mijostyn
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| Manual Prop for TT cover Correct, I am firmly in the "do not" column. Dust covers are essential for keeping dust away from records and sensitive bearings. Having to remove a dust cover for every play is a PITA. Most dustcovers have friction stop hinges like my Sota. appar... | |
| New Phono Cart with Character Needed At that price point a Moving Magnet cartridge is going to be better. I think the Goldring 1042 will meet your needs. The Clearaudio MM cartridges are also on the warm side. IMHO moving coil cartridges do not come into their own until the $3K mark. | |
| Help needed to eliminate unwanted noise from tweeter No, the tweeter is not the issue. You said it starts when you add in the DAC. It is a problem with the DAC and more than likely it is defective. Try a different DAC if you can. Try the DAC in a different system if you can. Take it to a store and s... | |
| Indispensable Tool! @mahgister A scientist starts out with a plausible theory then devises and experiment to prove or disprove it. The literature for this disc is beyond stupid and totally implausible, experiment not needed. It is a scheister taking advantage of pe... | |
| Help with speaker selection <$20k HK I think you picked a great speaker and the JC 1s will drive them beautifully. I would not try to hook up one JL sub to them that will ruin your bass definition if you try to do it the usual way. If you want to put subs under the Novas you will ... | |
| Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges The Soundsmith Voice is the best high output cartridge I have ever had in my system. Less expensive alternatives are the Goldring 1042, Nagaoka MP500 and the Ortofon 2M Black LVB. I am not a fan of AT's less expensive high output cartridges. I hav... | |
| Record Weights/Disc Stabilizers @badgerdms Then if you want to hear a remarkable improvement get yourself a Michell Engineering clamp, inexpensive but effective. If it is not good looking enough for you there is the Sota and the Basis clamps. They all work the same way. I als... | |
| Record Weights/Disc Stabilizers @badgerdms, The only instance where a record weight might improve playback is with a dished record when playing the convex side. Otherwise they do next to nothing. With perfectly flat records you don't need anything at all. Unfortunately, that ap... | |
| Vibration Question @fsonicsmith Well, go figure. @dogberry I think you are looking at it from the wrong direction. Three points describes a plane. Four feet rock. When it comes to mechanical devices simplicity is almost always best. The fewer pieces you have th... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @jeenam The SHD and SHD studio come with a UMIK 1, but as an upgrade they offer UMIK 2 which is highly recommended. Your corrections can be no better than your measurements. @northman Can you follow the directions on a can opener? | |
| Vibration Question @pindac That is because you are polite and I am not. I see no reason to support an inferior mounting system whether it works OK or not. The cartridge generates a voltage with relative movement of the stylus to the body of the cartridge. It does ... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @northman Dirac Live even tells you where to put the microphone in pictograms. A 10 year old could do it. Again, I highly recommend outboard DACs such as the Benchmark units. I have had the MiniDSP SHD in my system and the overall sound was grai... | |
| Vibration Question @pindac IMHO the only way to mount a tonearm is bolted securely to a stiff chassis that also mounts the platter's bearing. A well designed tonearm board is fine. Suspending the chassis is a must. Examples of such turntables are Avid Acutus, SMEs... | |
| Vibration Question @dogberry I do not see any advantage in two pods as long as the one pod is sufficiently massive and stable. | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @northman The MiniDSP uses Dirac Live which is pretty idiot proof. The SHD is their full function preamp but the DACs are substandard. The SHD Studio is the same unit without DACs. Two Benchmark DACs and you are in business big time. The improve... |