mijostyn
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| Tube Phonostage Causing Rumble and Noises The phono stage is fine. It sounds like the subwoofer is way too sensitive. I would disconnect the sub and any crossovers and see how things run. Remember, records always produce a little rumble. If all is back to normal you have a subwoofer probl... | |
| Soundsmith cartridges @lewm I was wondering that also but I did not feel like bothering him asking for the specifics. He thinks the voltage mode works better so I went with that. | |
| Soundsmith cartridges @lewm I just asked Peter that question and he responded yesterday, on a Holiday no less. He does make a Current Mode version of the Hyperion but he prefers the Voltage Mode version. When I had the Voice I was using an AR phono stage. My Seta L P... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle A lot of lay intuition going on here. Rubber has a lower internal impedance than say wood which is lower than concrete. The highest internal impedance I think is Diamond. Spikes do nothing but fix the speaker to the floor. This is only useful f... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? Right. There are only two places where matching is important, cartridge to tonearm and amp to speakers. Cables, depending on their purpose, are either good (sound like nothing) or bad (sound like something). There is nothing in between. If you h... | |
| Soundsmith cartridges I loved the Soundsmith Voice which is also making a friend very happy. I gave it to him for his 70th birthday. I am just shy of jumping for the Hyperion MR myself. I have an email out to Peter Ledermann asking how he thinks it will perform with a ... | |
| Oracle Delphi MK1 or VPI Prime???? Not even remotely close. Stay with the Oracle, an SME V would be amazing. | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice First of all, you do not necessarily need to audition speakers if you know exactly what it is you are looking for. I bought $45,000 speakers on design and reputation alone and could not be happier. For $20k there is only one speaker that will bl... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @pindac I do not know for sure, but I was told that when the Anna name changed to Diamond the new version incorporated all of the improvements made in the Verismo. The only thing I know for sure is the Verismo is going to require a very heavy ar... | |
| Project genie turntable, is it worth reviving It all depends on what you are looking to accomplish. It is a solid entry level table. I would contact Pro Ject for the weight and adapter. I would certainly not spend more than $400 total on it (cost of purchase + parts) Putting it on an isolatio... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @audioquest4life The Hyperion will probably be my next cartridge. I had a Voice and it was wonderful. The MSL has been in duty for the last two months and is working fine. MoFi made sure I was paid back the cost of the repair, so all is fine in... | |
| Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine I have had an Adcom Preamp and Amplifier in my workshop for 30 years. They have been subjected to heavy dust and fumes of every variety. My house was hit by lightening and a Krell Preamp fried, but not the Adcom. They are also decent sounding and ... | |
| What is the best peramp phono between THRAX Orpheus MK2 vs Phasemation EA1200 Might I ask what cartridge you will be using? | |
| RCA Victor records' quality @lewm That might be newer DGG, but the older stuff is fine to incredible although not quite up there with EMI. I do not have any experience with Roulette. I'm not that old:-) 1+ @bigtwin My experience buying used records was awful. I have not... | |
| RCA Victor records' quality @drbond 1+ Early rock and blues where not taken seriously and given short shrift in the quality department. Kids bought mostly 45s. Classical and some jazz were given much more attention in terms of quality. The early stereo mixes of rock recordi... |