mmakshak
Responses from mmakshak
| Best bargain you've ever missed out I passed up an brand new original AR turntable at Peachtree Salvage for $25(in the box). At the time, I didn't want to spend $25, but realizing what a bargain it was, I went back a few hours later, and it was gone. I now look at things like this d... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? The question of how belt-drives sounded compared to direct-drives back in the day was asked. There was a discontinuity to the sound of the direct-drives, while the belt-drives ebbed and flowed like real music. The music on direct-drives seemed cut... | |
| vintage turntables? Schipo, I heard the Nakamichi tt at Garland's in San Jose. As I remember it, it did make a difference(at a very high cost), but it still sounded like the direct-drive turntables of that era(not too good). BTW, people should be aware that many of t... | |
| Words From the Wise Analog is easier to get music from(and the software is cheaper-used records). Audio societies are good to join(You don't have to buy what you hear.). Comparitive auditions have helped me. If you can find an audio manufacturer/modifier to guide you... | |
| TW-Acustic Arm I ran out of time, so I haven't read all the posts. While it's interesting to read about some ego stuff and discloser issues, since we have some very expert people posting on this discussion, I was wondering if maybe the experts could give us a li... | |
| 15,000 LP's - What to do with records? I may be wrong, but if you are located in the SF Bay Area, I can tell you that I talked to aomeone working the RecordMan's Parking lot sale. He said that he sold his collection, by the ton, to Rasputin's. He got something like $1200 for them(i.e.,... | |
| Anti-Skate::Playing LP's vs. 12 Hifitime, that was pretty ingenious using those o-rings. They do add weight, so the markings might not be as accurate. I think if you keep the interconnects, speaker wire, etc. straight, you can figure out which channel comes out of which speaker.... | |
| Driving myself crazy with TT purchase... I should mention that I think the bottom of the springs have a washer that has a peak, and that peak is used to align the springs(the board in its cutout), I believe. It is best to read up on this, if you are interested. | |
| Driving myself crazy with TT purchase... My first "real" turntable was an Ariston 11e. Back then, I was reading about turntables in "Hi-Fi Answers". I used a Grace 707(mk11?) with an ADC XLM 3 cartridge. I got the best sound I've ever heard from a turntable with this setup. Unfortunately... | |
| Anti-Skate::Playing LP's vs. 12 I should also mention a problem that has been expressed before about the hanging weight anti-skate method. The notches aren't refined enough to fine tune anti-skate, and it is hard to make new notches. I don't know if anyone has provided a proper ... | |
| Anti-Skate::Playing LP's vs. 12 Hifitime, I just read your great first link, and wrote them a letter, which may help some people(I don't know how to indent, etc.). "I may have inadvertantly come to the same conclusion about dynamics, while using a different method to anti-skate.... | |
| Clavis Soundsmith retip Jcarr, thank you very much for giving us some insight into cartridges. Most of the time we get opinions and misinformation. Please continue with your contributions. | |
| New LP12, I like some things and some I don't. I don't know if this will solve your "problem", but I got good results from using Mapleshade's rubber/cork/rubber footers under their 2-inch maple with 3 triple-point brass cones under my Lingo 1(those triple-points are a pain to set up). I no lon... | |
| Anti-Skate::Playing LP's vs. 12 I would go with the manufacturers specifications, while checking with maybe the record companies that produce 45 rpm. I would also not use anti-skate(or VTF, or anything else)to correct for something else(such as channel balance). Try slightly mov... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I haven't looked further into this site, but this does work. http://pwp.att.net/p/pwp-oritekaudio |