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| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Dear mmporsche, I think the AF Lenco is one of several good choices available, and it is not crazy expensive, either. Good decision. I own a highly tweaked Lenco L75 myself, so of course I would approve. So it sounds like you've got both "ends"... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input Peter, Sorry for being so pedantic and possibly condescending. I am sure you know what's up much better than I do, since you've got the stuff in front of you. I speak as someone who endured for several years an evident channel imbalance (L>R)... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input I would think that the read-out of a recording meter is very unreliable as to assessing channel balance. First, the needle is bouncing around. Second, you have no way of knowing how the material was encoded into stereo, meaning the fault may be ... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input Dear Peter,I have read several long treatises on azimuth and how to set it and why to set it. Two such experts were Victor Khomenko of BAT and Brian Kearns, a "guy" who used to hold forth on the vinyl asylum and who seemed to know what he was tal... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input I am feeling intellectually lazy, but a superficial reading of this thread leads me to think that the OP may want to achieve EQUAL amounts of crosstalk, by the method described. That's OK, but keep in mind that equal crosstalk of one channel into... | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns Funnily enough, I had put my A500 up for sale. Now I am reconsidering. You've really got 15?! | |
| Squeaky turntable When you start-up or when you touch (the platter?) while spinning, there is a side stress on the spindle and bearing. Both events pull the platter to one side. It is possible that, after weeks of rotating, either the lubricant in the bearing wel... | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns Sorry, that's "A250" arm wand. There I go again. | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns Sbank, If JP says the two are identical, you can "bank" on it. However, if there is a problem, any good machinist can make you what you want if you give him the specs. One guy is Colby Lamb out in Oregon. He is an audiophile/machinist par excel... | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns Thanks to your post on VA, I found out after decades of ignorance that my Technics EPA-500 tonearm is actually identical to a Technics EPA-250, save for the nature of the arm wand. So, thanks for bringing up this question. | |
| Record weights melbguy, Why, pray tell us, is the Durand record weight "probably the best"? I actually think it is not a well thought out product (for reasons outlined below), but I would never say it could not "sound good" (which can mean anything to anyone); ... | |
| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns You got some pretty precise responses over on Vinyl Asylum. Mine was perhaps the vaguest, but I stand by my opinion; the equation(s) used to determine tonearm/cartridge matching may give precise numerical answers, but the data inserted into the e... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Pryso and other Dennesen aficionados: The UNItractor is kind of a super duper Dennesen. Dertonearm was obviously a fan of the Dennesen, but what he has done is to deal with its shortcomings by providing (1) interchangeable spindle mounts, so that... | |
| mono cartridge vs stereo Hi-fi_er is correct. I have never understood how it is that the advice to connect the two stereo channel outputs externally before the signal gets to the phono stage is so often given out by persons who claim to have done the same. It really sho... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Fleib, In defense of the arc type protractor, the converse of your criticism of it is that if the P2S distance is not precisely correct, the arc type will tell you that, and you can fix the problem. Whereas the Dennesen and related types don't te... |