normansizemore
Responses from normansizemore
| Preamp for McIntosh MC7200 I would go with something like a C-29, or even the 28. The C-29 is my hands down favorite Mac preamp. The phone section is stellar, the tone controls (wonderful when needed) are as close to perfect as one could imagine. This preamp soundstage i... | |
| New Mcintosh C-22 So many are quick to rip on McIntosh, calling the sound dated, slow, dull etc.. I have owned quite a bit of Mac gear throughout the years and have always found it ultimately listenable for hours on end. Build quality is top drawer. I think that ... | |
| Adding mass to a tonearm I have three turntables and several Denon 103's. That cartridge works will in my low mass Grace 747, my SME 3009 improved, and my SME 3012 series one.. As as long as you have enough counter weight I can't see you ever having a problem. My favo... | |
| Akai 4000ds vs 4000ds MKii head block thelonerider,I can't believe no one has answered this. Yes, you can just swap in the erase head as the heads of both machine are electrically compatible. Personally, I would have someone with experience do the alignment as these are quarter trac... | |
| Marantz 2270 tbanis,Sounds like you have a nice sweet vintage set up. I too am enjoying vintage gear (Sansui) and have never had so much fun! I now listen to the music and not my system. (which sounds incredible)Nice of you to offer your services as I am sur... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? Yeah, ESS AMT, ESS LS5, EPI 500, EPI 350, EPI 250's. I really liked the original Heil driver and the EPI inverted dome 'air spring' tweeter. If you had the amplifier power (at the time I did) the EPI 350's could really cook..Hindsight.. N. | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate Terry9"So I demand, and get, minimal vibration and minimal radiated EM field. And precision manufacturing is pretty cheap and easy with these puny little things."There is no audible EM field or audible vibration rumble etc from any of my idler dri... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate stringreen,Normansizemore.....Do you remember the Harmann-Kardon turntable with linear tracking??Yes I do. It was the Harman Kardon ST-7 with the RABCO tonearm.They had some problems at first, but I have seen those perform quite well. I believe ... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate pryso,There is no question that the reason we see so many belt drive tables is because they are cheap to manufacture. Idler drive and direct drive tables are definitely more expensive. I remember looking at my Linn LP12 and Aristion RD11 (same t... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate pryso,The Phase Linear arm was so quick. I wish it were offered as a stand alone item, but of couse never was.I have a client in Chicago whon has a Rockport System III Sirus turntable and I believe it has an air bearing tangential tonearm. What a ... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate Anyone notice how many 12" arms have no anti-skate? From what I have read, the arm length seems to offset the skating forces one finds on arms in the 7-9" range. I actually have an old Audio Technica 12" arm that has no provison for anti-skate. ... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate asvjerryIf you like it, keep it. Don't let the means spoil the enjoyment of the music.... ;)Well said. I don't remember many quality tangential tonearms in the 70's. Rabco? Phase Linear had a sweet arm on it's 8000 turntable which I believe wa... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate bdp24,I did the same thing with my Dual 1229 when I replaced the original tonearm with the Grace 747, only I did the machine work. The AR tonearm is crude, but I have to admit it sounds good. Obviously many others felt the same way. I was readi... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate lewm,Your suggestion about the arm bearing friction is probably whats happening with regard to the AR. That would make more sense than anything given the age. The bearing could quite possibly be providing exactly and unintentionaly whats needed b... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate pryso,Using the procedure that Al recommend and then using a mono LP as rotarius suggested I feel good about the settings on both tonearms. The biggest improvement however was seen using this method on the SME 3009. The settings on the Grace 747... |