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| VPI Signature Cartridge Ideas VPI SIg w/ Fatboy Unipivot arm I used to have Kensington SE, lovely speakers. Currently own Canterbury GR. I know how it’s important not to push a cartridge or source with hot treble through these speakers. The Cadenza Bronze is great for this. I actually ran its predecessor, t... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? A spring suspension engineered into a turntable is the best isolation. You already have that. You probably just need to get a more rigid rack underneath it. Cheap flimsy racks (e.g. VTI) are the absolute worst enemy to quality turntables. At least... | |
| Your favorite carbon fiber cleaning brush ...? The Audioquest carbon fiber brush (with gold metal insert in handle) is better than the ubiquitous and massively rebranded cheapie carbon brushes like the ProJect, but to be honest I feel that the carbon fiber brushes in general are pretty lame. I... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster If you build a high-end setup that sounds like sterile high-tech "hifi", and sounds by far its best on stuff like Diana Krall (and other audiophile demo fodder), then you’ve opened yourself up to the possibility that decent midfi gear from yestery... | |
| Which SUT? .... for .3mv/10 ohms MC cartridge into 3mv MM input sensitivity I wouldn’t worry about 6 mV signal after the SUT being "too high" - most decent MM stages will handle that perfectly fine, and personally I don’t like being in the reverse situation where I’m pushing my preamp volume control too high and still wan... | |
| Which SUT? .... for .3mv/10 ohms MC cartridge into 3mv MM input sensitivity 20x would be a good choice for your 0.3mV 10 ohms cartridge, as well outlined previously. If you want a versatile SUT for other MC cartridges, then the Bob’s Devices Sky SUTs come with 2 gain settings. So either a Sky 30x/15x or a 40x/20x would be... | |
| Newb Tube question 12at7 and 12ax7 are not common subs, but some circuits do allow that in certain positions. The Herron VTPH-2A is one such example - using 4 of 12ax7 and a single 12at7 yields another 5 -6dB or so of gain over 2 of 12ax7 and 3 of 12at7. The 2 slots... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 OK then get the Vermillion and be happy. Why even ask? | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 @andychris Even if it seems to work quite well now, I wonder would you say the same after hearing your low-output cartridges with a better matched higher-gain phono stage? They could sound good and still be held well back of their potential. Expen... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 @lewm At one time I was using that Sonic Frontiers with a Hera II linestage that had gobs of gain (over 20dB, much more gain than the 15dB specd for the Hera I), and it didn’t help pull the dynamics back. Plus very high gain tube amps (over 36dB) ... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 I just noticed my Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 is JFET and 6922 like the PH-7, and with very similar gain. I’m telling you it goes from dead boring with the 0.3mV Koetsus to wonderful with my 0.5mV - 0.6 Shelters, Ortofon, and alnico Koetsu. I also hav... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 The spec on Vermillion is 0.2, and at least with the Koetsu Stones I’ve got their specs seem to be reasonably accurate (relative to Shelter, Ortofon) so I wouldn’t expect to benefit from some bonus output. You should proceed on the assumption that... | |
| Schiit Sol or Rega Planar 3? The NAD C 588 looks pretty nice too, and at $600 with an Ortofon Blue that sounds like a great deal! I’d been wondering why the NAD tables hadn’t been getting more press.When I was new to vinyl I saw a VPI Scout at my dealer’s, and the first time ... | |
| Schiit Sol or Rega Planar 3? If you’re new to vinyl and really really like punishing yourself, the wobbly unipiviot in the Sol should be perfect!I wonder are they gonna go the route of VPI and try to convince everyone their unipivot is great, and then over several years “impr... | |
| Newb Tube question Not long ago I bought a quad each of Upscale Audio’s Platinum Grade for the following Russian re-issue tubes: Mullard, Tung-Sol gold pins, Gold Lion. For use in my VAC Renaissance phono stage. All of them sound really good! But yes I slightly pref... |