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Tonearm recommendation
Raul, Is it your thesis therefore that you and we ought to be listening to digital sound reproduction?  But the digital process, both A to D and D to A, brings with it its own set of distortions, ones that apparently are far more noticeable and ir... 
Do you think you need a subwoofer?
I agree with the substance of Raul's advice.  In certain circumstances, one can get away with a first-order hi-pass crossover, which can therefore consist of nothing but a small value capacitor in series with the input of the amplifier that drives... 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
Harold, Have you had a listen to that rig yet?  Seems like a great combination. 
Tonearm recommendation
WRM, I've heard the Talea2 with a ZYX Universe cartridge at the home of my neighbor who was then using downstream equipment much like mine. (His system has since undergone a sea change, except for retaining his Galibier turntable and two Durand to... 
Do you think you need a subwoofer?
Dear Steve, If your subwoofers have built-in amplification designed to receive signal from a line-level source, you will have a big problem driving those amplifiers from the output of your main amplifier; it won't work.  The signal voltage is much... 
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable
This was 2 years ago; the OP probably bought and sold the TX1000 in that length of time.  But $6-7K range is where I have seen them for sale.  I agree that $3K would be very low. On the other hand, the first guy, who said that they are hard to rep... 
Tonearm recommendation
Wrm, I own a 10.5" Reed 2A with the optional azimuth adjustment. It's one of my favorite tonearms.  I don't quite understand why you say that you don't "need" the azimuth adjustment feature because of owning the Feickert Adjust stuff.  The Feicker... 
Upgrade Linn LP 12 or buy new table
Dear Hal, I think these last few guys have put you on a sensible track.  Since your last reference point for what vinyl sounds like is your LP12, it makes most sense to spend a few hundred bucks just to bring your LP12 back to life, with no upgrad... 
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
Isn't this stuff best posted on the "other" thread, sometimes known as "the thread" on MM cartridges?  Just sayin'... 
Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner
Recordgenius, Thank you for correcting me, above. I apologize for using the term "BS"; I only meant that there was good information and perhaps less relevant information and some other information with a commercial tint.  However, I apologize also... 
Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner
There's some truth and some BS in this thread.  For a treatise that is worth reading, go here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/finding-pure-water-for-record-cleaning-very-long?highlight=water  
Tonearm recommendation
Fleib, I've got one of Dertonearm's UNItractors.  With it, I got him to make me a template for aligning my FR64S. I am aware also that he recommends 231.5mm for P2S.  What I don't readily understand is why the difference between 230mm and 231.5mm ... 
Tonearm recommendation
Dear Raul,I am deliberately trying to stay out of the "debate".  (Perhaps you prefer that word to "argument".)  I take no sides.  I am just trying to figure out how one could shed some light on the discussion by actual experimentation.  Therefore,... 
Tonearm recommendation
I guess my post had as much effect on the argumentative nature of the discussion as a loud burp.  So be it. I may even invest in a spectrum analyzer in order to perform the experiment I outlined.  I do own enough tonearms to make it interesting, n... 
Tonearm recommendation
Tonearms to hard core audiophiles are like politics for most all of us. Best left off the table,  As several have mentioned, what is really needed are actual data.  One sort of experiment that I would like to see done would be as follows:Decide up...