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| Fidelity Research FRT-4 and Entre ET-100 step-up transformer SUT comparison I believe what you guys say, but see photos here. https://www.google.com/search?q=fidelity%20research%20frt4%20review&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m In the review I read, the reviewer said he found the 18K resistor when he op... | |
| Fidelity Research FRT-4 and Entre ET-100 step-up transformer SUT comparison The mention that the FRT4 has its own leads (presumably from its outputs to the phono inputs), stimulated me to learn more about it, because the claim led me to believe the FRT4 might bear "flying leads" at its outputs. That means that the interco... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination "wide channel separation and tight channel balance are cartridge performance measurements directly relating to good/better/best capability". Perhaps, but the numbers quoted by manufacturers are for an average sample when brand new. There is no gua... | |
| Second hand record turntable - Which one? You’d be fortunate to find someone competent and honest enough to do all the testing that Bill recommends, and if this rare individual is in the audio business, the cost of those services is likely to double or more than double the base cost of th... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination Just so you know, I am not an advocate of dust covers except to keep dust off the platter when the TT is not in use. When playing LPs, my dust cover(s) are somewhere else in the room, never on the TT or over the LP. This is because I think a close... | |
| Second hand record turntable - Which one? The way I think of it, there are two reasons to buy a used TT. One is to save money over the cost of a new sample of the TT you seek, and the other is because the TT you most want to own is no longer in production. The TTs you list are inexpensive... | |
| Victor tt-101 I’ve had my TT101 platter off no more than 2 years ago and yet it’s pretty frozen to the spindle. Perhaps pressing down on spindle while lifting the platter would actually work. Without the need for a mallet, that is. | |
| Rays Tubes Whoops! I just googled Billington out of my own curiosity. To my surprise, the business is still in operation. I don't know whether their Chinese made 12AT7 (which went by another alphanumeric designation, as I recall) is still available. | |
| Rays Tubes My Atmasphere monoblocks originally used 12AT7s as input tubes, which means they were responsible for most of the voltage gain across the whole circuit. At that time, I purchased a wide variety of different brands of 12AT7, to determine which soun... | |
| Victor tt-101 Yes of course the platter can be removed. The platter fits snugly over the spindle due to the fact that the spindle hole in the platter is tapered and the spindle is tapered with a slope complementary to that of the hole in the platter. After long... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination The Luxman PD 151 is a modern belt drive turntable, which you can buy new from a dealer without concern about its functional capacities. Whereas, if you invest in a vintage direct drive turntable such as a Luxman PD 444 or 441, you must also be pr... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination Vintage Knob is also valuable for vintage turntable information. This gives me an opportunity to add to my previous statement about the underwhelmingness of the ARC PH9; the Luxman EQ500 is sure to outperform it, in my opinion. Furthermore, you c... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination If you’re still using the PH9 for phono, which is not clear from your OP, I can only say that it was not well regarded when it first came out, one of the few AR preamps that was unloved. I heard it in my system and unloved it too. | |
| Progress at londondecca.com Dunno what's up. No VAT involved (perhaps because the Koetsu is not made in the UK in the first place, whereas the Decca is made in UK), and if UK or US customs examined the package, I don't know about it, and there was obviously no hold up assoc... | |
| Garrard 301 tonearm build...thoughts? What IS the cost of those chosen components? If one knew that, then one might suggest options that don't exceed your budget. I personally find the ensemble to be suitably vintage to match the 301 but not perhaps the best with respect to sound qua... |