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What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V?
Mijostyn, how do you know he’ll need to set the gain to “high”? And what is high on the BMC? 0, 7, and 14db are offered. With my ZYX UNIverse, which puts out 0.24mV and has a 4 ohm internal resistance, the 0db setting is robust. That’s with my lin... 
New to vinyl question
To the OP. One more thing to check. Many turntables, especially ones with a springy suspension, have built in screws, usually hidden from view, that are tightened down for shipping. If your TT has such screws make sure they are not impeding the su... 
Anti-skate adjustment off Thorens TD 146 with Schopper wand
Not that AS failed, necessarily. Rather that something is impeding the horizontal travel of the arm toward the spindle. Usual suspects are tonearm wires fouling the pivot, cuing device set too high so it fouls the arm wand, and then maybe the AS. ... 
Hey, I'm looking for the highest quality recordings from the following Artists:
I meant “late 40s and early 50s”. Sorry. Sam Records are special. Flat as pancakes and on very low noise vinyl. Makes you truly wonder why you’d need stereo.  
If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear
Thanks for your candor and responding, Mike.  
Hey, I'm looking for the highest quality recordings from the following Artists:
There are some excellent noiseless LP reissues available from Sams Records, a French label, in the original mono. I have 3 with Chet Baker. Many other artists of the late 50s and early 50s are also available. Very highly recommended for any Baker-... 
Best turntable under $4000
Let me get this straight, grisly, you can’t bring yourself to use a Technics TT because DJs use or once used their bottom of the line SL1200, never mind that the 1200G series are better in every way and not to mention that probably hundreds of tho... 
What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V?
From my reading bits written by audio journalists who usually have only a tenuous grasp of the technology, it seems the MCCI and Leno are a bit different from one another in circuitry. As a user of the MCCI, I simplified things by turning off the ... 
What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V?
Mike, do you have v2.0 or v3.3 of Lino C? Dear Pindac, I’m not sure I understand your last post. Are you advocating a change from XLR to RCA, if the latter and its wiring are using your favored OCC? Regardless of phono stage topology (balanced vs... 
SUT - electrical theory and practical experience
The H 3000 already uses built in step up transformers for moving coil cartridge levels of gain. If you want to use an external step up transformer, you would need to use moving magnet cartridge inputs on the H 3000. I don’t know whether the H 3000... 
If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear
Interesting perhaps for Mike Lavigne, I just read M Fremer’s review of the Lino C phono stage, which was done using the Krebs K3 and the Schroeder K3 tonearm as source components.He makes a specific point that “sustain” was for him a remarkable vi... 
Manley Chinook MK ll vs Chinook
Ask Manley. One difference, I think, is that the later version affords 65db max gain; whereas the original develops 60db.  
Why aren't all modern vinyl releases 45s?
Reference Recordings are not comparable to any average 45. First, they’re not reissues; they are derived directly from live performances, but I agree they’re marvelous.  
Phonostage comparisons
What bugged me about Whest is the lack of information on their website that would allow anyone to derive an opinion regarding their design and build philosophy. Yet they have enthusiastic fans. Also, I wanted balanced inputs and the capacity to ha... 
If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear
Perhaps, but why over years have you been so persistently antagonistic toward Richard? In any case, it’s my fault, not Richard’s that I erroneously credited him with a degree.