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| what causes sibilance? thanks for the reponses. will try vta adjustment and re-rinsing. The cd version doesn't have any sibilance to speak of. It's probably not just this record, I only recently started cleaning them adequately. | |
| Discounts vs. Agon listings If you account for the risk involved in buying from an unknown seller, unknown damage, shipping damage from amateur packing, and lack of a warranty, a used table really isn't "discounted" at all, particularly on the Gon where asking prices are usu... | |
| Audiophile TT article in Forbes If this deduction were allowed as a business expense, all similarly situated reviewers could deduct or depreciate their "reference" capital equipment. Hard to imagine this being acceptable to the IRS. "full time" probably does not matter if it mee... | |
| What is this ARM? The glass base it sits on says, Premier Oracle Reference BRAS Pierre Lurne. Bras is French for arm, so is it a Pierre Lurne tonearm? | |
| Does an integrated DAC/Headphone amp exist? Grace M 902 | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? Tvad: my system has been "stable" for 10 years: AR LS-15, Mesa Baron (w/ EL-34's), Infinity PF-R, Rega Planar 3, DB Systems Phono Pre, Nak Dragon, Muse Model 2, Pioneer PD-65 (transport) w/Illuminati cable, MIT CVTerminator Series 2 Tube spkr cabl... | |
| Vibration Isolation for Rega P3 I use a Bright Star audio base which contains sand. Works very well. For a footfall problem (back when it was on a stand on a suspended wood floor) I also used the Br. St. base which contains an air bladder, which eliminated that problem. These pr... | |
| digital cable vs. satellite standard definition If you are watching tv via a dvr, with a cable company dvr, they compress the signal more as the disc fills up, so video quality goes down. with a directv/TIVO box there is only one quality (best). | |
| listening to music in the car With The factory stereo in my Lexus (made by Pioneer) I am able to hear instruments and voices and often understand lyrics I have never been able to hear on my home stereo (which is not bad, tubes in the preamp and amp). I have suspected that the ... | |
| tube amps with El 34s your favorites ?? Mesa Baron (with tri-tube update), in triode mode with no feedback. | |
| Spanish Guitar music Do you mean Flamenco or classical guitar by Spanish composers? Very different sounds."real" Flamenco often has some percussion - tapping (on the guitar) or dancers (tapping on the floor), and often singing. You might also like "nouveau flamenco", ... | |
| Subsonics with Grado & Rega Arm I do not know about the Logic tt, but on some Rega turntables, hum from the motor is picked up by Grado cartridges. If that is what you are hearing, a sheet of mu-metal from the Magnetic Shield corporation will solve that problem. It seems unlikel... |