mmccoy
Responses from mmccoy
| Cart sensitivity Vs step-up before phono stage Does ADDING the phono + linestage gain figures apply for an 'integrated' (MM & Linestage) preamp? i.e. if I have a integrated (Conrad Johnson) preamp that has 28 dB gain in the phono section and 84 dB in the line stage do I have a total of 112... | |
| Replace/Upgrade Oracle Alexandria tonearm? I presume you meant Linn Basik? My apologies that I'm ignorant about changing tonearms... I've just never done it before and want to make sure I don't dig some whole I can't a) afford or b) dig myself out of ;) So if I found an arm with the same m... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Great Thread! I recently picked up a used VPI 16 and upgraded it to the 16.5. Thing is, the instructions that came it leave a bit to be desired (basically, turn it on, wet LP& brush, scrub & vacuum a couple turns).I've developed my own 'ri... | |
| recommended speakers for SET amp? sheesh sattothestars, those Von Schwiekert DB100's are $7500 the pair. I'm sure they're nice but unfortunately a tad (make that a BIG tad) out of my price range. | |
| recommended speakers for SET amp? dekay - Yes, for the quality I'm looking for (in my price range) the Klipsch's 'mini horns' are an obvious and good candidate. FYI, the Zen I'm buying is the Zen Select. Later (after speakers) I plan to buy a second Zen and strap them both as mono... | |
| more vibration control Thing is, that dead frog smell is a bummer tho ;) | |
| Improving imaging Thank you for the interesting & informative responses. Yes, while some things have remained the same (speakers & amp & interconnects) pretty much everything else has changed (but for the better I'd hoped).Mainly, I've moved which obvio... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? I know this is the wrong forum for this (not sure which one I should present this in anyway) but it seems there are a lot of extremely knowledgable people in this forum and since I sorta have your attention here goes:I'm placing myself before you ... | |
| Any mid-priced Receivers Worthwhile??? I'm one of those that power the front L/R speakers thru a seperate amp, e.g. I use my Harman Kardon AV500 preamp out to a Carver M-400t for front L/R (JBL L100 Centurys) and the HK's own internal 70w/chan power amp to drive the (JBL)center & r... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Just so everyone knows where I'm coming from, I'm not of the opinion that stock power cords are in every case 'totally sufficient' and a system cannot benefit from a better quality cable, e.g. I can certainly wholeheartedly agree that anything tha... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? You hit the nail on the head redkiwi (re: my assumption that the only purpose of a power cord is to transfer volts and current from the wall to the component). I certainly don't mean to appear snide whatsoever, but what other purpose does a power ... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? OK, my first post here so be gentle ;)Pardon my ignorance. I may have missed the answer but 'logic' dictates that super esoteric (read VERY expensive) power cables would not make a difference for one (IMHO) simple reason:Indeed I could see how ens... |