lewm
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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Thanks wbw, Perhaps Jean can comment as to the source of his ceramic bearing. It may not have come from "Joel". | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II So, Jean, where do you get the ceramic bearing, and how can Lenco lovers get one too?And what's this about an acrylic layer on your giant super splendiferous plinth? | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed Sorry about use of the phrase "pig-headed". Perhaps "close-minded" would have sufficed and would have seemed less harsh. No offense intended to anyone.Guys, do you really think that a light platter with a friction bearing is a perfect analogue of ... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I for one do not care a bit whether or not you like your cdp better than your turntable. And I do think it's possible for digital to "outperform" analog, regardless of cost, if for no other reason than the fact that the judgment between the two me... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I'll take a shot at it. From the one photo, it appears that the tt sits on a Target wall shelf which is in turn bolted to the back wall of that tall cabinet, in which also sits your TV and other gear. Thus, vibrations emanating from the tt are cou... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I agree with DGarretson and Dopogue (both friends of mine), move the tt out of that cabinet and onto a solid non-resonant support that does not enclose the tt, AND get yourself a motor controller, SDS or Walker. After that, if you're not happy, th... | |
| Well Tempered Reference Vs Nottingham My $.02. I too think that the WTT is a great and novel design. And I agree with others that a Walker or other high quality motor controller will provide an amazing improvement that you won't believe until you hear it. However, I personally have ne... | |
| What is the best Dynavector MC cartridge - why? Chris, You've heard the Te Kaitura Rua? If so, can you comment on it's performance compared to your XV1s and to your PC1, albeit that your XV1S is apparently a mono version? Sorry to stray a bit from the topic, but in a way it's relevant. | |
| Stereo Sound cart rankings Cmk, I'd be very interested to know which among some of those esoteric brands of cartridge are worth further consideration, e.g., what about Phase Tech and MySonic? From my several visits to Tokyo in 2007, I came to believe that the Japanese (at l... | |
| Stereo Sound cart rankings Who is Stereo Sound and why does their editorial opinion matter any more than does that of S'phile and TAS or any other mag? It seems highly unlikely that any one person on the staff of SS could have carefully evaluated this many cartridges, not t... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Can you be a little more descriptive? In what way does it "suck"? Do you lack gain even with the SUT? Is it bass heavy or exaggerated in the treble? Is it grossly distorted? Are both channels behaving in identical fashion? Etc...Since I believe K&... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Have you yet tried connecting the trafo to the input with the standard 47K-ohm resistor in place, in other words with no other changes? Should at least work well. The networks etc are for touching up the response to make it as flat as possible; a ... | |
| Avid Acutus - Standard or Reference The value of the outboard supply is also or mostly related to the way it delivers power to the motor. If it's an AC synthesizer serving an AC synchronous motor, then it should be delivering phase-correct voltage with respect to the motor. This mak... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Subbing the 47K load resistor with an 8M load resistor would only negatively affect the phono stage if the input tube or transistor cannot tolerate it. I'm not sure how it would work with a transistor input, but with a single-ended (as opposed to ... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer I just did not want to be the dispenser of incorrect information. I've never used a SUT either, but I came close at one point and read some of the excellent white papers on the Jensen website at that time, to gain what little knowledge I have on t... |