lewm
Responses from lewm
| Turntable Resonance Fix Microfiber should be fine. If you had already re-lubed the bearing before your OP, I apologize for being redundant. However, if you have since done the lube, did it help??? | |
| Turntable Resonance Fix It doesn't cost thousands of dollars to check and possibly replenish the bearing lubricant, if indeed this is true rumble from a noisy bearing. It costs nothing first of all to remove the platter and take a look inside the bearing well. Once you... | |
| Concerned about my cart/pre pairing Yeah, well it’s always easy to tell someone to invest $$$ to solve a specific problem. I did suggest that an electronic crossover with a high pass filter would help, no doubt. So would a different preamp with more total gain. So would a cartridge ... | |
| Concerned about my cart/pre pairing If you try using a SUT to solve your problem, keep in mind that you need to attach it to the moving magnet inputs of your phono stage, not the MC inputs.. | |
| New power tubes lacking low end and slam In most tube amplifiers, a significant fraction of the gain factor is supplied by the input stage. You could describe the input stage of a typical push-pull tube amplifier as consisting of two sections, the amplification stage, which adds voltage... | |
| Concerned about my cart/pre pairing I assumed that if you are using powered subs, usually those products have built-in electronic crossovers. I guess I also assumed that the crossover is also driving the main amplifier you use for upper frequencies. That's very worth doing if you ... | |
| Concerned about my cart/pre pairing I thought I covered this in my earlier post. We mentioned that 58db of gain applied to the 0.3mV output of your cartridge would yield a ~0.24V output from your phono stage. Adding to that the 9.5db gain of your linestage would result in a net si... | |
| Concerned about my cart/pre pairing Despite the many self-assured responses you received, no one can really analyze the phono gain inherent in your system without also knowing something about your amplifier and speakers. First, the SPLs coming from your system depend not only upon ... | |
| Tracking error or ?? In a response the OP did incriminate the R channel. Increase AS is a good idea IMO. | |
| Tracking error or ?? Both channels? Please identify the tonearm. | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? The Ypsilon phono stage costs $30,000 and provides only 39 db of gain with a fixed input impedance. It sounds fantastic but price and flexibility do not go hand in hand in the current market. | |
| Phasemation (Phase-Tech) MC cartridges You actually put your finger on the headshell while playing music? Or did I misunderstand? | |
| Sota Total Eclipse package for VPI tables first impression Usually, I agree with melm on making comparisons. I would even suggest listening to one system for two weeks. Then switching to the other drive system for two weeks. Then switch back to the original. ABA works better than AB comparisons, in my ... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? What are the character flaws in your TT101? Does it sing the song of the Volga Boatmen? Does it run on Vodka? | |
| Cartridge recommendations? In general, I would strongly advise a good MM or MI cartridge over any HOMC at that price point and maybe at any price point. |