markalarsen
Responses from markalarsen
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @prof Transrotor Bellini with Acoustic Sound TA-1000 tonearm and Cardas Myrtle Heart Cartridge (Micro Benz). | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid If you spent less than$1000 on your entire system, you cannot tell the difference between a $200 DAC and a better, more expensive DAC. | |
| Develop a hierarchy for phono playback I used the same Cardas Myrtle heart cartridge, and the same phono preamp, on two different tables and tone arms. The Marantz vs Transrotor with an Acoustic Signature TA-1000 tonearm. Huge, very noticeable difference. I would suggest balance and... | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? Could be a VTA adjustment? | |
| Your Favorite Room at AXPONA 2025? PS Audio regardless as to which of their speakers they played. Loved the new DAC and Preamp. | |
| Your Favorite Room at AXPONA 2025? Bel Canto Black, Pure Fidelity Harmony Turntable and YG Acoustics Vantage speakers. | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? HumminGuru | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped +1 for Andy Kim. He retipped a ZuAudio and a Cardas Myrtle Heart for me. He said they would sound better after he retipped them; I thought puffery. He was dead on accurate. Wonderful work at reasonable prices, and very fast turnaround time. | |
| matching your cartridge to your turntable A | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I bought a Transrotor turntable and Acoustic Signature TA-1000 tonearm 10 days ago to avoid tariffs. Or so I told myself and my wife. | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse The key is to buy your ultrasonic machine before the 5th. | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I done. I have said that about as many times as I said I was quitting smoking cigarettes. I did quit cigarettes a couple of decades ago. Much easy to quit smoking than to stop upgrading stereo equipment. | |
| Seeking a Power Conditioner PS Audio | |
| Speakers sound too bright. The sound of speakers varies greatly during the course of break in. I try not listen to them during break in because inevitably they will sound awful at some point. I then think I have terrible speakers, when after they are broken in, they sound g... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic My housekeeper pulled the cantilevers out of two cartridges: a Cardas Myrtle and a ZuAudio. Andy said they would they would sound better when I received them back from him. I was skeptical; he was right. Very quick turnaround. |