millercarbon
Responses from millercarbon
| Equal $$ for Phono OR Streaming? Oh well then my suggestion will totally do it. When it comes to "equivalent" the problem there is the meaning of "equivalent". A road well-traveled. If equivalent means sounds the same, then you would try and find a cartridge/phono stage combinat... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Saw the post from lewm from a while back. Yes lewm I do read what I write. The problem is not the writing. The problem is comprehending. Of which there is a lot of on this thread. Skating forces are generated just like I said, by the stylus ov... | |
| Equal $$ for Phono OR Streaming? In the OP your friend had $4k to $6k to spend. Now it changes to "excluding cost" which is fine. Either way, even at the original $4 to 6k if what he wants is sound quality this is easy. Buy the Decware ZP3, fabulous phono stage for $1300. Buy so... | |
| In Search Of !! No video, but I installed that exact arm and cartridge on my table many years ago. Your rig will make beautiful music! Remove the arm wand first, just to get it out of the way, and it should be pretty simple and straightforward. Cartridge alignmen... | |
| Distortion/too much bass from turntable garfycat, Your table has a built-in phono stage. If connected to the phono input of your amp then the turntable must be set to PHONO. https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/audio-components-turntables/ps-lx7/articles/00032249 Otherwise, if the t... | |
| Visual Confirmation Bias Visual confirmation bias kept me from enjoying the finest pair of speakers that I’ll probably ever hear. The phenomenon is not to be underestimated. If you say so.https://youtu.be/ilG8mzbHNNI?t=88Not to cast doubt on your experience. If you say wh... | |
| Super integrated vs equivalent +$$ for new main system Gotta love the way Harbeth calls these "easy to drive" even though at 85dB they are virtually impossible to drive. Then someone "on a budget" pays good money only to learn sorry, forget about all the awesome integrated amps, these need a couple hu... | |
| Separates or not? The biggest bang for the buck is an integrated and phono stage. But that ship has sailed. Oh well. Let me try and throw you a line. The Decware ZP3 with SUT will run about $2k. Together with their pre-amp you will slide in just under $4k. Brand n... | |
| Speaker outriggers Those will be worse in every way than whatever you have now. What will solve your problem and sound hugely batter are Townshend Podiums. Unfortunately you don't want to spend money, even though this will be like a whole speaker upgrade. Huge impro... | |
| Fair Asking Price for a Actually now that I think about it pretty sure mine was a 2001. Not sure what the difference was. Long time ago. Sort of remember they looked almost identical but one (the 2001 I think) had the four pods with silicone damped springs inside. The ot... | |
| Gain settings - switching between ht and preamp What I have learned is it does little good to save your eardrums only to turn around and abuse them with ht. | |
| Top down or bottom up? Just asking... Theoretically, all other things being equal, yes. When in fact all other things are never equal, so the answer is no.Everything I loathe about these sorts of threads, distilled down into two concise sentences. Practice makes perfect. If only you g... | |
| Fair Asking Price for a That was my first table. Pretty darn nice table. Best thing about it, for me more than you, was after using a good ten years it sold for what I paid for it new. Which makes sense. Great design, built to last, nothing anywhere really to go wrong. ... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! A lot of my early audiophile years were spent needlessly worrying about my oh so fragile vinyl. So all my records were dubbed to open reel tape. At 7.5ips my Pioneer RT-1011L was very good, but if you sat and listened in a quiet room it was still ... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. OMG sorry but it has nothing to do with the angle of the cantilever. The skating force that pulls the arm towards the center is a result of not being tangential. It has nothing to do with the offset angle of the head shell, or the cartridge, or th... |