mcbuddah
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| VPI 10.5i counterweights ..umm.. weights My Grado Statement1 is only .6g heavier than your Lyra and is just nearly at the limit of the stock counterweight when using the abolutely necessary CounterIntuitive, so I can see your problem. If I had to do anything about it, I would avoid just ... | |
| Why does the VPI motor thump Why not blame the preamp? Why not blame the AC cords or the ICs to the phono stage? If the stock cap works for 80% of the VPI tables, I would look long and hard at other components' placement and emi/rf sensitivity as well. Some components do not ... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Tan, good luck with your new amps. I have had my M2-600 pair for a year and a half and I have not yet finished digging all the best sound possible from my system since they replaced an aging pair of Atma-Spheres that died together when an errant p... | |
| currently own a vpi scout, looking to upgrade VPI tables are designed to be upgradeable all the way up the chain. Your Scout could be the basis for a really fine VPI table. Upgrades include power supply, platter, feet, bearing, and plinth. Most of the parts come up for sale on Agon and the ot... | |
| Care to recommend a preamp? jmarke, There are currently 2 CAT Signature Mk2 preamps offered here on agon for around $2700. One is silver, the other black. Both have the phono stage option. | |
| Anyone HEARD the Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE upgrades? Thanks for the info. I found a used STP-SE offered for $1200 and snatched it up. I should get it early next week. I may have jumped a bit too early though, as someone put up a CAT SL1 Signature Mk2 at 2700 asking and I wonder if that might have be... | |
| Anti-Cables speaker cable impressions: Nanotech's wires imported by Jaguar Audio (no association) have gotten enough good press in some respected review 'zines and are so cheap that I am going to order them for a trial the next tie I have a need due to system change. I am finally happy... | |
| Best cartridge for VPI Scoutmaster Signature I've been getting really nice tunes from the Grado Statement 1 on my SSM Reference. It's really low output makes it problematic for a lot of phono stages, but your SIM will be up it without need of an SUT. I run mine to a MC-only Thor phono preamp... | |
| D-Sonic vs Wyred vs .... Guido, you are right about using the phone, at least as far as D-Sonic goes. When I was still researching replacements for my blown atma-spheres in the class D world, he always answered the phone himself and seems pretty cocky about his products. ... | |
| Why so little discussion about Snell ? I'm still happy after all these years with my Type B pair, bought new when they first came out. They do so many things really well that I have no desire to screw up my system by trying any other speakers. They are really nice-sounding full-range s... | |
| Well Tempered Davey, you may be in luck. If you are willing to buy a used one from the USA, there is one offered in the Tonearms section right now for $250 (usd). It might be worth the shipping delay, after all, Mate, you're probably going to want to keep that ... | |
| Need HDMI Cable Recommendations ? This is just another round of the same old same Julian Hirsch debates from the 80's about how any wires could possibly sound better than zip cord. If you have done your audiophile due diligence and set your system up with care for proper wire dres... | |
| SDS or phono stage Arsh, if you are still looking for a tube phono stage in the $1500 range, you might want to check out the Eddie Current ECPA. This is the same Eddie Current that makes the Zana Deux (and a lot of other) outre-quality headphone amps. The build qual... | |
| SDS or phono stage Lew M, sometimes it is better to ask questions than to shout out answers, only to find out the world has moved on. All the variacs I have ever used or even seen have been of below par construction for audio use. I think most are used to control mo... | |
| SDS or phono stage Has anyone actually compared the sonic output of a variac vs. the SDS? From what I have read technically, the SDS is designed to control the speed of the motor by varying the FREQUENCY of the AC current where a variac is just a glorified transform... |