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| Anyway to use the DAC in an integrated cd player with an outboard transport? Won’t play a disc to the end sounds to me like it certainly could be a problem with the transport, not with the DAC section of the unit. Are you sure of the diagnosis? | |
| Anyone have experience with a Zesto Andros 1.2? Facetious or not, sometimes that is what you have to do if you really want to find out about a particular piece of gear. Buy one. As regards this particular unit, apparently there are not many or not any users among us, because it doesn't take mu... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I think HP of all people nailed it when he noted that digital reproduction effects a high pass filter albeit at a very low frequency which seems to rob the music of its natural ambiance. The bass drops off a cliff, metaphorically speaking. You don... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I built my modified Lenco based on Win Tinnon's recommendations. Slate plinth, PTP top plate, platter painted and damped to reduce resonance, huge aftermarket bearing with under-platter clamp, from Jeremy in the UK, Phoenix Engineering Motor Cont... | |
| Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma To cut through the other stuff, Lohanimal, the statement you quoted does not indicate that one MUST use an FR headshell with an FR tonearm. Is that what you meant to say? Your quote from the owners manual only would stipulate that IF one is usin... | |
| Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8 Uninsulated copper wire would oxidize on its surface, to copper oxide, which is an inferior conductor compared to pure copper. But who uses bare wire? Teflon coated copper should remain free of oxidation for many years. Other, looser types of insu... | |
| Need help with anti-skating on Technics SL-1210GR You say you set antiskating to prevent the stylus from moving toward the spindle. Now read what Mijostyn wrote. The goal is to have the cartridge move slowly toward the spindle, not to set anti-skate so high that the cartridge stands still in the ... | |
| MOST BIZARRE PROBLEM - CALLING OUT TURNTABLE DIYERS I was about to recommend an excellent audiophile-machinist, but he is in Oregon. Nevertheless, if you're up against it, I'd contact Colby Lamb. I am told he has a website, but if you can't find that, I can supply contact info. | |
| MOST BIZARRE PROBLEM - CALLING OUT TURNTABLE DIYERS Doesn’t Mehran, the ZYX guy on the West Coast, sell that brand of turntable? If so, he is the first guy I would contact. He is a very nice guy by everyone’s account and I am sure he will help you if possible. | |
| My record player sounds slightly high pitched The iPhone app is known to be inaccurate. In a situation where you really want to know what is happening, it is not the best tool. Anyway, the OP seems to have lost interest in his own problem. So we need not get excited about the solution. | |
| How often to demagnetize mc cartridges? Nandric and I agree. As to the cardas test record, I have always felt that the benefits derived from using it are as much due to exercising the cartridge suspension over a wide range of frequencies as they are to any demagnetizing effect. To the ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Burmester, not "Burmeister". I just looked at a photo. One cannot see how the belts and motors are implemented but from the text, I am not sure. | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive So, although I was joking about 4 motors and never dreamed there actually IS such a turntable, Burmeister have built it. I'll probably never get to hear it, so I leave it to you to consider. But the more motors you have driving the platter, the l... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Thuchan, I was only joking when I mentioned using 3 or 4 motors. However I think there actually was or is at least one commercial product with 3 motors as an optional “upgrade”. In these discussions, it is my tendency to favor direct drive and idl... | |
| Sumiko BPS Evo III vs Hana EL/EH You haven’t mentioned what phono stage you are using, but if it has sufficient gain, then I would agree with the idea that the Hana SL is most likely superior to any other cartridge mentioned in this thread. I candidly admit that I am not a big fa... |