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| Need recommendations on phono amp upgrade I just remembered that I may have one useful bit of info to contribute. I have heard the Coincident Statement and then the EMIA (mentioned by Mosin above) consecutively in the same system, at my neighbor's house. I am quite familiar with his syste... | |
| Need recommendations on phono amp upgrade Unfortunately, these threads (asking for phono stage recommendations from a list posted by the OP) generally lead off into nowhere, as responders tend to suggest some other phono stage not on the original list, which only complicates matters. My o... | |
| Synergistic Research PHT - Phono Transducer Qdrone, As I understand it, the "functional" unit of the PHT is a crystal that probably has been lying around in nature for eons. So, if it works, it probably works forever. Obviously, you may have to re-adjust the VTF of your tonearm to accommoda... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Fleib, My gross impression of the Audiomeca that I heard on many separate occasions was that it suffered from what I now think of as an ill of belt-drive, maybe a stretchy belt or maybe its bouncy suspension. Some in those days used a compliant be... | |
| Reed Muse 3C turntable Exlibris, Thanks for the candid nature of your post. I suspected that in this design, the belt drive might actually be superior to the rim drive mode. (I think of "rim drive" as the situation where the motor direct drives a wheel which is directly... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dover, I've got a fully refurbished L07D sitting right next to a Krebs-modified SP10 Mk3 which I bought NOS (before replacing all electrolytics and having Bill Thalmann perform the Krebs mod). These are easily the two best turntables I have ever h... | |
| Anybody else doing this ? No more than do the ICs that control the switching among inputs and outputs. In other words, no, within the context of the Rhea. | |
| Azimuth question Tketcham, I too noticed that I might appear to be conducting some sort of vendetta against the Foz. Believe me, that is not the case. I have been moved to comment several times, it's true, mostly in response to the comments of some who actually ow... | |
| Reed Muse 3C turntable The drive system seems to have a lot in common with the Kuzma Reference, if and when the Muse 3C is used as a belt-drive. I do see some benefits to the belt-drive configuration, as compared with more typical belt-drives, and I guess having the pre... | |
| How does tone-arm mass impact performance? Unless your mods add more than a gram of mass to the system, it is unlikely that you've done much to effect the interaction of cartridge compliance with effective mass. There actually IS a way, two methods in fact, to measure tonearm effective mas... | |
| Synergistic Research PHT - Phono Transducer Whatever it is, the PHT NOT like putting a penny (or any other coin) on a headshell. That's generally done in order to increase tonearm effective mass, which with some low compliance cartridges can actually improve tracking. The weight of the PHT ... | |
| Any Love for the Pioneer PLX-1000 Yet? The other: "Perfect Sound Forever" | |
| Does anyone run 2 or more turntables... I've got 4. Three are always set up for listening, two in my "upstairs" system, and one in my "downstairs" systemm. Yes, two complete high quality systems always at the ready. If you count my Victor TT101, which may never be reliable enough to lis... | |
| Turntable placement Did read HP from issue one of TAS, but I do not recall him as a prolific user of commas. His sentences were long, though. | |
| Well Tempered bearing old vs new If possible, get away from stretch-y belts and try to find a suitable belt that is as non-compliant as possible. |