous post, but this thread has many, many posts by many people! I primarily listen to LPs, but I do have a DAC (Cambridge DacMagic Plus), and an Audioquest Beetle to stream Spotify over Bluetooth. I initi... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Thanks George. I like the idea of a passive control device, and I’m trying to learn about the system matching aspect so I can try an appropriate unit. I did appreciate the clarity, but was distracted by what I’ll call an overly etched, and leaner ... |