lewm
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| Nice vintage $2k Turntable, cartridge, and phono stage $2K is not going to pay for a PBN refurbished DP80. And most DP 80s are now 40+ years old, so they’ll need at least some TLC unless the previous owner has seen to it. So far as I can determine, DP75 is so close to the DP80 as to be indistinguishab... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Mijo, you have a CS Port and Safir? Tomic, I’ve used my TP without and with the fingerlift(s). I use the plural because Herb Papier ( the original inventor here in Wheaton, MD) used to supply two, one with and one without threaded holes. I find t... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Thx. It hardly was worth it to pay extra for DHL, especially since my cartridge is new and far from needing a new stylus. | |
| Looking for a budget Step-up Transformer Transformers, especially SUTs because they are subject to only tiny voltages and currents, virtually never break or wear out, so a "pre-owned" SUT is always a good way to save money, provided you get a guarantee that it's working OK. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Doggie and wrm57, Have you received your styli? I ordered with 2-3 day delivery via DHL, but so far have received nothing. It's only 7 days, but still I am a bit concerned. DHL is very prompt where I live. | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Almost nothing I own and use (other than cartridges and tonearms) is in its OEM form. Therefore, most components have extra holes drilled in them, parts hanging out in various orientations, etc. If they were beautiful to begin with, they are no lo... | |
| Going to replace my Fluance rt85 Or in fact the PLX1000 may be ok, and the Technics G series may be a lot better. Whether the latter is worth the extra bucks is probably a function of your goals in upgrading from your Fluance. | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? "Could be wrong, but my point is, I think the reason record-loving audiophiles put so much more attention and money on record players vs carts and phonostages is because there is more to look at." What? How about because turntables cost much more... | |
| Old records. My LP collection includes every one I bought between the early 70s and the present plus about 900 LPs I "inherited" upon the passing of a dear friend. His LPs were purchased new by him, usually from local vendors like Tower Records, and he took me... | |
| Phono Stage_Skoll-by Schiit Audio Quincy, with what cartridge did you go from 47K to 100 ohms load? Thx | |
| Phono Stage_Skoll-by Schiit Audio Not to be a Debby Downer, but it is always good to take a deep breath and listen for a while to any new component, and even AB it with the component that is being replaced, before deciding on your level of satisfaction. In this case though, I sus... | |
| AT-95ML on a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Yogiboy, the given compliance of the cartridge, according to AT, is 20 at 100Hz. I multiplied by 2 to give a rough approximation of the compliance at 10 Hz, which gives 40 cu. I don't disagree with you at all, but the equation softens the effect ... | |
| AT-95ML on a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon I strongly doubt your data for effective mass of the arm. There have only been a few tonearms in audio history, dating back to the hayday of high compliance cartridges, with such a low effective mass. But I’m guessing you got the number from some ... | |
| AT-95ML on a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon The AT 95ML is a high compliance cartridge (about 40cu at 10 Hz), so I don’t know why you want to add 6g to the effective mass. With such a compliance you could use a tonearm with 6g effective mass, total, which doesn’t really exist. In any case, ... | |
| Old records. Wow! I remember finding orchestral RBCDs from the 80s (which would include Ormandy recordings derived from earlier performances) to be just awful. So bad I couldn’t bear them even at a friend’s house during a party. Massed strings, to which ormand... |