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| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? lewm,The early Sotas, the ones with the black top plate, metal control cover plate and wood sides, sometimes had an issue with pitch stability. I have owned a couple of those. However, the Sotas from Series III on do not have that issue. Series II... | |
| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? Smognote.There is no oil in a Sota. I have purchased, sold and shipped many Sota Star, Sapphire and Cosmos and have never heard or seen anything regarding leaking oil.As for a rega 250, It will work fine. I have an audiomods IV mounted on a Sota C... | |
| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? Shakey,No way in hell will either of those tables outperform an Amadeus.I was referring to the OP's list of possible turntables, not other's references. I have no experience with the Amadeus, so I cant comment on its performance. | |
| Need advice on new TT, arm and cartridge. One of my best turntables is a Sota Cosmos IV, SME309 and Lyra Delos. You can find this within your budget. It is a set and forget system once you have it leveled and the arm and cartridge adjusted. It also has a vacuum platter. Multi speed so you... | |
| What makes a tuntable sounds warmer? do you run the same loading for both cartridges. the effect you state sounds like when you run a MM cartridge that needs 47kohm into a MC input with 100ohm loading. I know my delos sounds best at 100 ohm, but my clearaudio beta aurum needs 47kohm ... | |
| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? A used Soto Sapphire or Star or VPI Hw17 Mk IV will perform better than any of those tables mentioned. The are often found with Rega or Sumiko arms. There is an awesome Sota Star with Linn Ittok for sale here now. Not affiliated with seller, but i... | |
| Halo A21 Drive PSB Stratus Goldi's Adequately?? I am driving PSB Stratus Golds with a Dussun V6i, 150 watts into 8 ohms, 300 into 4 ohms and have no problem whatsoever getting high output and deep bass. The A21 should be plenty | |
| Custom Power Supply for 6v DC Motor there are plenty of medical grade regulated ac/dc convertors on ebay, some very substantial. I have used them for turntable supplies and they work very well. | |
| Best of old model speakers under $1800 vs my Alons PSB Stratus Gold. A steal when new, grand theft at current used prices. | |
| how important is linestage preamp with vinyls only The corners will collect the greatest bass power, which in turn could cause resonance in your turntable, especially since iti is not a suspended model. Getting the speakers out into the room a little, and out of a corner, will tend to smooth out t... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations - Halo P3/A21 PSB Synchrony One. Will do everything you want within your budget and look decent too. | |
| upgrading speaker crossovers Why would it not be just a matter of slinging a higher grade cap into the crossover. if the values are the same, shouldnt they electrically do the same thing and then its just a matter of the better cap doing the same thing better? | |
| HELP I Need advice SME 3009 vs. 309 the 309 is a very good arm that will work with a large number of cartidges and tables. However, rather than look at an Origin remanufactured Rega 250, take a look at Audiomods version, which keeps the best part of the rega, the actual arm, and rep... | |
| "Best" bookshelf/monitor for low-power amp? PSB Synchrony 2b or Sonus Faber Toy. either would suit your needs. | |
| Upgrading the Dynavector DV-20X Low MC Cartridge Second the recommendation for the Lyra Delos |