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| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Grooves, You make an excellent and valid point. So, what do you personally think accounts for the qualitative difference in sound between the best direct-drives and idler-drive tables on the one hand and belt-drive tables on the other? We all or m... | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Last spring I went a bit off the deep end, for me, as one who always wondered why on earth anyone would want more than one turntable at a time. I already had the Lenco and a Garrard 301 in a box in the basement. Then I saw a Denon DP80 in mint con... | |
| How would you rate the Well Tempered Reference Arm In my friend's system, mounted on a WT Reference tt, the Reference tonearm sounds overdamped, and it appears to BE overdamped when one manipulates the tonearm. I think the viscous damping can be adjusted, however. You would know better than I. | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? I must have a particularly nice wife. Either that or she has a diminished esthetic sense. I've got three turntables sitting on the floor of our living room aka listening room, not to mention the one I use which is on the equipment shelf. And at th... | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Win, I probably overstated the case for tonearm coupling. As you know, there ARE those who do advocate firm coupling to the bearing. However, your opinion carries a lot of weight with me (at least 200 lbs of slate). Anyway, I think we both agree t... | |
| best phono preamps? Atma-sphere MP1 Mk III. I don't claim it's THE BEST, because I have not heard them all, but it certainly is top rank and deserves prominent mention among those that have been listed. It's a bargain in the sense that you get a fabulous linestage fo... | |
| Lenco plinth? How big is too big? Ralph, I am not sure I can properly visualize your method of mounting the tonearm, that involves cutting off a corner of your plinth. It sounds as though you intend to de-couple the tonearm mount from the major part of the plinth. There are differ... | |
| moving magnet or moving coil cartrige Audiofeil, No, I have not had enough. I love this BS. It's relaxing. | |
| idler wheel vs direct drive technics impressions I own both a Lenco in a "giant direct-coupled" plinth and a Garrard 301 chassis. I've not yet auditioned the Garrard 301, since it has no plinth. In comparing the Lenco to the Garrard and Thorens TD124 on paper, it seems to me that each is differe... | |
| moving magnet or moving coil cartrige Audiofeil, It's an obvious question, but I have to ask it. You wrote above, "Well I disagree with this. I owned both the MMC-1 and MMC-2 with my B&O TX-2 some years ago. Etc." From these sentences, I gather that you used the MMC1 and MMC2 only... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI Tweaks are always expensive way out of proportion to the cost of their manufacture. It's up to the end user to decide whether he or she wants to "roll their own" or pay the price. I am sure that Lloyd gave careful thought to the price point and fi... | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Dave, That would be illegal of course. | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? I agree with DGarretson on the nude Vishays. I've been buying mine from M Percy. However, if you need a greater than 0.5W power rating, then Mills non-inductive wire-wounds are favored by most. These come in 2W, 5W, and 12W power ratings. The Mill... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Jean, FYI, Raul Iregas had an SP10 mk II in a marble plinth and did not like the results. He "reverted" thereafter to a simple and not very heavy wood plinth (maybe made of Baltic Birch), and that is what he uses with the SP10. Two qualifiers are:... | |
| Differences between Technics SP10 and SP25? Dave, Of all things, the external supply of the SP10 MkII is likely to be most repairable. The only possible problem I can think of is that some of the ss devices used therein may be no longer in production, but in most cases there should be moder... |