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| Best HT 5.1 for movies and music (50/50)? Thanks rlwainwright - I appreciate your suggestion. I'm on the fence about Emotiva stuff. I get the ID value prop (it's one of the reasons I went with PSA), but i think for my usage it would be overkill. They don't have a middle of the road off... | |
| New TT -- $1k - $1500 Lower michigan | |
| New TT -- $1k - $1500 effisher: thanks for the hup - i contacted george and we're exchanging emails. I haven't looked at SOTA tables before - mainly rega and VPI. Rega: Many dealers carry themVPI: Nice clean looksSOTA looks very good too! Very few complaints online... | |
| New TT -- $1k - $1500 johnnyb53: You were one of the primary influences in me getting a technics when I posted about what I was looking for back 3 years ago. I was just getting into vinyl and wanted to test the waters. The technics is one of the many reasons I stuck ... | |
| Recording Quality and Different Studios Is acoustic sounds related to music direct at all? They have the same holiday discount code... just seems odd. I looked through ACs site - i'll be ordering next from them. Really good stuff. Thanks for the suggestions. @bdp24 - is there an e... | |
| Techinics Sp-10 Mk2a break-in period In my experience there is no break-in period for caps. However.. each cap brand / type has a different tonal quality. I find that in building tube amps this is widely accepted as the truth. | |
| Phono Stage Selection - PH-16 or Hagerman Cornet3 Not much to add other than i was in the same position that you were a few years ago. Having built my own guitar amps I was comfortable with a soldering iron. I ended up going from a Jolida JD-9 to a Hagermann Bugle2 that I built myself. In hindsig... | |
| Upgrade from Technics 1200 MK2? $1-$1.5k budget Thanks everyone.Surprisingly, I was able to dial in anti-skate by ear after reading through a few forum posts. Onhwy61 -- many thanks for the direction.Now, as someone earlier in the thread pointed out, I can spend ~$500, send the 1200 to KAB and ... | |
| Upgrade from Technics 1200 MK2? $1-$1.5k budget Hi Everyone,Just wanted to loop back give an update. I ordered a few things to aid in setup: HiFi News setup record, Shure stylus force gauge, bubble level. After a complete setup things sound much better. Using the proper tools - I found that thi... | |
| Upgrade from Technics 1200 MK2? $1-$1.5k budget Johnnyb53 et. al. thanks for your inputTo answer some questions:+ Headshell = ortofon. Does the Sumiko or LpGear ZuPreme lock into place well? In my setup, I can twist the ortofon even when it's screwed down. There is quite alot of excess toleranc... | |
| Stylus bent - AT120E/T, Technics 1200 Hi Johnnyb53 -- Thanks for your input. I've been following your thread on the AT150MLX cart and respect your option quite a bit. After I ran though the setup, things sound better, but not perfect. The stylus is still a skew slightly though. I supp... | |
| Stylus bent - AT120E/T, Technics 1200 Guys - thanks for the help. I bought the 1200 used and just am now noticing some strangeness with playback. The cart just wasn't tracking well for the past few months so I finally started to look into things (i've had it for a year).Long story sho... | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? Hiho -Yep, I hear you. I thought about it, but didn't want to mod it (even it wasn't permanent). I bought the jolida to get that warm tube sound. Bypassing it would have removed the primary deciding factor of me buying it to begin with. Well, that... | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? Hi Everyone,I took Jedinite24 and Gadfly's advice and bought a Bugle 2 Kit from Jim Hagerman. http://www.hagtech.com/bugle2.html I am absolutely blown away by it's performance. It's exactly what I was look for. We all love products where the price... | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? Hiho - Thanks for your posts -- the schematic analysis really helps. I don't think I'll modify it though. I'd rather pay (at some point) and get a better cart that is more inline with the JD9 expectations. Or sell it now and get something in the f... |