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| Budget Phono preAmp iFi Zen Phono. | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Idler drives do have different sonics than belt drives and direct drives. For me it’s the dynamic prowess, the sense of liveliness making it a good listen. My Basis was quieter though, and it was a great turntable. My Sota Cosmos was also very qui... | |
| The Wand turntable I’ve only seen the Wand TT at Munich, and had a good chat to Simon. I heard it on a system I didn’t know, with Gershman Acoustics speakers. The system was lively and you could hear the rhythmic drive I know the Wand arm to have. (I use the Wand Ma... | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. I have two Garrards, a 301 and 401 and use New Zealand - made tonearms on them. The 301 (on solid macrocarpa plinth) has an Analogue Instruments Siggwan arm made from cocobolo wood and brass bearing housing. The 401 (on solid pine plinth) has the ... | |
| Albert Von Schweikert Has Passed Away I met him at the LV CES. I could tell straight away he was so thorough and with good hearing. No wonder his speakers are great!RIP Albert. Looks like son Damon is set to carry on the torch. | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! Seems quite costly over there in the US for anything Garrard. Check out eBay UK here for a decent 401. | |
| Stuck at home? Make a kit!! The kids will put in the cupboard and use their phones instead. | |
| Moving tube equipment Travel with them in the amp. My experience is they should be re-biased when you get to the new location. Over time tubes settle in an expansion-contraction pattern when you switch them on and off and rattling them during the move disturbs that sli... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! @bukanona, my 301 idler is a bit shiny and has small cracks developing so really needs renewing. Also the motor pulley is shiny polished and won’t grip the idler very well. So need to renew both. While I’ve got the RPM app out I should swap the go... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! @noromance, My 401 measures 0.11% wow and flutter on the RPM iOS app. I have the Kokomo bearing upgrade on mine. Can’t find anything about the SPH bearing on the net? Sounds like a worthwhile improvement though. My worn 301 manages 0.16%. The tone... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! All I can say is that I like my 401, flaws and all. I love the dynamic and musical sound, as well as the way it looks.Sure, other turntables are technically far better and you can go down that road if you like. I’ve owned some of them. But I am ha... | |
| Stuck at home? Make a kit!! Ha! audiokinesis, diy could be a gateway drug, that’s so true!I started with speakers as a teen and now design and build amplifiers.... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! Regarding rumble on a 301 and 401, they don’t put out any subsonic rumble so will work fine with a subwoofer. It’s just a slight background noise like the idler wheel spinning, which it is. It’s very low in level, quieter than the record surface n... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! Can’t really speak for Rega’s new P10, I’ve only seen it at a hifi show and the look isn’t quite to my taste tbh. I’m sure it’s a great TT though, they have spent a lot of time refining the lighter and stronger design concept and I’d love to hear ... | |
| Power Amplifiers Sansui CA-F1 and BA-F1 pre-power combo, partly restored, still get switched on every now and then. Still a transparent sounding combo after they warm up over an hour. |