noromance
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| Hooked up Shiit Mani incorrectly From what you are saying, by swapping in another preamp, the phono input overload and the preamp itself are fine. And the overload zapped the input stage of your Adcom(?) monoblocs? | |
| Tubes, tone, and old age. @llg98ljk Or maybe they prefer tubes over solid state because solid state has distortion that they don’t like. Many people swear by tubes and scoff at solid state. Why? because it has distortion that people like. | |
| Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it? Gale 301 back in the 80s. Too bright and sizzly. | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 The LDA unit can run on 120VAC 60Hz and provide 240VAC at 50Hz for the motor. | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 I read that if using the LDA unit, you must use the 240volt motor connetion and remove the eddy brake disk. | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Begs Raises the question. Begs the question, What is Hip? Some info on Steve Hoffman forums on the Rhino series. | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? Try moving the speakers off axis—don’t aim the tweeters at your ears. Change tubes in the amplifiers to say, vintage Mullards. Oh wait, that’s a solid state amp. Maybe a buffer preamp with tubes could do the same. Better DAC? There’s obviously s... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b Sometimes simpler is better, and sometimes regulated, constant current source configurations, for example sound better. I wish I could help you more. Best of luck. | |
| Considering selling my restored Garrard 301 @famoej Jim Campbell does good work. He built 2 plinths for me. Ask him about his slate or Panzerholz plinth. | |
| Holiday Habits and Pleasures Oh, and, Heaven help me, Vince Guaraldi for others. | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? With due consideration to the auditory nature of this pastime, I felt it my obsessive-compulsive duty to call out this mistake. Here, Here on the Ignore feature and Like button. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Holst - English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – The Wandering Scholar (Angel 1975) | |
| Holiday Habits and Pleasures No change here socially other than playing Barbara Streisand’s Christmas album from 1967, Aled Jones - Walking in the Air, Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal, John and Yoko - War is Over (it isn’t), carols, and some classical music from England wit... | |
| Question on phono cable for Jelco 850S tonearm I use cables with the straight connector as the angled one won't clear the hole in the plinth. | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. You put so much effort into your original stipulation only to negate it with your first comment. These will do for now. Current 93 – Thunder Perfect Mind Roy Harper - Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion |