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| Vintage Problem Well, I have a partial solution: Ran a ground wire from receiver chassis to table chassis. No hum if table is running, hum when turned off. Also hum (different) when arm is lifted with finger, goes away when arm/cartridge on disc. Strange huh? | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution 1964 Gerrard Type A1964 Fairchild 412/Fairchild 500 arm1967 Acoustic Research XA1970 Miracord 50 H (bad move)1972 Phillips semi automatic (worse move)1976 Acoustic Research1978 Thorens 125/SME1981 Ariston R11/SME 1983 thru 2002 CD players2002 to p... | |
| Speakers for large open room Thanks for your responses, and to you Duke. Corner placement is not an option. Speakers could be three to five feet out from walls. | |
| Speakers for large open room Yagbo12...I'd have to give up my new flats boat for the Avantgardes! Would anyone consider Vandersteens for this room? | |
| Speakers for large open room P.S. I presently am driving B&W Matrix 804's... | |
| Speakers for large open room Thanks for your responses...I listen to classic (orchestral) 90% of the time...vinyl 75%. Components are Rega P-25 with Grado, Sony SACD 777ES, either Audible Illusions pre/Pass Aleph3 or Magnum Dynalab 208 receiver (100WPC).Will probably buy used... | |
| OK, I made the leap... When I got back into audio my first source component was a Sony ES777sacd...a really fine player. Before long I got the bug and bought a Rega P25 here on A'gon. That table along with a Grado low output Reference Sonata cart and Lehman Black Cube c... | |
| What do any of you think??? Dell computer service is second to none so long as you speak whatever they do on the Indian sub-continent...Lovesmusic | |
| Your First System 1963; Scott LK72 amp kit, LT110 tuner kit, Bozak 3001 speakers, Garrard A immediately replaced with Fairchild 412 turntable and arm, Tandberg 64 reel to reel. I recently obtained a MINT Scott 340 receiver (same as above separates) and just restore... | |
| Refinish speaker in different color These, like 99 percent of speakers, are veneer. Veneer can be stripped and restained. You must remove the speakers from the cabinets. Use a remover that doesn't require water for a final wash. Use liberal amounts of stripper with a brush...after f... | |
| cd transport life ecpectancy I have a Sony SACD 777 ES with very few hours which I hope will last a very long time, but I also have a Onkyo changer (with 6 cd cassettes) that I bought fifteen years ago for one of my galleries for under $200. It plays seven days a week for 3-7... | |
| Herman eats crow, RRL record cleaning fluids work Interesting! Where can one buy the RRL fluids.......John | |
| Aleph 3/30 Owners: What preamp do you use? Aleph 3 with Audible Illusions L1 flat out sings. | |
| Finger Print Removal on Aluminum Faceplates I have used a soft cloth or paper towel moistened with Windex for thirty five years.....with no problems. John | |
| Vinyl's Noise Floor To Twl; You ar dead on with regards to earlier US pressings. I seem to remember some old Columbia SAX and early RCA's sounding pretty good. Please give LATE 70's English pressings a try...some of the best viynl sound ever is there. |