mijostyn
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| Origin live Cartridge Enabler - a review It is a felt pad you place under the cartridge with felt washers that go under the screw heads on the opposite side of the head shell. If you tighten it up firmly it is going to do nothing. Depending how loosely you tighten the screws down it migh... | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. Nothing will help foam surrounds. Keep the speakers out of direct sunlight. Meguire's #40 is a rubber treatment with a UV absorbent in it. You can treat butyl rubber surrounds once a year. | |
| Does anyone have any impressions about the Aphex Sound Exciter ? Why would a harmonic distortion generator give you more dynamic range? One come along cheap? Try a quieter phono preamp and a volume control. | |
| Amp sound occasional momentary cut out bremner, assuming it occurs with all sources it would have to be a power cord or power supply issue as you are losing both channels. If all the lights go out it is the power cord or it's connections or a power fuse if the lights stay on it may be ... | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? I'm going to be the creep again. Stylast like Last is nothing but freon. A great solvent for non polar substances like oil but nothing more. You can prove this to yourself. Put a drop on a glass slide and let it evaporate. Do it again in the same ... | |
| What is the life of a Grado Wood cartridge? Impossible to say. Too many variables. Mine lasted 15 years. You either use it until it sounds bad, breaks or you see stylus wear under magnification. | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge Grado | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. jafox has it right. The setting depends entirely on humidity. You turn up the bias (diaphragm voltage) until you hear arching then back off until it stops. You might hear some arching when it rains! jafox you do not want to turn the speakers off. ... | |
| Subs on stands Putting subs on stands is a very bad idea for several reasons. 1. Subs are most efficient when they are right in the corner and next most efficient right up against a wall. You want the driver as close to the plane of the wall as you can get it. D... | |
| Just purchased a pair of Atma Sphere M-60 Mk 3's upgraded to 3.3's Tweak, I think you are on the wrong thread.kjack, everyone here has it pretty much right. Hold your tater (southern slang) or take a deep breath. Do not waste money on substandard equipment. Those are great amps for those speakers. You certainly l... | |
| Benz Micro Ace SH - retip worth it? Yes. If you want to have it refurbished send it back to Benz. They will replace the entire motor and get it back to new. Musical Surroundings is the US distributor. Call them if you want to know what is involved. Otherwise just toss it. Having it ... | |
| binding post replacement nuts This might do it!https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/yung-binding-posts/posts-g-postr-binding-post-red/ | |
| binding post replacement nuts Hi Steve,That is a stock post. Two approaches. Call Infinity and see if they have replacements. Go to Parts Express or Madisound and look for binding posts that look similar. You will have to buy the whole post. If they are wrong you can send them... | |
| Pondering a Speaker Upgrade ppack, the Lyngdorf has no sound of it's own and with Room Perfect it can correct any significant frequency anomaly a speaker has but it can not make a speaker more detailed or dynamic. It will improve any speaker's imaging. You are use to hybrid ... | |
| McIntosh autoformers vs direct-coupled output Viridian, the X was Acoustats first speaker and it used the direct drive amps that clio mentions. They continued to use that amp in various models for two years but people wanted to use their own amps so Acoustat developed a two transformer interf... |