larryi
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| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth The model this dealer prefers IS the Mk 1 with the ferrous subplatter. Most fans of this table prefer the sound with the ferrous subplatter. If I owned the table, I would go with the Schopper subplatter just for peace of mind alone. | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth Yes, it might be more of a theoretical, rather than a practical, issue. My dealer puts very expensive cartridges, like Platinum Signature Rosewood Koetsu cartridges on modern tonearms (typically Ortofon, Triplanar, or Audio Noe) on idler tables l... | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth A dealer in my area is a BIG fan of the 124 and has reconditioned dozens of them likes the ferrous subplatter much more than the non-magnetic aluminum subplatter. He is not concerned with magnetic attraction from powerful MC magnets. If you want... | |
| The physics and limits of relative loudness perception When I have my Levinson No. 32 preamp in my system (which allows for very small incremental changes of volume and/or balance by remote control), I can hear very subtle image shifts with as low as a .2 db change in relative balance, with .5 db shif... | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time Yes, it is hard to dismiss the possibility that the benefits are all in one's head, but, it might well be that it takes quite a while for a cartridge suspension to soften from use or physically warming up. The suspension becoming more compliant f... | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time Did you go back to the first albums you played in a session to confirm that they sound better after the several hour warmup? Even that basic test is, of course, not really strong verification, but, it is at least better than comparing the sound o... | |
| Leave it on? There would be a problem if the preamp/linestage emits a thump when it is turned on or off and your amplifier is on and sends that thump to your speaker. If it is loud enough, it may be annoying, or even worse, damaging. | |
| Leave it on? I turn my gear off when not in use, and I have never had a tube go bad even after 15 years of regular use. Of course, I cannot say that I would have had a shorter life for my tubes if I left them on all of the time; I have no comparative data. T... | |
| lightning storm Yes, it is probably EMI either entering directly into your system or EMI affecting your power lines. In any even, it is better to turn everything off during a storm. Even better is to unplug the gear because a direct hit of lightning could be po... | |
| Leave it on? Invalid, Your personal experience represents a small sample size. Also, it sounds like you experience a lot of tube death in order to detect a pattern. Is it possible that your gear is hard on tubes, particularly at turn on? If your gear has t... | |
| Leave it on? There is no issue with tube amps--they should be turned off when not in use because all tube filaments have a limited life and tube amps warm up fairly quickly. With solid state, the answer is a bit more complicated because life of transistors ar... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? I don't see how any reasonable evaluation via youtube is possible. First, it takes a master recording engineer to do a recording properly and good microphones cost many thousands of dollars each, and many are needed so that the right microphone f... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? In those sort of crazy car stereo competitions, there was a criteria and a fixed goal--how loud can you get your system to play. But, unless you have that same criteria for your home audio, I don't see it as a competition is there is no way to es... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Mine is not competitive at all. It just sits there unmotivated until I turn it on. I suspect that it is putting in minimum effort to please me. it is like owning a cat. Still, I do like it a lot. What would my system be competing for anyway, ... | |
| Luxman 509z or Aesthetix Mimas I’ve heard the 30.2 with either an Audio Note Soro or Oto integrated amp and with the Synthesis A40 and A100 integrated tube amp. All sounded good. These two Synthesis amps are among my favorite integrated amps—warm, bold, punchy, and a sense of... |