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| VPI Direct Drive Turntable In_shore, I kind of agree with Brf; "exotic" and "proprietary" are not always indicators of exceptional performance. I mean no slur on the named companies in saying this. In fact, I too am a big fan of the Beat. (Have not yet heard any product fro... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? "50 cm" = ~19.6 inches!!!!Probably you meant to write "50mm", but I wouldn't know for sure.I thought I read in one of Art Dudley's commentaries that the SPU required special mounting and/or tonearm adaptation. Dkarmeli's post suggests I was correc... | |
| Tool for measuring pivot to spindle distance? My last post was written before your last post got posted.Scour the for sale sections of this and other audio websites and even eBay, and I think you should be able to find a Dennesen or a Dennesen copy for under $100, with some patience.Truthfull... | |
| Tool for measuring pivot to spindle distance? Dear Oakris, You wrote, "I think I am confusing folks, or I am confused myself, lol, I know what the spindle to pivot distance is supposed to be, just looking for a tool that will give me a reasonably accurate measurement."I realized that not ever... | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable In_shore, I never said that I knew for a fact that alu/MDF sandwich sounded good. I did say (twice at least) that it MIGHT sound good, because sometimes the effects of CLD transcend the sonics of the individual materials used in the sandwich. I su... | |
| Tool for measuring pivot to spindle distance? I have a very old original manufacture Dennesen Protractor. If I need to locate the pivot of a tonearm I want to mount, I take a piece of clean white paper and make two pen marks on it, at a distance from one to the other that is equal to the desi... | |
| Phono Pre multiple mc inputs+volume control So I am zero for two on the Io and the Steelhead. Except to note that most actual linestages confer some gain on the signal, as well as impedance buffering. However in most cases the added gain is superfluous, I admit. Thanks for the corrections. | |
| Are Bang and Olufsen turntables any good? Dpaulku, If the seller told you that the (diamond) tip of the MMC5 "oxidized away" in his closet, he was selling you a bill of goods. That's pure hogwash. The MMC5 is not as good as what you have now, the MMC2, but diamond is diamond. It's as stab... | |
| Phono Pre multiple mc inputs+volume control Io Eclipse is top notch, to be sure, but it does not have an actual linestage built in, I don't think. The volume control is optionally useable as a passive attenuator for high level input devices, like CDPs and tuners, etc. Caveats go with that. ... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? Question to those who use SPU:Isn't there something "funny" about this cartridge, such that the tonearm has to be adapted for proper alignment, or something like that? I think it has to do with the distance between the rear of the cartridge body a... | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable In_shore, Who would argue with your points A and B? Not I. But I would argue that there is nothing at all wrong, a priori, with using MDF (or HDF?) in a sandwich with alu, in order to obtain a result that is superior to either material used alone.... | |
| Phono Pre multiple mc inputs+volume control I have been playing with an Aesthetix Janus. It is a good old-fashioned "full-function" preamplifier, which is what we used to call a "preamplifier", period. It has adjustable phono gain and phono resistive loading, so you can use any cartridge yo... | |
| How much to spend on a decently good phono stage? Abrew, All items on your list seem to be turntables, not phono stages.I agree with both Pbn and Dayglow on their suggested phono stages, however. Buying used and for around $1000, you might also consider any of many other excellent products. What ... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? DKarmeli, Perhaps your comparison of SME 3012 to FR and Ikeda was unfair, if you made the latter tonearms wear pants. They sound better naked.Seriously, no one can argue with your considered opinion based on what you heard in your own system (the ... | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable Brf, Not only do they perform the same (Camry vs Lexus with similar equipment choices), they ARE the same internally. Anyway, VPI is a successful company. Whether they made some unfortunate decisions in marketing their new DD remains to be seen. I... |