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| Help in isolating a TT with spring suspension. Depends on how flexible and creaky your floor really is. If you locate the shelving against a support wall of your house, that will mitigate the problem to some degree. After that I suggest a heavy hardwood shelf to go between your existing shelf ... | |
| Low level Hum in Phono Signal Path I don't think this has anything at all to do with cable shielding. Cables pick up RF, not "hum". The term hum implies a 60Hz monotone. RF can include radio reception, hf hash, etc, but not hum per se. | |
| Low level Hum in Phono Signal Path First, do you hear the hum ONLY on phono? If so, I agree with the notion that it most likely has to do with grounding between your preamp, tt, and tonearm. I am having a similar problem with my newly set-up Technics SP10 Mk2/RS-A1/Ortofon MC7500 r... | |
| VIP, SOTA & Oracle Turntables Sirspeedy, Vintage instruments are like vintage tts, only moreso. I have always wondered what audiophile product from what company caused you so much misery. As far as I can recall, you've kept it secret so far. | |
| Turntable interconnects and RFI Those little boxes at one end of your MIT cables house an RC network (or perhaps just a capacitor). The network effects a high frequency low-pass filter and also gives the cable a low characteristic impedance. Perhaps the C is having an unfavorabl... | |
| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru I am just glad that I have a loving and loyal son who lives in Tokyo. That's how I solve the problem. But many Japanese cartridges sell for the exact same price in Tokyo as they do in the US, e.g., Lyra. I have never been able to figure that one o... | |
| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru First of all, there are differences but I can never keep them straight, so I was reluctant to try to respond to your post for fear of mis-informing you. The differences are possibly in the types of magnets used, Alnico vs something else, but mostl... | |
| Shoot-out Klyne 7xp3.5 vs IO Signature Nkj, You might get significant improvement in the sound from the Futterman H3 by bypassing the electrolytic output caps using high quality film caps. If you have an original H3, an even better thing to do would be to get rid of the old lytics and ... | |
| Shoot-out Klyne 7xp3.5 vs IO Signature Nkj, Great system. Have you tried the Futterman H3s on the Quads? Our tastes in equipment are somewhat congruent, as I am using Atma-sphere MP1 preamp and Atma amps to drive Sound Lab M1s and have owned Quads, KLH9s, Futtermans, etc. My closest au... | |
| Shoot-out Klyne 7xp3.5 vs IO Signature Nkj, Would you care to tell us what amp and speakers you are using, what music you prefer, etc? As far as I can tell your system is not posted. Thanks.Anyone here ever compare the Klyne to the Pass Xono? | |
| It costs me $100 a week to listen to vinyl Peterayer, Are you sure of your math? Lets assume the 911T was used as a second car, and you put 5000 miles on it per year. After 8 years, that's 40,000 mi. Do you mean to say that you had put $80,000 into that car over 8 years? (Of course, if you... | |
| Magnetic repulsion? There are several commercially available turntables that sport a magnetic suspension of the platter. See especially the Verdier La Platine. It's not a new idea, and it's not a perfect solution to the problem of a vertical bearing, but it can be ma... | |
| TW Acustic Black Knight Dgad, I mean no disrespect at all. In fact, I find you to be a very knowledgeable and reasonable fellow, and I generally find myself agreeing with your comments. But if you re-read your long post above you will find that you have totally convinced... | |
| Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ?? Thanks, T_bone and Downunder. I have heard good things about the stock tonearm on the Exclusive P3, also (probably from T_bone by private e-mail). Still you must admit that the choice of tonearms is limited and needs to be of similar length to the... | |
| Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ?? I wondered why Downunder wanted to use price (i.e., "10K table") as a criterion for expectation of performance. I have lost faith in price as a factor in sound quality of tt's. There are just too many megabuck models with obvious design flaws. Mos... |