mwh777
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| Speaker isolation - spikes on puck, springs, sorbothane Yet another option is the Stack Audio Auva isolators. I have a set of the Auva 70 isolators on a pair of Focal Sopra 2. My floor is tile over concrete slab. They do exactly as advertised. Very pleased with the results vs. the stock spikes on the ... | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire I'm in 100% agreement with @lewm. There is something else that I hear from sliver wire that has not yet been mentioned here and that is leanness. To my ear silver wire has a lot less meat on the bone, meaning lean sounding. One person that I know ... | |
| Source suggestions for small spades Look at this eBay item: Gold Speaker Spade Connector 8 PCS For Speaker Wire DIY New | |
| Best upgrade for a REGA RP 3 This is off topic but, wanted to offer up something that might be beneficial to you. Assuming your Arcam is the FMJ-A19, I have some experience with it in a family member's system. I found that a particular DIY Furutech power cord works very well ... | |
| Seeking opinions about phono specific interconnects @elliottbnewcombjr Your suggestion is a good consideration as a tool for learning purposes. I may just look into the idea. | |
| Seeking opinions about phono specific interconnects @cleeds Phono stage is a Manley Chinook. The existing cart is a high output moving coil (1.2 mv). The recommended load is 400-47,000 ohms. I usually prefer the lowest setting to minimize brightness. A similar example is that for moving magnet ca... | |
| DOL vinyl pressings There are several European record labels, including DOL that issue what are called public domain releases. Those public domain records are of recordings that the European copyright has expired on. I think that the European copyright is for 50 year... | |
| What use to burn in power cords? Hagerman Audio Labs FryCorder2. | |
| High End Repair in Phoenix Update, I finally received a call from James Koch at High End Repair. He said that he had some non-business problems to deal with and now is trying to get caught up on his work. He hopes to have my project ready in a week. Thanks to everyone for ... | |
| Jolida JD-9 Upgrade Look up the Audiokarma "Official JD9 thread". It is a huge source of info for upgrade mods for the JD9. My JD9 II has upgraded caps, Burr Brown opamps, fuse, damping material and NOS RCA black plate tubes. One of the good things about the JD9 is ... | |
| Invert ? While it is very common to call this "phase" inversion, calling it polarity inversion makes more sense to me but, that is a minor point. The first thing to be aware of is that not everyone is sensitive to "absolute" polarity inversion which is, bo... | |
| cleaning gritty surface noise on LPs ghdprentice, Better be careful, when my hair stylus found out about my cartridge stylist, all hell broke loose! 😁 | |
| Cartridge suggestions for my rig Thank you to everyone who has replied. @hsounds Special thanks to you for reminding me about Wally Tools. I was aware of them in general but, had never really looked closely until now. After watching many of their videos, I am now planning to d... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? Absolutely, yes. On my 5v LHY LPS for my Node 2. The sound signature of various brands of cords is discernable. I can easily hear the difference between two cords that are the same cord (the no longer available Cable Pro Vitality) but, each of th... | |
| Platter mats for a Rega Planar 2 Check out the Herbie's Audio mat. |