mustangjeff
Responses from mustangjeff
| Any suggestion on DAC below $1,500 Eddy, is the DAC for your CD Player? Or are you looking at hooking up a laptop/PC? | |
| When I have seen people listing their systems lately I ran into the same situation as mapman. I had all my CD's ripped as wav. Due to the non-existent tagging options in WAV, I was forced to manually add each CD into the windows media player database. Basically rip a CD, load windows media player... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today I'm using a pair of circa 1989 Klipsch Chorus II's as my everyday main speakers. I found a mint pair in oiled oak on craigslist a few years ago, and refurbished them with new crossovers and horn diaphragms.They might not be the most "accurate" sp... | |
| No cartridge is good enough. In my opinion a cartridge does not "extract" music from the groove, but instead interprets the music from the groove. I view them as musical instruments that impart their own subtle flavor to the music.The trick is to find the flavor you like. | |
| Measuring VTF on a Clearaudio Concept Thanks for the response. The concept is made to be used without a mat so no issue there. I was amazing how much the weight is skewed with the verify tonearm by a small amount of vertical distance. I tried an old Shure force gauge and that was also... | |
| Help deciding which TT "As I said above, bicycle inner tube. But you seem to prefer anti-gravity guns and new turntables."I'm willing to give an inner tube a shot. I did try some packing air pockets under each of the three feet, and it really didn't seem to make much di... | |
| Help deciding which TT A quick update. I had the stylus sitting on a stationary record, and turned the volume up to the point where the subwoofer started to slightly pump and the sound (low level rumble) was just audible. I gently put my hands under each side and exerte... | |
| Help deciding which TT "Your sub is to loud, turn the volume down."Your probably on to something there. I have it set where I like it for digital sources. I can decrease the volume on the AUX input so I'm going to play with that.The wall shelf I purchase is not the Rega... | |
| Help deciding which TT "It is acoustic feedback from the sub into the turntable body...bearing...platter...stylus. Put a slab of granite under the TT on the wall shelf."I have a 30lb two inch thick slab of Maple between the wall shelf and the Rega. The rega sits on top ... | |
| Help deciding which TT Thank you everyone for your ideas.It's an odd thing.As I mentioned, just having the needle dropped on a stationary record and turning up the volume level is enough to kick in the rumble. The room is perfectly silent while doing these test. What's ... | |
| Klipsch Chorus II or Forte II - Secondary system Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I ended up finding a beautiful mint condition pair of oiled oak Chorus II's.These are a completely different animal than the Vandersteen's and not necessarily in a bad way. I have them placed in the corners ... | |
| Which component is most responsible? I'll be in the minority here, but my ranking would be.1)Speakers2)Recording Quality (If it's not on the material, it's not there.)3)Source (turntable quality is obvious), with digital there are differences in the quality of the DA Converters and h... | |
| Klipsch Chorus II or Forte II - Secondary system I've listened to the Forte's in the past, but it's probably been about 20 years or so. I remember listening to the Nirvana Nevermind CD when it was first released and thought the speakers had great punch.I agree about the 180 on sound style. The D... | |
| Wanting to get into Vinyl - Need help I've been looking at whats available here on Audiogon. There is a listing for a Denon DP1100 turntable w/sumiko mmt and custom plinth at $500. He'll include a Denon DL160 Cart as well.Any thoughts or better suggestions for something between $400 -... | |
| Wanting to get into Vinyl - Need help Thanks for your thoughts Honest1. I'll toss out a couple of my reasons for wanting to get into a bit of analog.I tend to agree with you on the digital aspect. Right now I have my entire CD collection ripped to a PC as WAV files using EAC. Since WA... |