mikelavigne
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| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight I'm a big believer in the Durand Record Weight which to my ears betters not only any other record clamp or weight I've heard but also vacuum hold-down too based on my experience.of course; I've not heard everything out there, YMMV and all that stuff. | |
| Fess Up How much have you spent on this Hobby?? I try not to think about it.... | |
| Platter Levelling Issue agree that with pivoted tonearms 'absolutely perfectly level' is certainly desired at the top of the food chain for ultimate performance, but absolutely dead-on-perfect is not critical for good performance. and really; getting a platter level shou... | |
| Lyra Delos vs EMT TSD 15 I like the TSD 15 on the NOS EMT 948 in my room. but I'd say it's only 'pretty good', not outstanding. I have not directly compared to a Lyra Delos, but from my experience listening to the Lyra Delos I would prefer it to what I hear from the TSD 1... | |
| Where to find uni din protractor to be clear; I have never had any personal dealings with 'dertonearm' Deitrich Brakemeier. so the 'mike' Unoear is referring to is not me.if you have lots of time on your hands and want to read up on the conflict Unoear refers to; here you go..fur... | |
| Stillpoints Ultra 5 versus Vibraplane Albert,amps can get a bit soft sounding and lose a bit of life with some passive decoupling. and it's hard to predict. you need to try it and listen. the reason is that most good amps are voiced to be on floors near speakers so they have their own... | |
| Magic and mystery of master tape So, as more high-res albums are offered for download, there seems to be a question regarding how high the resolution of the source can ever be. If master analog tapes were archived digitally, what was that resolution? Where's the weakest link in t... | |
| Magic and mystery of master tape Lowrider,I've had a few dozen older vintage tapes in the past, seen the 'sticky shed' and related issues, and after trying to mess with them I returned them to the seller as I realized that was not the part of the hobby I was prepared to deal with... | |
| Magic and mystery of master tape added note; most of my master dubs have 2 reels for one album; some titles have 4 reels. so my 150 'titles' likely equal 250+ reels. when buying tapes you are going to pay 'per reel'.tapes are not cheap. however; if you compare the entry fee to ta... | |
| Magic and mystery of master tape regarding life span of tape, and of time-span of optimal tape playback; not all tape is created equal. I'm an amateur with only anecdotal experience but I have about 150 master dubs all done with modern tape formulations. quite a few of them are n... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? "... if a speaker is really good at classical music, it will be good with metal too."I kinda disagree. IMHO classical is very a forgiving music genre (from a tonal perspective). I've heard classical well-reproduced on Quads and Maggies and Martin ... | |
| Dartzeel CTH 8550 experience hi Gordon,as I recall, the CTH-8550 has 250 watts into 8 ohms, the LHC 208 has 200 watts into 8 ohms.both integrateds have that 'live-ness' and micro dynamic energy which allow the music to come alive.best regards, | |
| Dartzeel CTH 8550 experience it's no accident how the darTZeel sounds so organic and musical. if you read the owners manuals for the darTZeel products there is a consistent theme of low parts count in the signal path, very non-intrusive volume control designs, and a fundament... | |
| Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable? reading thru this thread there are lots of numbers being tossed around about output of isolation transformers, gauge of wire, and such things.what appears to be unclear is what sort of amperage is being supplied to these devices from the power gri... | |
| Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable? I use the Equi=tech 10WQ wall panel system which includes a 10kva isolation transformer. when I installed this 400 pound panel 4 years ago I did have to re-think the power cords in my system. previously I had Jena Labs Fundamental One power cords ... |