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| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? Conductivity of copper is a constant. What you want is resistance per unit of length. There are tables on line for that in terms of AWG. If it even matters. Yes, 16ga has a lower resistance per unit of length than 22ga.I would have sourced the tra... | |
| Equalization for vinyl nirvana I would do a lot more listening using a much wider variety of musical genres and the highest quality recordings in my collection, before I would think of adding an equalizer. And if there are consistent deficiencies in tonal balance, a told to me... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic But you also got a big upgrade on the original cantilever and stylus offered on a new DL103R, which was a great idea. I am not meaning to disagree or cause discord. I have dealt with Andy in the past, and the experience was a good one with a shor... | |
| Tonearm Ground Loop This is a long shot, but some of those surge protectors may isolate the grounds for each outlet. Anyway, I would try bypassing the surge protector and plug everything direct into a single outlet. | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic Indubitably. (I think that’s correct spelling.) | |
| Tonearm Ground Loop Are the turntable and phono amplifier plugged into the same AC outlet? If not, try that. Ground to that outlet too. Same goes for the amp that drives the speakers. | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic I have no doubt what you say is true. I was only pointing out the total cost to someone starting out from scratch. As compared to the higher cost of your other cartridge. Although the audiophile press would have us think otherwise, the relationsh... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic But isn’t the total cost of the Zu plus re-tip more like $1000? And it’s now nothing like the original Zu as regards cantilever and stylus. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s probably way better than the original ever was. | |
| Should I replace Denon DL-103R with Dynavector DRT-XV1 mounted Anti-skate. Why do you say the DVs VTF makes AS unnecessary? Even if it seems to track well without AS, you might consider adding a smidgeon before judging. | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Just so I can enter the contest, my Lenco is seated in a 65-lb slate plinth. The Lenco bearing is long gone, replaced by a massive aftermarket bearing made by someone called Jeremy in the UK. The platter has been spray painted with a dampening m... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? What's a "Sony Carousel"? Is the idea from "Mad Men"? | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? Do what Ralph says. He has been answering this question and similar questions for decades posed by people like us. He knows what he is talking about. | |
| Acquired A Dynavector DV505 Now I Got To Put It On Something I own a DV505 and like it very much w medium and some high compliance cartridges, using a lightweight headshell. I would not think it is the best match for a low compliance cartridge like the Ikeda. Although it does have high effective mass in the... | |
| Raven vs. Verdier La Platine This was 12 years ago. One hopes the OP survived the pandemic and made his decision long ago before that. But I would point out to any remaining audience for this thread that there is in fact a good rationale for two belts versus one belt. (I agre... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? From reading your OP, I get the impression you intend to use XLR to RCA adapters at the RCA inputs to your 2-channel single-ended amplifier. That will "work", but as vinylzone said, you won't get all the benefits of balanced lines. Use good qual... |