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| what is the best sounding turntable for 3k used? Doug, If the Serac is under $3K, I see your point. Did not know that. It's an excellent choice for anyone who is NOT into any form of DIY audio. The Lenco, Garrard (and I might add the Technics SP10 Mk II) options all require a willingness to get ... | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus Too bad Herb's up in hifi heaven. He could fix it in 10 minutes and yell at you while doing so. Or he would just replace the whole broken part of the tonearm using something he found on his workbench. | |
| Oil for TT bearing - any advise? Thanks for the "tip"on Q-tips. I've got bushels of them in the house, but I would imagine that it's very important NOT to leave any stray strands of cotton behind. I would first try wipes meant for microscope and camera lenses; those papers are ma... | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus I know what you mean; I just didn't know what Sunnyboy meant. It should be much less expensive to repair the set screw than to repair the VTA adjustor (which is also a "screw"), so I hope you are correct. Anyway, we all agree he should go to Tri M... | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus Dear Thom, Just where in his post does Sunnyboy use the words "set" and "screw" consecutively? I do have to admit that as I re-read the post it does SOUND like he broke the set screw. I just want to be sure I'm not losing my marbles. | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus Doug, He says he broke "the screw that adjusts the height of the cueing platform", not the set screw, which stabilizes the vertical shaft in place, once one has adjusted VTA, and which seems to be the one you describe. Fixing the set screw would b... | |
| Oil for TT bearing - any advise? How about some opinions on how to clean out the bearing housing before adding new oil, assuming one is restoring an old idler or direct-drive type. Would you use a solvent to remove dried residue, for example? If so, what solvent is safe? Thanks. | |
| what is the best sounding turntable for 3k used? Lenco L75 with your choice of tonearms in giant plinth, Garrard 301 or 401, Technics SP10 Mk II, Denon (various), Thorens TD124. One could argue all day about the relative merits of these choices, but you can't go wrong with any of them, AND they ... | |
| best phono preamps? Dear Jloveys, I strongly doubt it. | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Top 5 in no particular order: Henry Kloss, William Z Johnson, Peter Walker, Nelson Pass, Saul Marantz/Sid Smith. Kloss was well known in his day to be a genius. His inventions had wide applications, even outside audio. Bill Johnson is most respons... | |
| best phono preamps? If you have separates, then the phono stage will usually have to incorporate a low impedance output stage, to make the unit compatible with a variety of linestages and so it can drive the cable itself. This means adding a cathode-follower (if tube... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Grooves, You make an excellent and valid point. So, what do you personally think accounts for the qualitative difference in sound between the best direct-drives and idler-drive tables on the one hand and belt-drive tables on the other? We all or m... | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Last spring I went a bit off the deep end, for me, as one who always wondered why on earth anyone would want more than one turntable at a time. I already had the Lenco and a Garrard 301 in a box in the basement. Then I saw a Denon DP80 in mint con... | |
| How would you rate the Well Tempered Reference Arm In my friend's system, mounted on a WT Reference tt, the Reference tonearm sounds overdamped, and it appears to BE overdamped when one manipulates the tonearm. I think the viscous damping can be adjusted, however. You would know better than I. | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? I must have a particularly nice wife. Either that or she has a diminished esthetic sense. I've got three turntables sitting on the floor of our living room aka listening room, not to mention the one I use which is on the equipment shelf. And at th... |