millercarbon
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? I her you slaw but its not a matter of VTA or thickness. The MoFi and regular pressing of Aja are standard thickness. The APO of What’s New is a lot thicker, but anyone who’s spent much time adjusting VTA by ear will be familiar with the sonic sig... | |
| When do you turn off the tubes? Since you are concerned with tube life then it seems what you really want to know is where is the break-even between leaving them on and turning them on. A lot of that depends on things like the way the tube circuit is designed. Only PrimaLuna kno... | |
| Synergistic Research ECT I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob. | |
| Synergistic Research ECT Okay so I have figured out how these things work. In a word: dither.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DitherECT, PHT, HFT, all versions, all have the same cylindrical shape. The bottom third or so is filled with some loose material. Above that is an a... | |
| Reducing the slack on the cueing lever of a REGA RB900 tonearm This description isn't anywhere good enough to be sure what's going on but the lift Rega uses is a pretty standard part. Look close there should be a couple very small hex screws used for adjustment. One holds the arm lift at the angle you set. An... | |
| Only you expensive cable owners, is this real? The most interesting angle so far is Ethan Winer's post here https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/378528-machina-dynamica-worst-scam-ever.... where he claims this is all an act, that Audiogon's reigning theoretical physicist... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @millercarbonI have a used copy of Aja, just an original pressing and the SQ is sublime, right up there with some of the best I have, cost was $1..... For years I went along with the assumption or conventional wisdom that what was on the recordin... | |
| AC Power Question Its amazing how this simple subject always gets bogged down in complexity and code and comments, usually from people who've never done and so don't know what they're talking about. I've actually had the standard normal house wiring, and then run a... | |
| How Often do you Change Your Gear Upgraded my ARC PH3 SE phono stage to the Herron three months ago. The ARC was three months shy of 20 years. Already I can tell the Herron is, to misquote Seinfeld, a dead mans phono stage.Talon Khorus, not sure exactly but probably about 15 years... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hotel CaliforniaThe Dream WeaverBetween the Lines (Janis Ian, with a rare hit, Seventeen)Aja (Shootout. Mo-Fi got hammered. By a totally random average used LP. Not even close. And they charge a premium for this crap!)The Ghost of Tom Joad | |
| Only you expensive cable owners, is this real? Lizzie, as the reigning theoretical physicist hereThanks Codenamegeoff, that made me laugh.For any who may not be familiar with the work (used loosely) of "the reigning theoretical physicist here" (On Audiogon! Eat your heart out, Richard Feynman!... | |
| Looking for a new (used) phono preamp to replace EAR834 I just sold my PH3 SE after nearly 20 years. One of the contenders was the EAR 834, both were compared in my home system so I'm familiar with the sound. A used PH3 SE will definitely fit the bill, be a big step up yet with the liquid sound you cra... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Wizard was to see if my German Import is good enough to keep. It is. Taproot I played the whole thing. ND was ahead of his time in going to Africa, and of course Done Too Soon is a one of a kind. [Edit: There've always been a few names there I... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Demons and WizardsTaproot ManuscriptCity to CityThe Way It IsGoodbye Yellow Brick Road (shootout)Year of the CatNew Favorite | |
| So many new TT's at lower price, still better off buying used? Oh there's not all that much to them. Take one apart, plug the number off the motor into a search engine. Just be sitting down when you do it. I was a little miffed to find my $2500 table running on a motor selling on-line for well under $100. And... |