mijostyn
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| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? I like the Reed arms. They meet all of my requirements. The T5 is a bit over the edge. It is very complicated for minimal return if any. But, I have not seen or listened to one so I really have to reserve comment. In the world of mechanical device... | |
| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts Excuse me. Each tenth of a millisecond is equal to about 1 foot. | |
| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts Rooze, it is a complex issue. Properly set up subs should improve sound stage and clarity. Speakers that benefit most from subs have woofers that run up higher above 500 Hz. Full range speakers like ESLs benefit most.Ideally the sound from the sub... | |
| Speaker return or sell As New reubent, have you watched the movie Little Big Man? Kenjit is a contrary.Great movie by the way. Dustin Hoffman at his best. | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? Millercarbon, it is Frank Schroder. Frank and Peter are in bed together (imagine that!). Frank's tonearms are very interesting and creative. I personally would never buy one. Like Unipivots his designs are a way of avoiding the precision of aligni... | |
| MM Cartridge for music on the heavier side Spend a little more and get an Ortofon 2M Black. Well worth the money and the best MM cartridge by many estimations. | |
| EMT and SoundSmith gmercer, I think I would go with the Sound Smith. I think the company would be easier to deal with if something should go wrong.millercarbon, I am all for low mass moving systems but how low is good enough? Low enough to keep the resonance frequen... | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? First of all, hi fi equipment is one of the worst investments you could possibly make. We throw our money away for the love of music although I suspect a fair number of us have our ego invested in it. I personally always believe it is safest buyin... | |
| How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing! Paul, listen to mike. Smart guy. | |
| synergistic research orange blue fuse direction. guyt, you have to be kidding. Maybe you can get a refund. | |
| Which belt-driven table to play Rock vinyl? The Technics is a lot of turntable for the money but I'll agree with effischer on this one. The SOTA has one big advantage over all the other turntables out there except the SME, Basis and Air Force turntables and that is a perfectly tuned suspens... | |
| Why did Parasound discontinue the Halo JC-1 monoblock amplifiers? kcpellethead, according to JC himself they are working on a new version.The JC 5 is not a replacement. It can not even drive a 4 ohm load bridged.The JC 1 is a landmark product. It is easily the best sounding and performing amp at anywhere near th... | |
| More questions about dedicated lines Many companies are taking this approach with phono amps like Channel D. The Battery pack drives the electronics directly connecting up to the A/C line only when it is time to recharge. Al the equipment is available to do this on a grander scale w... | |
| Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge It is either a 9tt or a 9Gss. It the top plate is silver it is a 9tt, gold then 9Gss. They probably label the cartridges differently for different markets.Certainly without a cantilever it does not do you much good. | |
| Measuring turntable speed Cousinbilly, you are absolutely right. You have to be able to measure the speed with the record playing which big_greg's device will do. I have the Road Runner on my SOTA so I can compare big_greg's device to that and use it to check the SME. Hard... |