listener57
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| Tube Amp with Balance Controls - Does it exist? Aronov LS-960I tube integrated amp is quite wonderful, and its dual volume controls work perfectly for any balancing.Occasionally this classic item comes up for sale close to $1000. | |
| Thinking about getting into vinyl again... Tonywinsc, Thanks for providing all of us fanatics with your really funny take on the vinyl way of life. | |
| Ferrite core upgrades? I have enjoyed better sound since inserting RFI/EMI blocking Flying Saucers (from Machina Dynamica) into unused AC wall outlets in the listening rooms, as well as elsewhere in house.Very low cost way to upgrade entire systems without touching or m... | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner Mapleshade Records sells a power strip conditioner which does not limit power and allows both amp and front end components to sound better and unconstrained.Plug this strip into one of the AC wall sockets and then plug a Machina Dynamica Flying Sa... | |
| Rack Recommendations One way to optimize the isolation is to place one Machina Dynamica VibraBlock Damper on each horizontal shelf. This is a fine constrained layer damper which does not overdamp as it magnifies or refines the benefits of isolation to a shelf which is... | |
| Turntable on suspended floor - shelf or braces? My effective inexpensive solution for a suspended turntable (B&O) was to place cryogenically treated tempered steel isolation springs (Machina Dynamica Cryo Baby Promethean Mini-isolators) between the maple board the turntable rests upon and t... | |
| Wet Cleaning the Stylus Elizabeth,Prior to initiating your preservative recommendation for every record side do you start out with a new stylus, or by cleaning the stylus once to get started? | |
| Satchmo at The Waldorf Thank you for the recommendation. | |
| Power conditioner/surge protection for Hegel H200? Mapleshade Records also sells a passive power strip conditioner which does not limit power (this I use), as well as a surge protection option which is said to not degrade more than 2% of the sound quality through their strip (never tried by me). A... | |
| spring loaded platform non-suspended turntable Or, you can place ten cryo'ed Baby Promethean Mini-Isolator Springs (from Machina Dynamica) beneath the solid base of a 100 pound turntable.Or, a higher number of these special springs if the total weight is higher due to the weight of any support... | |
| Order of importance of cables My simple experience of a major improvement is similar to that of Lowrider57, with a Mapleshade Records Power Strip/Conditioner plugged into an AC wall outlet (this is not current limiting) together with a Machina Dynamica "Flying Saucer (RFI/EMI ... | |
| How to isolated stand from springy floors? As a quick effort at low cost, what I have done is beneath those components where there is no interposed individual maple board base supporting the component, simply place three or four Cryo'ed Mini Springs between the component and the existing h... | |
| Upgrade from Mapleshade Excalibur's? Reality Cables by Gregg Straley are quite sturdy, and when you get to hear your system through these IC's it will be an upgrade if your ears are like mine. Same goes for his speaker cables.For those who don't mind a more delicate, but quite wonder... | |
| Will an after market PC improve the sound of CDP?? Sunnyjim,The cost effective way I remain satisfied with is to use a Mapleshade Records Power Strip/Conditioner which improves the sound of the components whose individual PC's are plugged into the Power Strip/Conditioner (there is no power limitin... | |
| Power conditioners around $500 In your price range there's really no compromise if you use Mapleshade Records power strip/power conditioner accompanied by a Machina Dynamica Flying Saucer (crazy name, great benefit) plugged into the unused adjacent AC wall socket, and a few oth... |