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| Best Alignment Protractor? Sorry, but there is no single "perfect theoretical alignment." There are several well known alignment schemes. They even have names, and some are promoted by tone arm manufacturers. None of them is perfect, as the alignment of all of them is wron... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @westborn Congratulations on your purchase. Please share your impressions of the DAC after a few days of listening. Be prepared though for the DAC to improve over the next few weeks as it breaks in fully. | |
| Best Alignment Protractor? Now for a somewhat different opinion. The horizontal tracking angle (HTA) that you are setting with a protractor is the least important setting of all to get with absolute precision. It is incorrect most of the time as there can be at most two pla... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Black Friday price of $2,804.15 at Shenzhen Audio. This price is good for four days. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I have used several different USB cables. Most contain all four wires but one was made without No.1, carrying the 5 Volts. On occasion I have blocked the 5 Volt wire. Blocked or not there is no current in the wire when connected to the Musetec. I ... | |
| Adjusting Azimuth on VPI Prime Signature Turntable I agree about the dual pivot. It does a couple of things right. It makes setting the azimuth crazy easy. Otherwise, and a clear second best, as the Counterintuitive. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @balja I do not recall any such talk. It was the position of the maker that if a component improved the sound it would be incorporated into the DAC even at the expense of measurements. This was followed by a good deal of discussion here about s... | |
| OPPO 105 VS Schiit Gungnir My advice: Get the Oppo and save for something better than the Gungnir. Then, feed your new DAC from the Oppo until you figure out something else for the long haul. The Oppo can even be used as a a DLNA media server with something like JRiver i... | |
| Mahler on vinyl - your favorite The Abbado Chicago Resurrection was cut for the LP at a very low level, too low a level, and cannot be recommended. Perhaps better in digital. | |
| Snake oil of the year? On the advice of someone in a position to know I use a D-Link DGS105 with an ifi power wall wart The advice was that this would give what "audiophile" devices at about $600 will give. You can buy and try on Amazon. Be sure to ground the switch-... | |
| Mahler on vinyl - your favorite Just a few off the top of my head: Mahler 2 - Tennstedt - London Philharmonic Orchestra on EMI Mahler 5 - Bernstein - Vienna PO on DG Mahler 2 - Bernstein - New York Phil on DG Mahler 3 - Bernstein - New York Phil on Columbia Mahler 8 - Solti... | |
| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review In absolute terms, digital is not, and cannot be truly accurate to the original performance in its present form. This is what you say now. But earlier you said: I find it to be an accurate one which appears to neither add nor subtract anythi... | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions I agree there will be tonal changes when you change SRA. However there is a correct VTA/SRA and the tone accompanying it should be accepted. It may or may not be the setting with arm exactly parallel to the disk, probably not. As I wrote, it shoul... | |
| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review I find it to be an accurate one which appears to neither add nor subtract anything from the signal it receives. And how do you know this? What is your reference? | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions Just two points from here: Your physical set up seems good enough. Others may advise about the quality of the phono pre you're using. It could be that a change here will do the job. You can probably try some with a return privilege. I do not a... |