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| Ortofon Per Windfeld Load Impedance? Mr. Karsten,How, in layman's terms, would one go about "ringing" a cartridge with a square wave and observing the waveform? Are you talking about a special test record and an oscilloscope, or feeding an electrical signal (square wave)into the cart... | |
| Ortofon Per Windfeld Load Impedance? Jonathan Carr,Thanks for your explanation. I thought Mr. Karsten's comments about there being one right loading, in terms of proper electrical dampening of the cartridge made sense, but, it did not exactly square with my experience that the best l... | |
| My favorite Steely Dan song has to be... For just one pick, its "Kid Charlemagne." Even drug dealers need to be honored in song. Since no one else mentioned it, I would add "Bad Sneaker" for an "honorable' mention. | |
| Graham Phantom set up I don't have a Phantom, though a friend has that arm and we set antiskating by ear. To do this, we used a Shure test record that has instruments being played at progressively higher levels. At some level, the cartridge will begin to mistrack. The ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I wondered about the airflow issue that you mentioned. But, it could also be an optical issue. Certainly other treatments tout the improvement in the optical characteristics of the surface of the CD. One more thing, RainX leaves haze and streaks (... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Does anything touch the CD surface while in play? I would guess that any improvement would be purely an optical phenomenon. My concern would be for long-term effects. Has anyone determined whether the stuff will either react with the CD surface or... | |
| Highly Recommended CHILL OUT CDs??? How about a few "classical" and jazz chill out suggestions:George Gurdjieff: Chants, Hymns and Dances (classical)Franquiz Ali-Zade: Mugam Sayagi (classical--Kronos Quartet)Somei Satoh: Birds in Warped Time II (classical/minimalist, will be hard to... | |
| Best cover songs? I am not saying these are "better" than originals, but, I like the following:Be Good Tanyas "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt)Cowboy Junkies "Thunder Road" (Springsteen)Shonen Knife "Top of the World" (Richard Carpenter)Nouvelle Vague "Gun... | |
| Squealing Unico That kind of intermittent whistling is probably coming from one of the small signal tubes. As Ncarv mentioned, you can try to reduce microphony by reseating the tube, or you could try tube dampeners. I have that problem, though nothing, except ign... | |
| What Happens When Preamp Tubes Need Replacing? Karelfd,I run two Telefunken ECC803S tubes in a phonostage. I don't have an extra pair, so I am relying heavily on their reputation for outlasting the owner. Yes, they are now shockingly expensive, but, I have not heard anything close to that tube... | |
| Mark Levinson 326 Pre-amp Phono Option I don't have a 326, but I do have a Ref. No. 32, and I believe they are the same except for the use of separate chassis and a better power supply for the No. 32. I have the phono stage card which is a user installable item. It is designed so that ... | |
| Life without a remote RhIjazz raises a good point about some stepped attenuators (whether remotely controlled or not). I agree that ones with too few steps are not useful because the ideal volume almost always lies between steps. Those with 2 db steps are particularly ... | |
| Life without a remote To me, the proper listening level is critical. The most satisfying sound can be a surprisingly small band, so tiny increments of change are helpful. It would take a lot of getting up and down, with a lot of uncertainty because it would be hard to ... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... The perception that everything is over-priced and a lot of magic and voodoo is being sold has to do with whether or not you personally hear differences in components and whether those differences have enough meaning to you. On a very fundamental l... | |
| Can excellent tubes transcend modest amps? I agree with the posts above which say that good tubes will make an improvement, but, a better overall quality of the amp will make the superior quality of better tubes even more evident. To me, the biggest determinant of quality is the output tra... |