mkiser
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| VPI to What I've been at this hobby for 66 years and was ready to try something different. My prior rig was a VPI TNT Jr upgraded with a TNT MKV platter. Upgraded to a flywheel and started using a silk thread belt from flywheel to platter. I used the VPI ... | |
| Eminent Technology Et-2 From Scratch I had my ET 2.0 (later 2.5) on a VPI TNT Jr. turntable for 20 years. It was a good combination. Harry Weisfeld told me that the ET had been used extensively in development of the TNT. I've since remounted it on a PTP Solid 12 and prefer that co... | |
| phono stage help please. SOTA Pyxi. I found it a big step up over the highly rated tube based phono stage that it replaced at about 1/10th the cost. ET 2.5 tonearm, PTP Solid 12 turntable, retipped Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge. | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection Led Zeppelin II, UK Plum, "Living Loving Wreck" misprint. Paid $18 for it at a record store in Virginia Beach in 2003. | |
| Looking for a great phono pre-amp in the $1000 or less range The Sota Pyxi replaced a highly regarded tube based phono stage that I’d had for 12 years. My prior stage is very popular and the customer service was great. I was able to sell it for over $2,500, but prefer the Pyxi by no small margin. I’d swap ... | |
| Looking for recommendations for a phono preamp under $2k I suggest looking into the new offering from SOTA, the Pixy. I know one of the designers and have one of the earlier prototypes. We compared the Pixy to mine and could not tell a difference. In my case it replaced a very popular tube based phon... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding I started buying records when I was 16 in 1968. I have about 2,200 LP's now. I've been a net seller for several years now, and like other contributors here, I'll pull out a record and put it on, and if it doesn't deliver, I'll typically sell it ... | |
| Bel Canto Pre2 Preamp plays in mono. That was it! I can't thank you enough. The tech guy at Bel Canto was on a wild goose chase so I've let him know. The back of the preamp is situated so that it's very difficult for me to see the inputs, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. | |
| Bel Canto Pre2 Preamp plays in mono. I've tried pressing Enter, holding it etc. The only options I get are for configuring the inputs, Enable Disable, Name etc. The manual does reference setting Mono / Stereo using the Enter button, but the only in regard to the phono stage and this... | |
| Bel Canto Pre2 Preamp plays in mono. Thanks. I've been trying that and will try again. I couldn't find any mention of that in the manual I found on line, searching for mono in the manual text. | |
| VPI Signature Cartridge Ideas VPI SIg w/ Fatboy Unipivot arm I'm using a Cadenza Bronze and it is by far the quietest in the groove of any cartridge that I've owned. Several reviews of the Cadenza Bronze say something like "I listened well into the night". I concur with that observation. It replaced ... | |
| belt ? or Dental Floss for turntable I've been using #2 silk bead thread for several years on a VPI TNT with flywheel. Instead of tying a knot, I switched to gluing the ends together. The glue I used is called Liquid stitch. I made a jig by putting two nails in a board, loop the th... | |
| Lyra Delos or Helicon versus Soundsmith Zephyr I have a TNT jr with flywheel, ET 2.5 tonearm going into a Herron VTPH2a phono stage. I had a lyra Delos for a year, broke the cantilever and bought another based on how much I liked it. Overall I used Delos' for about 4 years. A year and a hal... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? As and ET 2.0 owner for 25 years (Upgraded to 2.5 10 years ago), I have a few observations. One - it is difficult to completely dial in. That being said after using the Feickert app for azimuth and fine tuning by ear, I've not made any further ad... | |
| First impression: Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp beatlebum wrote"Just to amplify what some of the others have said regarding the upgrade from the VTPH-2 to 2A, the improvements are easily heard in a more dynamic presentation (perhaps due to the quieter background), even sweeter treble and punchi... |