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| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Win, I probably overstated the case for tonearm coupling. As you know, there ARE those who do advocate firm coupling to the bearing. However, your opinion carries a lot of weight with me (at least 200 lbs of slate). Anyway, I think we both agree t... | |
| best phono preamps? Atma-sphere MP1 Mk III. I don't claim it's THE BEST, because I have not heard them all, but it certainly is top rank and deserves prominent mention among those that have been listed. It's a bargain in the sense that you get a fabulous linestage fo... | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Ralph, I am not sure I can properly visualize your method of mounting the tonearm, that involves cutting off a corner of your plinth. It sounds as though you intend to de-couple the tonearm mount from the major part of the plinth. There are differ... | |
| moving magnet or moving coil cartrige Audiofeil, No, I have not had enough. I love this BS. It's relaxing. | |
| idler wheel vs direct drive technics impressions I own both a Lenco in a "giant direct-coupled" plinth and a Garrard 301 chassis. I've not yet auditioned the Garrard 301, since it has no plinth. In comparing the Lenco to the Garrard and Thorens TD124 on paper, it seems to me that each is differe... | |
| moving magnet or moving coil cartrige Audiofeil, It's an obvious question, but I have to ask it. You wrote above, "Well I disagree with this. I owned both the MMC-1 and MMC-2 with my B&O TX-2 some years ago. Etc." From these sentences, I gather that you used the MMC1 and MMC2 only... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI Tweaks are always expensive way out of proportion to the cost of their manufacture. It's up to the end user to decide whether he or she wants to "roll their own" or pay the price. I am sure that Lloyd gave careful thought to the price point and fi... | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Dave, That would be illegal of course. | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? I agree with DGarretson on the nude Vishays. I've been buying mine from M Percy. However, if you need a greater than 0.5W power rating, then Mills non-inductive wire-wounds are favored by most. These come in 2W, 5W, and 12W power ratings. The Mill... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Jean, FYI, Raul Iregas had an SP10 mk II in a marble plinth and did not like the results. He "reverted" thereafter to a simple and not very heavy wood plinth (maybe made of Baltic Birch), and that is what he uses with the SP10. Two qualifiers are:... | |
| Differences between Technics SP10 and SP25? Dave, Of all things, the external supply of the SP10 MkII is likely to be most repairable. The only possible problem I can think of is that some of the ss devices used therein may be no longer in production, but in most cases there should be moder... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Viper, Usually there is no actual capacitor at the input to a phono stage, except when one is deliberately added in order to properly load an MM cartridge. If you see a discrete capacitor in there, then yes you can measure it with a very good qual... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help I should add here that I heard the RS-A1 at Dave's house and was similarly impressed, since I was familiar with the sound of Dave's system as a baseline. Very lively and therefore life-like is the best way I can sum it up. To paraphrase what Dorot... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help Thanks, Quiddity, for correcting me. I am guilty of believing the box that the RS-A1 comes in, rather than thinking about what is actually happening. It's good to know you're still out there somewhere. Would the pivoting headshell have any effect ... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help As far as I know, the whole rationale for the design of the RS3 is to eliminate the skating force. To the extent that there probably is some small amount of friction in the pivot point of the headshell, that may generate some skating force, but it... |