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| Turntables and power conditioners? Nmmusician, Why isn't it redundant to run the Monarchy off the Walker? Seems the Monarchy is already an active device capable of regenerating AC. What does the Walker add, in theory? In practice? | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. Catastrofe. No. I have no beef with the Simplicity. Aren't we just a bunch of guys sitting around having a prolonged audio discussion? That's the way I think of this forum. I think it's a place where one can say what one thinks, so long as no one ... | |
| Turntables and power conditioners? Dear Jedinite, I am not familiar with your AC device, but I am fairly certain it is not a power regenerator and that it will not do what you think it does to protect your tt from line voltage variation. At $50, even used, I am guessing it is an ad... | |
| Turn table speed variation question On KOB, I have not reviewed my original and apparently provocative comments, but I was referring to the conglomeration of problems with the off-speed version, which is all any of us ever heard for the first 30 years or so after it was recorded in ... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Doug and Frog, Can you define what you mean by "original" vs "modern" instruments? Are you talking about 16th century vs 20th century, or what? Surely the trumpets played by Dizzy in the 50s and in the now by Winton Marsalis, while each was select... | |
| Where to buy quality phono connectors for chassis I wouldn't hang my hat on "gold plating". It looks nice and won't oxidize, but it is not necessarily the best finish for sonics. It depends more on what major structural metal is under the very thin gold plate. | |
| Where to buy quality phono connectors for chassis Check also with Michael Percy Audio. He sells all the Cardas variants plus Vampire. Also, I bought some that are either made by Eichmann for their bullet plugs or are sanctioned for use with them; maybe from Percy or some other US source. It shoul... | |
| Turn table speed variation question How about "rarely equalled"?But it was not I who made the claim re the Victor, altho I am sure it is excellent in respect of speed stability. | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. Thanks, Hiho. I take your points. Have not listened to the many tracks yet. | |
| 33.3 is now superior to 45 One wonders what those jazz musicians, most of whom lived a hand to mouth transient existence, might think of this craziness, if they were around to see it. I suspect they'd laugh at us. The solos and improvisation that we go ga-ga over were mostl... | |
| 33.3 is now superior to 45 Potentially, based on the science, 45 rpm ought to be superior to 33. But there are real world reasons why 45 rpm LPs may not in fact sound any better than their 33 rpm equivalents, on a case by case basis. So, as in all things audio, "you pays yo... | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. Henry, Don't you think that Fremer's results with digital recordings made with the Thales vs "normal" pivoted tonearms could as well indicate a failing of the Thales, in terms of its engineering? For example, someone wrote that it has an offset he... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Frogman et al. You've made some great points. In the last instance, the most famous case of pitch instability caused by the master tape is Kind of Blue. For decades I listened to the wobbly and flat piano tones on KOB, and it was actually part of ... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Piano is a great way in which to test the speed stability of a turntable, especially if you concentrate on the decay of notes. Very revealing. I suppose any stringed instrument could do the same, but I think that the rapid variations in stylus dra... | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but hasn't the Schroeder LT crushed the Thales tonearms, in terms of "simplicity", cost, and actual performance? The Schroeder does allow the cartridge to maintain tangency across the LP surface, just for starters. ... |