lewm
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| Poor sounding analog? Suffice to say that if your LPs do not compete with your digital, something is amiss, assuming the LPs were of good quality to begin with; not necessarily perfect, just good should at least equal or beat your digital sources. | |
| Random Static Hits Or... some mammals find that winter is a fine time to hibernate until spring.Using a Xerostat is kind of an art form in itself, but if it is used properly it should at least ameliorate your problem. Mapleshade makes a record brush that is said to ... | |
| Where to buy quality phono connectors for chassis Not that I can intelligently debate the issue, but I had come to like the Cardas female RCA jacks that are brass under silver under rhodium plate, rather than gold.But since then, I also like the less massive female RCAs that were sold to me when ... | |
| The Death of Tubes? Rumors of the "Death of Tubes" are exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. | |
| rushton Ralph KarstenRoger WestHarold BeveridgeJulius FuttermanNelson PassDrs. Lenco, Technics, and Kenwood, whoever you are.Walter O StantonJoe Grado (though I no longer use a Grado cartridge)and any of the many others mentioned here by other contributors. | |
| 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... |