nandric
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Small Diameter Round Turntable Belt Caution with belts, I bought an Thorens 160 S for my son with an old belt. I also bought 4 different belts with theintention to 'improve' the TT. I also discovered that the belt of my Kuzma Stabi Ref. 'fits' qua length but only theold and worn out... | |
TW-Acustic Arm Dear Thucham& Dertonarm, There is also much joy and fun in discussing in 'general' in this forum. I personaly enjoy toreadLewn,Carr,Dertonarm,Mikelangvine,Doug ,Thucham.etc.etc. for pure,say, intellectual reasons. It is not only about analog g... | |
TW-Acustic Arm Dear Asa and Dertonarm, I am reluctant to debate the 'materialistic' view of scientific knowlege if this implys 'Phisicalism' in the sense of 'the same meaning' . I prefer to refer in this context to Harty Field's 'Physicalism and primitive denota... | |
Using XLR for Phono out John (12-19-09),'a potential fly'. In the context of (ASR)Basis Exclusive I mentioned the recommendation from Schaefer (ASR owner) to use RCA out when using balanced inputs. Alas I was not able to explain the issue. But yourstatements regarding th... | |
Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Montepilot,quod erat demonstrandum: the 'series' 2A and 2Phave different 'headshell' with Azimuth adjustment (= moreweight). Besides there are 6 different wood-kinds for theArmwand implicating diff. mass. I emailed to Vidmantas from'turntables.lt'... | |
Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Mike&Ldvale, There are 3 Reed 'series': Reed L, Reed L 2Aand Reed L 2P. I owned Reed L but bought also Reed L 2 A (12"). A perfect combo with my Phase Tech P-3G. BTW one very underrated cart. Despite the producer description I think that they ... | |
which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? Dear Dertonarm, May I deduce from your statements as follows:those of us who own a,say,'decent' phono-pre butdon't like to mess with SUT's,should choose a cart with +/-0,4 -0,6 mV? Ie should also not mess with LOMC? I think, for example: Air Tight... | |
How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Alas it is my bank-account,not I that 'makes' the decision.Otherwise I would directly order the biggest from Nuddel.Regards, | |
has lead shot surpassed cold The designer/physicist P.Lurne (Goldmund,Audiomeca) usedmuch lead in his TT;for the platters,motors,tonearms, tonarm-base.etc. If I understand the reasons well primary as absorber and mass.I am not 100% sure but I think thathe stated :'there is no... | |
has lead shot surpassed cold I used 'plummet' (for shotguns) to fill my Usher BE-20. About 40 Euro for 25 kgr. But the amount needed was unbelievable.They become 'real estate'.Regards, | |
Audio physic virgo history Fruff1976, Fremer reviewed Virgo II in Stereophile(see there)and this Virgo2 got A 'class' status,the first foran lS below $5000. Joachem Gerhard (?) the designer leftAudio Physics after Virgo II and Caldera II and after thatAudio Physics never pr... | |
Audio Physic Virgo 5s Analogkid, The Virgo II is the best Virgo;Sterophile first A 'class' below $5000. But Joachem (?) the designer left Audio Physics after Virgo II and Audio Phisics never produced a speaker that can match Virgo II or Caldera II (also Joachem design)... | |
New ASR Basis Exclusive 2010 Dear Fm540i, In his emails to me Scheafer mentioned only 'more adjustments possibilitys' in the '2010' model but not other mods to '2009'modeel. He was particulary proud of the fact that the model 2010 is the same price as 2009 model(4600 Euro in ... | |
Sony SCD-XA5400ES output: hdmi or analog? Dear Hitv, No idea if Kr4 is actualy Kal Rubinson so I mustbe very careful;he is a kind of athority for me and I admire the guy for his eloquence as well as his integrity.But if you are interested primary in SACD (as I am) then the Sony is the bes... | |
Sony SCD-XA5400ES output: hdmi or analog? Hi Hitv, I sold my Marantz 11S with the intention to buy the 11 S2 but then I got the Stereophile revieuw of the Sony 5400 es by Kal Rubinson.So I bouhgt the Sony instead.No regrets;an fantastic CD,SACD. Better then my Marantz. But I am using only... |