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| MC cartridge loading: still baffled A good explanation of the blank record and the similar use of the run-out section of the record can be found if the last listed video here: https://www.sound-smith.com/articles/videos This is the method now endorsed by Peter Ledermann and Frank ... | |
| Higher End DACs You should audition a few samples of DACs and streamers to get a handle of the type of sound you favor. Pick something in the highly detailed, accurate camp, such as the Esoteric, and then something at the other end of the spectrum, like Audio No... | |
| MC cartridge loading: still baffled lewn,The blank disc is NOT intended to simulate actual operating conditions. From experience of many manufacturers and listeners, it gives a rough approximation of what the correct setting would be when playing actual records. Like all antiskati... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth All you need to actually hear the effect of the low frequency resonance is to play one of those old Shure test records that are used to find the resonant frequency of your tonearm/cartridge combination. The subsonic frequency is recorded along wi... | |
| What Would You Do with a Sealed, 1st Press Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"? My mono "Kind of Blue" has that limp plastic inner liner as you described. What you have is an original release. If the side 2 track listing had been incorrectly inverted, that would make it an early pressing in the run before they corrected the... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? A local dealer uses the Orange to do quick screens of small signal tubes and EL84 output tubes. It is much easier to use than the TV-7 that is the main tube tester in the shop. | |
| Cartridge loading Of course, until the circuit is closed, there is no current. The issue of whether a cartridge is high current/low voltage, or vice versa, is only meaningful in the context of what the downstream amplification needs. In the case of a cartridge, t... | |
| Ebay sellers switching tubes eBay may not be the most reliable source of tubes, but, there are not that many alternatives. I can't run down to a local tube shop. It is also hard to determine if the seller is intentionally ripping off the seller. It is almost impossible to ... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? I own, and like very much, the Amplitrex tester. It is a modern design that is still in production. It's ease of use is unmatched. One chooses the tube type from a menu, and after a type is selected, the display tells you which socket to use. ... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear If I value LPs and CDs at $5 per item (probably optimistic), I come up with $35,000. That is a little bit more than the value of the midrange drivers in my speakers, so I am way into the gear side. | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? The Thales arm is interesting in design; it is a version of the Garrard zero 100 tonearm from the 1970's. The theoretical disadvantage is having four pivots for movement in the horizontal plane. I also don't know if there are advantages or disa... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? The Reed arm is fundamentally, a simple, captured bearing design arm. The only complication is the moving base that maintains cantilever/stylus tangency to the groove and eliminates skating forces. Optical sensors have been around a long time (e... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? ct05171,All air bearings rely on very low friction of the main bearing to allow the cartridge to easily pull the arm along. To some extent, conventional arms also pull the arm axially to a new position, but, they employ the mechanical advantage o... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? I have no idea which design or elements of an arm will result in the kind of sound I would like. I would like to hear the Reed T-5 arm out of curiosity because it does have a lot of design elements that address theoretical issues with tonearm per... | |
| Stax SR-007 with SRM-007t I had problems with the low gain from the Stax amp/interface too, with the 007 Omega II phones. In my case, it was with insufficient gain when playing from a phono source (okay with digital sources, but, that is probably the case because my lines... |