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| Koetsu vs Dynavector That was Henry David Thoreau, unless he was quoting Socrates. Perhaps this is a "fact". | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre There still seems to be some confusion, despite Ralph's clarification. If your phono stage has truly balanced circuitry inside, from input to output, then you would be remiss if you did not use an XLR connector where pins 2 and 3 carry the signal ... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable That looks like a nice design that would really get a firm grip on the JVC. The pros and cons of a plinth for a DD table have been much discussed elsewhere. There is no question in my mind that a massive and properly constructed plinth does wonder... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Kcc123, That is very cool. Shades of the Micro Seiki DDX1000. I would call that an UN-plinth, not to say that it would not sound great. However, there's no way I could make something like that. Did you do it yourself? Can you show side or bottom v... | |
| Koetsu vs Dynavector You guys make me think I'm going deaf. I hear no significant roll-off of the treble (compared for example to my CD player) with my Koetsu Urushi. I live in the Washington, DC, area. If anyone wants to come hear my "rolled off" system, please conta... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Tbone et al, In the DP80, when you use the adjustable speed control you are bypassing the quartz crystal oscillator. That's the only way you can get the electronics to agree to change the platter speed, I guess. If the electronics are all copaceti... | |
| Koetsu vs Dynavector Halcro, I don't mean to take issue with your opinion of the Koetsu Urushi, but my experience is quite different. In my system I am getting great bass and fantastic treble from the Urushi. And of course the midrange is to die for. Whether or not it... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Stringreen, The magnetic strip issue has been done to death. If the table holds speed, you don't have a problem. If it does not hold speed, you MAY have a problem with the magnetic strip, but there are many other possible and cureable causes of sp... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable I've got the same brochure that Tbone is talking about, from the Vinyl Engine. The one for the DP80 does quote a 77db S/N ratio, as he says. Both 77db and 80db are well below the S/N ratio of any LP playback system, so noise per se is not going to... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Thanks, T bone. I had seen those numbers for S/N in Denon literature. I look forward to the DP80 listening experience, if I can ever find the time to make or have made a plinth for it. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II JLoveys, If your early expts excite you, check out the PTP2 top plate for the Lenco (on the Lenco-Lovers website). Not only is it far more rigid than the chassis of either a stock Lenco or a Garrard, it also permits a large area of contact between... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable T bone, thanks for your insights. I am wondering about wow and flutter in a turntable, which would be reflection of speed irregularity rather than noise, I think. In the brochure for the DP80, Denon claims unprecedented speed stability, so whateve... | |
| Belts vs Direct Drive and correcting experiments Mea culpa. According to Wikipedia, the terms EMI and RFI are synonymous. And that seems to be correct based on a dim memory of previous reading. Don't know where to go from that. If anyone hears a difference with vs without a shield, let me/us know. | |
| Belts vs Direct Drive and correcting experiments Dear Raul, If I write enough words, eventually I will make some sense. Thanks. Audiophilia is nine parts worrying about non-problems and one part solving actual problems. The vendors benefit from all ten parts of this obsession. I think now (based... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Donshoemaker, I don't know the difference between a DP80 and a DP75. I've already sold the DA307 that came with my DP80, and I did notice the rubber bushing that comes BEFORE the pivot point, which looked like a bad idea in principle, but lets rem... |