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| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps This is a very interesting thread. Trcnetmsncom, I looked up the impedance curve of the Avalon Eidelon. It's below 5 ohms (closer most of the time to 3 ohms) between 50Hz and 20kHz, except for a narrow "peak" in the midrange, where it gets up to 7... | |
| $ 2500 -- Best Way to Spend It Today ? I've got to agree with Oregon. You can find a mint Lenco L75 or L78 or a Goldring-Lenco for under ~$300. Then ditch the standard tonearm and invest in a Rega or some equivalent, and you'll still have plenty of money left over. What's more, there i... | |
| dead quiet BdGregory, Where do you get your AC power for all the gear? Is it coming from more than one wall socket? Is the system AC grounded at more than one socket? If so, the simplest thing to try first is to lift the grounds of all but one component, pre... | |
| tonearm geometry question For a third option, between conventional pivoted tonearms and LT arms, try the 47 Labs RS-A1 tonearm or the headshell which can be purchased separately. | |
| Stax tonearm idiosyncracy Thanks, Raul. I thought I was losing my mind here. There's a little set screw on the underside of the tonearm, where the arm tube joins the pivot (this is the joint that is "floppy"). Perhaps by tightening that set screw the joint will straighten ... | |
| Stax tonearm idiosyncracy How the heck can it work properly? The arm tube can go all over the place in the lateral plane with respect to the intended pivot point. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear Jean, I am trying to read not between the lines but right on the lines you wrote. Are you saying that the PTP2 (or whatever) beats the glass-reinforced standard chassis, assuming similarly good Nantais plinths, or not? Oh, I now see that you ... | |
| Unipivot vs Linear Tracking I did some research after posting. The cartridge man is one inexpensive LTer and then there is also another one that uses nested triangular girders. Can't tell what that one costs, but it would seem to be in the $1K range or less. If LTs at that l... | |
| Unipivot vs Linear Tracking Dear Sirspeedy, Can you recall the name of the LT arm that was used as a comparator in that review, OR can you supply a reference to the article? Sounds like there was only one well recognized top quality pivoted arm involved, the Brinkmann. The o... | |
| correct zerostat technique This is very funny. For many years, I was aiming my Zerostat at the LP during both squeeze and release of the trigger. Then some years ago a few friends of mine told me I had been doing it wrong, that you squeeze while pointing at the LP then rele... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos I'm sure that all you have to do is to re-wire the AC inputs in back of the motor housing. Go to Lenco-Lovers website where you will probably find the necessary info. | |
| Triplanar madness I tell u, madness Loss of focus would occur if one channel is 180 degrees out of phase with respect to the other channel, but probably not if both channels are in-phase with each other, regardless of whether they are also in phase with the music, whatever phase tha... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Dear Plinko, To be truthful, I probably could not afford a new MP1, so some years ago I bought mine used at a rather low price, because it had been badly abused by a series of owners, but it had been originally built with many expensive extras, li... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Dear Plinko, Build it yourself, if you feel that strongly about expensive SUT-less phono stages. It can be done for far far less than $3K. There are schematics galore on-line. For example, check out the Vacuum State website. AW shows the schematic... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Atma, Lots, if not most, of my fave jazz recordings are in mono, 33 rpm, and were made prior to the advent of stereo. |