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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thanks, JP, for your comment. I guess the question is whether the superior performance of your chip would be audible, compared to the OEM MN6042 in my MK3. I doubt we can ever know that, if the difference would be subtle, as I imagine it would b... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? RW, Isn't that a sort of oxymoron: "lifetime warranty if you could get it to Japan"? I knew a guy who lived in Tokyo and owned two P3s, but he would hand carry his P3 to the service center and pick it up after work was done. I am not aware that ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? One of us (in the US) has to buy a Pioneer Exclusive P3. That's the only one missing from our collective ownership. (I know that a few Aussies, like Downunder, have got them.) God knows what surprises may be in store in terms of how a P3 can mal... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz As regards the 10A limit for the Hemisphere, adding together the current ratings of the fuses used in your equipment is not a way to estimate current draw under normal operating conditions. The fuse value is chosen to deal with a worst case scena... | |
| Herron VTPH-1 vs Allnic H1201 NOS Telefunkens make any phono stage that uses 12AX7/ECC83 sound better. I am using them in my vintage Quicksilver preamplifier, also upgraded with Vcaps. The Q has some circuit design features that have fallen out of favor on the one hand (like... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I agree with rlawry. Also, if the device delivers its benefits based on "magnetic conduction" and is not a power regenerator or isolation transformer of some kind, then the 10A limit, if indeed that is the limit, probably reflects only the wire g... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe Dear fjn04, Sorry for my acronymic deficiency; what is AIVS?One thing I noticed while washing with the PRC4 in the company of its owner, there seems to be more steps, at least in his preferred method. I use a home made mixture of distilled deioni... | |
| Tonearm recommendation To Fleib and anyone else who was apparently offended by my post. I do apologize for going off topic. I was responding to Raul. But I too dislike the old analog vs digital shouting match, and I let myself fall into that trap for a moment. Mea c... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe The velvet "lips" on the suction tube obviously will get contaminated with particles on the LP that stick to them, rather than being sucked up with the cleaner solvent. This dirt can, in theory, then be spread around on the surface of the LP, whi... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe I really do appreciate these thoughtful responses. I did a bit of internet searching before starting this discussion. The results of that search included nothing of a very compelling nature as regards which machine to choose. With the VPI, I boug... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe The fact for me is that record washing is so low on my mental totem pole that I always felt the HW17 must be "good enough", and I never worried whether some other machine would do a better job. I did wash one of my most often played LPs on the Lo... | |
| 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... |