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| Phono Preamp for Thorens TD203 w/ Ortofon 2m Blue You pays your money. Like buying a salad at a steakhouse. | |
| Phono Preamp for Thorens TD203 w/ Ortofon 2m Blue The Mani is dynamic and clean with good highs...the difference between it and what you have is worlds apart. The cheapo device you have most likely is "tinny" sounding - compressed, smeared, and grainy. However, given your bright room, maybe somet... | |
| Phono Preamp for Thorens TD203 w/ Ortofon 2m Blue Yes. The Mani will help. Although, your rig deserves a better phono amp. Make sure your cartridge is set up right and tracking at correct weight. Your room looks "bright" with the wood floors, big window and TV. | |
| AXPONA 2019 tips Thanks guys. | |
| wanted: VAS Nova/HW cartridge You could sign up here to get notified when one becomes available. | |
| Ortofon Vienna https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=ortofon+Vienna | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? The Audionote room at the NY show had $15k speakers connected with $15k cables. Daft. | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? Spike 'em. Move them closer to wall. Get better source and better amps. | |
| 6550 tube in an ARC Ref 5 SE ARC et al, repeat after me; tube sockets were never meant to be on a printed circuit board. | |
| Is there somewhere I can check vinyl sound quality? Looks like hisonvinyl.com is no more.This is what is was like:http://web.archive.org/web/*/hisonvinyl.comSeems like they moved here: https://www.facebook.com/HowItSoundsonVinyl/No posts - DOA. | |
| Old vs. new What they said. Many old records from the golden age of vinyl sound way better than anything recorded now. And many originals sound better than repressings. My feeling is that once any recording is digitized for remastering, the essential essence ... | |
| new york city audio show 2018 @bdp24 From Stereophile:" Quad decided to paint them gray when it was discovered that the gleam of raw poly was visible through the grille. The treble panel's dustcover escaped that indignity owing to the fear that the weight of the paint woul... | |
| new york city audio show 2018 @bdp24 My grilles are black and literally perfect. I'm afraid the attic temp fluctuations would warp them. I have the bass panel rear pads out but left the treble panels one in. Have you removed that too? My mylar dustcovers are sprayed matt grey.... | |
| What tonearm will better mine? @jperry Thanks Jim. Yes. I've since changed the AS idler for an Artisan Fidelity wheel. Not cheap at $400 inc. shipping and not as dramatic an improvement as the AS over the rubber original. Nevertheless, it tuned and brought more air to the bass ... | |
| What tonearm will better mine? @stringreen I don't care. They weren't criticizing, they were critiquing. Which is fine by me. Anyhow that was 2 years ago. I now know my rig sounds as good as many costing a lot more. |