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| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Sorry, Charles. I was not thinking about the match between the phono stage and the amplifier. I was thinking about the impedance match between an outboard high level source, such as a CDP, and the volume control. With a minimum of thought and info... | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Sorry for being pedantic, but "passive" and "no gain" can mean two different things. But it's probably truly passive, just a volume control, which means one must take care about matching impedances. | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill I would ask Israel Blume, does his phono stage have a true "linestage" built in, or do the aux inputs simply interpose the volume control between the CDP or other high level source and the amplifier. There is an important difference, if the linest... | |
| VTA and SRA? 1-2 degrees, not 20 degrees. | |
| What Sets Price on Turntables? Isaac is probably out with your old girlfriend. Sold his audio system. | |
| VTA and SRA? Here we go again.And I was no fan of Ronald Reagan. | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill If you think you love vinyl and are not afraid of spending the money, go for what you want. (I have no opinion on the Coincident phono stage except to relate that a buddy of mine sold his Dolshi Alaap in favor of the Coincident, for whatever that'... | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Stressed? Me?While my audiophilia does cause occasional stress, it is never around whether I am using the "best" test LP. I think Mr. Cardas realized that the best way to enhance the profits from his first test LP was to make another. | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP I use the Cardas cuts 2a, b, and c of the first version LP to "wake up" cartridges I have not used in a long time or to break in a new cartridge. The results seem to be beneficial, emphasis on "seem". But how could anyone have anything but a subje... | |
| What Sets Price on Turntables? I wonder whether Isaac is happy.... with his turntable. | |
| SP-10 Mat Downunder and Kmc, I have not heard any Krebs-modded SP10s. Perhaps they bring the Mk2 closer to the Mk3. However, IMO between the unmodified versions, the Mk3 is indeed far and away superior to the Mk2, albeit the Mk2 is excellent. It doesn't tak... | |
| SP-10 Mat JB, Thanks for that URL. If the mat is made the way they claim, it might be very effective, and it is quite reasonable in price.Ct, I kind of regretted that remark; it's the kind of thing one can say in face to face conversation with a friend but ... | |
| SP-10 Mat I like the Herbie's business. They sell a lot of nice accessories for reasonable prices, but I would not rate their tt mat in the same league with the best of the others that have been mentioned. In my mind, therefore, the mat is a false economy. ... | |
| SP-10 Mat Then why not sit on the f***in' thing? Be my guest."Resonance" is one of the most used and abused terms in audio. Like I said in reply to Raul, the theoretical advantages of record dampening are obvious. I only know that when I do it using the ava... | |
| SP-10 Mat Raul, I freely admit that what you say may be true. I believe it myself. Nevertheless, I do not like heavy record weights. (I said nothing at all about vacuum hold-down; you impute to me an opinion I do not hold. Nor did I say I prefer metal mats;... |