mijostyn
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| Turntable Mat question Nobody here heard a turntable with vacuum hold down? Basis, SOTA and Air Force take things to a whole new level. Walker also. | |
| MC suggestions Fourwnds I wish I could have afforded a cartridge that good at your age. Actually there were no cartridges that good then! Just get the HI FI News test record. It has tracks for both lateral and vertical resonance. For the PC 7 just add weight unt... | |
| Turntable Mat question Those platers were specifically designed to use w/o a mat but to couple the record appropriately to the plater you have to use a clamp and a ring(for another $1000). The ring is a PIA. SOTA, SME, Kuzma and Walker have much more elegant solutions t... | |
| MC suggestions Air Tight PC 7 detailed and lots of air. Very stiff. you might have to add weight.Best for classical.Clearaudio Stradavari V2 Great tracker, very dynamic. Great for Jazz and Rock.Ortofon Cadenza Gold. Great tracker, Neutral(accurate) Most like the... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? It is the only way to go. There is so much fun digital stuff like room control and digital bass management. I send my phono amp to my digital preamp/DAC through a Benchmark ADC. The analog guys are now vomiting. But very few of them have heard dig... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Elizabeth, you need to get your backside in a house. Put subs on those 20.7s and they will rock! | |
| Rega RP8 vs Clearaudio Concept Big_greg you really need to try an SME, SOTA or Basis table. You will be able to jump up and down in front of them and absolutely nothing will happen. Suspended (isolated) table will always outperform unsuspended Tables unless the unsuspended tabl... | |
| Turntable Recommendations or ... To get a meaningful improvement you are going to have to take a significant step up. SOTA Sapphire, SME 15 with either a Kuzma 4 point 9 or SME 4 tonearm, Lyra Delos or Clearaudio Tallisman gold. Then your operas will really sing! | |
| Turntable Mat question I'll go with millercarbon on this one. Bad idea unless all your records are 200 grams. The best mat I ever used was glass plate with a thin layer of felt on top. It had a recessed center and the diameter was slightly less then a record. Dead as a... | |
| Equalizer for Mac? You might consider getting a Room control unit. Most of them have the ability to install target curves so you can EQ any way you want. | |
| HP or Dell for computer listening ? Apple Mini with Channel d's Pure Music. | |
| Rega RP8 vs Clearaudio Concept To use any of the above turntables you need a very solid stand preferably with a granite top on a concrete floor. If you have a standard wooden floor you will have to get a wall shelf or you will be bouncing tonearms all over the place. The Rega a... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Oh and the Swarm system is a bad joke. The people who thought this up have no understanding of acoustics in a usually sized room. It is all about reducing first reflections. All the swarm system does is increase the number of first reflections. Th... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Do you use a bus to fly to Chicago? | |
| Pre-Preamp? Keep the ARC unit! You will be decidedly unhappy with most other units unless you spend serious money. People have to resist the impetus to change. You wind up wasting a lot of money for minor improvements if even that. If you have money burning a... |