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| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding I owned a Star Sapphire III as my only TT for 10 years or so. I found the vacuum clamping to be generally effective for edge warps. What bugged me is whether I could hear an effect on SQ that I found to be not so copacetic, although very subtle.... | |
| what should I get to replace what I am planning to try We’re a disingenuous bunch that just wants to help. Ha-ha. I’m relieved to learn you haven’t lost your marbles. | |
| Miracle by Joseph long on Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge My only (minor and amusing actually) issue with Joseph was that when I discussed with him the re-tipping of my Koetsu Urushi, he laid out so many possibilities, nearly any combo of cantilever and stylus shape that one can think of, that I felt con... | |
| Why don't we tire of music? This has become a silly non-argument. Everyone is different. | |
| Why don't we tire of music? Love the movie version of Hitchhiker’s Guide. | |
| Miracle by Joseph long on Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge Of course I knew you’d made an innocent typo error. I think there is a Korean or Japanese company whose name at least begins with “Kom…”, who make earth moving equipment. Anyway, what cantilever and stylus has you so ecstatic? | |
| Why don't we tire of music? My best friend’s wife watched "Karate Kid" dozens of times over the course of her life. "Sound of Music", too. My wife is stuck on "Avatar", both versions. Which is to say I don’t buy your basic premise. Movies, static art forms of all kinds, and... | |
| Miracle by Joseph long on Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge You might let us know what cantilever and stylus shape you chose and is it the same as the OEM version? Kometsu [sic] makes good quality earth moving equipment, but I have never heard one of their cartridges. (Pun intended.) | |
| what should I get to replace what I am planning to try What is the rationale for blaming the tube amplifier for the location of the "image" generated by speakers being "too close" to the wall? Or have I completely misunderstood your OP? And then to go on about speaker cables seems to be a non sequit... | |
| Jolida JD-9 Upgrade All triode tube units will present a capacitance at the input, if the gain stage is a simple common cathode topology. This is due to capacitance between the anode and grid, primarily, and to a lesser capacitance between the grid and cathode. This ... | |
| VAS MC One Transformer It's very confusing in my opinion, but generally if the inputs of a SUT are labeled with resistance values, in the case of vintage Japanese SUTs, this usually meant that one should plug the phono leads into the pair of inputs with the label (in oh... | |
| Turntable choice for mono records Mijo, Since we both own the same brand and type of speaker, I have to say one is nearly always a little off axis because of ESL treble beaminess, but also that I invariably do hear an improvement in mono mode vs stereo mode, with mono LPs. These ... | |
| Turntable choice for mono records Are you also using a mono mode switch ? And are you comparing the switch alone to switch plus mono cartridge? No one is claiming a stereo cartridge in stereo mode is superior to mono cartridge on mono LP. | |
| Goodbye Everyone Actually Pradax is contraindicated in patients with AF, per an FDA directive. It’s written into the package insert. Just looked it up. | |
| Goodbye Everyone Dogberry, is that anecdote borne out by results of the clinical trials that supported FDA licensure of Pradax? Did they even compare the trial drug to an alternative standard of care? |