lewm
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| Need help trouble shoot: weird noise Do you mean "Deedeedeedee..." (repeating D sound) or "Deeeee...."?Most important, do you hear the noise only when the platter is spinning, or even when the turntable is "off"? | |
| Rabco SL-8E Vs Top Quality Pivoted Tonearms Agree in general with Nandric, Dover, and Notbananas. There is a parallel thread on Vinyl Asylum with some interesting comments from David Shreve, who apparently can significantly upgrade the performance of the Rabco, at some expense to the owner,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chris, My wife will occasionally whip out her credit card before I can get to mine, and believe me, it's been a LONG evening. We are married for 35 years. (And yes, she has her own income to support her credit card.) But I can attest that in New E... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Dear Raui,The aim of my post was to wonder out loud whether you have ever played with the vintage strain gauge cartridges, and if so, what you thought of them. I know already that you are not a fan of the SoundSmith one. By the way, I think it's t... | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? Actually, I may have overlooked one factor that does differentiate tubes from transistors, and that is with regard to the filament supply. I suppose it is possible, even in an indirectly heated triode, that noise in the filament supply could leak ... | |
| Moving VPI TNT, Wheaton Triplanar, Transfiguration Ctlphd, You got a lot of good advice from those who would otherwise go ahead and let a moving company pack your turntable, tonearm, and cartridge. However, the whole idea is a nightmare for me, unless you are looking for a way to get rid of your g... | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? True hum, by the classical definition, is 60Hz OR 120Hz noise generated by unrectified AC voltage getting in to the signal path or by improper or inadequate grounding. The frequency would depend on the configuration of the rectifiers in your power... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Raul, Might you not like the strain gauge cartridges, if you believe RIAA is a major culprit in signal degradation? I understand that you did not care for the SoundSmith one, because it was inaccurate as to frequency balance, but I know guys who a... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Mapman, What about tubes vs transistors? Is it absurd for some to prefer tubes, an "older technology"? For that matter, are we all absurd for preferring to continue to play records at all, when there are so many modern less fussy digital alternati... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Nandric, I am equally guilty of this, but if you sold several of your tonearms and cartridges that are not in use and never will be in frequent use, I would wager that the resulting funds might pay for an Ortofon Anna. I know this is true in my ca... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, Most of us are in no position to join you in praise of the Salvation, because most of us, nearly all of us, have not seen or heard it, But I think we get the idea that you like it. However, you are correct to note that many of us, includin... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Dover, where can I buy a precision grinder for vinyl? I think your idea is great, only I would have used the other copy of each record. You could grind down each of the two LPs on opposite sides, then glue the one with the un-ground side A to... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Ct, Long ago I decided to take the ascetic route as regards a few basic principles in my audio system:(1) No air bearing SL tonearms, because of the fuss involved and the ugly accessories needed.(2) No bi- or tri-amplification and therefore no mul... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Raul prefers digital?This is like finding out that God does not believe in God, which would bother me, if I believed in God.I honestly don't think that "many" of us here prefer digital. There may be a closeted few who do, but not "many". For me di... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Acman, AFAIK, "Travisty" does = "T_bone". They are the same guy, who lived in Tokyo and then moved to HK about a year ago. I believe he used "T_bone" on Audiogon and "Travisty" on AA. What I intended to convey is that there is a second person who ... |