mapman
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| Can "Refurbished" Thorens turntables sound better, and worth taking a chance on?? I still use Linn Axis table I bought back in mid 80s and have had similar experiences to brother Bondmanp. Still runs great and zero problems over 30 years or so. The old Thorens are a similar breed I would say. | |
| Is it all worth it? Mensch yes not being overtly bright at all yet surprisingly resolving makes them a great match for that room. My main system feeds that room and speakers in several others via in wall wiring and a speaker switch so yes the little Bostons benefit ... | |
| Most Effective Tweaks? Paper if source is in basement as you suspect then you might be able to place a flat my metal shield between either on ceiling in level below or floor on upper level. If if so then you might be able to hear differences in the noise level if affe... | |
| Most Effective Tweaks? papermill,There was no noticeable hum or noise prior to adding the step up transformer to better match the MM level phono pre-amp in my ARC sp16 when I bought it. So I knew adding the step up xformer introduced the hum somehow.First I determined ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Gotta point out that no thread is a scientific study. There is typically a bias to some extent. Well meaning people typically tend to happily report good news but hold back on the bad. Not unique to fuse threads at all.So I would say it is wrong t... | |
| Question on using Vinyl Studio I’m interested in the process steps and how much time it takes users per record to produce properly tagged output files with Vinyl Studio. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Sounds like the Subdudes are doing their thing.The resulting sound is more ES or planar like in my case as well though I tend to think of it as more refined and articulate bass or absence of muddy obscuring bass.Results are similar using similar f... | |
| Most Effective Tweaks? $600 is the right price point but I need it to be fast and easy as well as effective. Otherwise my manual process cost virtually nothing and is most effective. I haven't seen one like that yet. The ones I have seen cost thousands still. | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... No doubt you can only reproduce what’s in the recording most all of which are flawed in some way, even the good live recordings which are the only ones relevant for comparing a live event to what you hear off a recording.I find once your system is... | |
| Most Effective Tweaks? Anyone have a spare ultrasonic record cleaner send it my way.Agree clean records are transformational. I have an effective manual process I use but is time consuming and a pain. A good ultrasonic record cleaner would be welcome. | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Sheesh are things really so dire? My stuff sounds great. Maybe on the bleeding edge.....One thing never changes....worry about the things that matter that you can control, not those that do not as much and you can’t.Obsessive compulsive audiophile... | |
| Can "Refurbished" Thorens turntables sound better, and worth taking a chance on?? The old Thorens were one of the best in their day and I still think fondly of them but I would be very cautious about buying an old table these days for big bucks. There is a lot of beefed up old gear marketed on this site to get top dollar as al... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Bel Canto ref1000m amps. Integrated amp in second system is Bel Canto c5i | |
| Most Effective Tweaks? Auralex subdude platforms under floor standers and Isoacoustics brand pro monitor stands under monitors. | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Preamp is tube. Amp is Class D. I also have class D integrated with similar performance in that area. Speakers room acoustics and setup has a lot to do with it. |