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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Most I can manage is a chortle. Not laughing all the way. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? "I didn't know kenwood made a good turntable".The KD550 is a fine one, on par with the DP60L, perhaps. I didn't mention the L07D, which is up there in the pantheon of the really great vintage direct-drives, like the SP10 Mk3, Pioneer Exclusive P3... | |
| review iPhono 2 Got it. Sorry to have been presumptuous. I took the wrong message from your earlier post, but I stand by my opinion about most such devices. On the other hand, I have never played with the iTube, so I certainly have no basis to dispute what you ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Audiolabyrinth, Unless your turntables have a known history of having been serviced recently, I suggest you may want to replace all the electrolytic capacitors in both, and then have a competent technician calibrate the drive systems. That's the ... | |
| review iPhono 2 Audiofun, I am heartened to see that you have dumped the iTube2. Even though I do use tube equipment, I really do not like and have not liked "stuff" that was invented and sold solely to make the sound of a solid state device sound more "like tub... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Shane, I would take the dust cover and put it into storage. You don't want a dust cover anywhere in or on or over your turntable when it's in use. I thought every vinylphile agreed with that principle. Of course, you could always place it over t... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? What I find to be especially interesting about that tonearm (EPA100Mk2, according to others) is its base structure. From the photo, it seems to be one continuous piece that broadens out to cover the entire arm board. Is that the case, or are we ... | |
| Denon DP-60L vs Technics 1200 MK III Maintenance of either the Denon or the Technics is and will be no problem, contrary to what's been written here. In my opinion (only), the Denon is a superior mechanism by a little bit over the Technics, but I am no fan of Denon tonearms. The no... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I agree with Henry. That arm looks special for the SL1000Mk3, with its broad and wide base. The wand looks like one of the optional wands for a B500 base, but the base is different, as noted. Very desirable tonearm, I think. Looks to be low eff... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thekong, You wrote, ..."if that is true, and the DP100M is in the same league as the SP10MK3, P3a etc.,"That's one of the biggest "ifs" I have seen on this thread. First of all, Dover does not say what tonearm and cartridge were used to make the c... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Shane, I was wondering about those buttons, if one were to remove the wood casing. You could probably make some sort of rigid platform to re-mount them in place of the wood.To say that the P3 suspension, which looks like that of a modern sports c... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Shane, Yes, I am aware of its internal construction. Just wondering whether the wood outer "box" that serves only as a cosmetic shroud might resonate a bit. (Even if so, I imagine you could just remove it entirely.) Also, I gather from a person ... | |
| Improve volume from turntable with a new cartridge? You aren't going to find ANY cartridge with an output significantly greater than 5 mV. And if your phono section can make do with only 1mV input, I would say your max'd out as far as being able to drive the linestage section of your integrated am... | |
| Improve volume from turntable with a new cartridge? Your equation has too many unknowns for anyone to give you a good answer to your question. First and foremost, you need to verify that your integrated amplifier does indeed provide phono equalization. There was a time during the downturn in use... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Raul, I think JP already pointed out to you that it is folly to judge any two closely matched turntables in general by factory published specifications, because we don't know how the measurements were made. In particular, we do know that the P3a s... |