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| How to use Feickert Protractor on SME V Tonearm If you like the chosen alignment for the protractor that SME supplies, that is a precise way to get the alignment right. I like those bespoke protractors that require you to get the arm to align with a profile of the arm that is drawn on the protr... | |
| How to use Feickert Protractor on SME V Tonearm I don't have my Feickert with me (on long-term loan), but, if I recall correctly, it offers both a one-point (no need to iteratively move the protractor) or the two-point (like the Mint mentioned above) alignment (protractor must be moved).For the... | |
| Who is going to the Capital Audiofest? I enjoyed this year's show even though the big headphone room was not present. What is remarkable about this show, particularly if you have gone to it over the years, is that "old" is winning the battle over "new." Each year, more and more of the ... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Almost all of the newer tube makers have had problems, at least initially, with quality control and reliability. In time, if they are any good at it, these problems abate (e.g., EML had early problems, but, they appear to be reliable now.In the va... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes It is unfortunate if the Elrogs turn out to be unreliable and the problem is never fully cured. I would certainly only buy this tube from a very reliable source, such as George Lenz of TubesUSA. The vintage Western Electrics as well as the more mo... | |
| How old are your speakers The bulk of the speaker system is 12 years old (cabinet, woofers, tweeter, crossover. I switched out the horn midrange for a much better model which is, approximately, 76 years old. | |
| Who is going to the Capital Audiofest? Trelja,Not only did last year's show have the big headphone room, there was another smaller conference room that had a bunch of DIY people, most of whom were young guys showing off their own headphone amps and sharing their projects with each othe... | |
| Who is going to the Capital Audiofest? I will be there. The show usually has the right amount of visitors to each room that one can always find a seat and one can usually get the exhibitor to play a favorite selection. What was remarkable about the past two shows I attended is how much... | |
| Need recommendations on phono amp upgrade The Viva Fono at $6k is a pretty good bargain, considering that it lists for $16k euros. I own that phono stage and I like it very much. I have replaced the stock 12AX7 with Telefunken ECC803S tubes. In the past, I have used it with the .30mv Tran... | |
| The best preamp without a doubt..in my experience I own four different preamp/linestages: a Placette Active, a Mark Levinson No. 32 (with built in phono), an Emotive Audio Epifania and a custom-built preamp built by Aldo D'Urso. They are all different and I would not want to say which one was une... | |
| Scratches on acrylic platter Clearaudio Emotion Most tables that utilize an acrylic platter do so specifically to couple the record to a surface with similar characteristics so that vibrations (from the stylus tracking in the groove) travelling in the record will be transmitted to the platter a... | |
| Siltech G5 against the rest of the world. When comparing expensive cables, it really doesn't make sense to say this or that brand is superior to another--it really is a matter of matching gear to the cable and a matter of personal taste. It appears that the original poster found a good ma... | |
| Solid state phono/linestage vs Tubes All of the Aesthetic phonostages I've heard were on the noisier side. I suppose that this is, in part, because they use only active gainstages and don't use a step up transformer. There are many tube phonostages with step up transformers that are ... | |
| How does tone-arm mass impact performance? As others have described, the effective mass and the compliance of the cartridge's suspensiondetermines the frequency at which the arm will resonate. But, as Viridian mentioned, there are other, much higher frequency ringing that really affects th... | |
| Tonearm Options for Basis 2800 Omsed,Is AJ Conti working on the design of speakers that Basis may put on the market in the future? Can you disclose anything more about the nature of these speakers? |