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| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought I've been having great success with a 10" vinyl record as a platter mat on my 401. It's such a quick, cheap test. You might be surprised. | |
| Thoughts on best budget phono pre-amp under $400? @uberwaltz How is the P75? | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. @lewm Thanks. Looked up Slagle mods. $36k. https://www.stereophile.com/content/capital-audio-fest-herbs-saturday-highlights#4scCzpwA1Ah3Rpyq.97 | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. My wonderful Quad ESLs(57) on 16ohm taps of rebuilt 60's EICO HF35 monos work great. | |
| Replace 2M Black or new phono? @chakster You keep telling everyone the cartridge is the most important. It isn't. The turntable and arm are critical to the correct functioning of the cartridge. An excellent table and arm with a cheaper cartridge will beat out a great cartridge... | |
| Replace 2M Black or new phono? Tube phono. Keep cartridge. | |
| Dave Wilson's health WATT? Sad news but there is hope. A friend made a full recovery. Get well soon. | |
| Crosley should be arrested for selling junk These were free (and I wasnt expecting much.) But I buy used that have been perfect, others less so. I have bought new that were noisy. I don't like spending $30 on a record. | |
| This guy just doesn't stop... Ugh. I suppose someone has to listen to it. | |
| Crosley should be arrested for selling junk @rbtstock Sigh. I know. I buy some new. Not many. Many new are remastered and compressed. I'd prefer to suck up a little noise and have a wonderfully open, huge sound-staged, natural sounding, minute detailed recording than what happens once the ... | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? "Kiseki, founded by Herman van den Dungen, produce a range of cartridges which are hand crafted in Holland. Kiseki, reintroduced in 2010, are renowned for creating high-end audiophile cartridges."http://www.cymbiosis.com/kiseki-cartridges/ | |
| Which attributes do you value most? Nothing worse than a dull, warm sound, lacking in detail and bogged down by bloated bass. It has to be light, airy, fast, transparent, seamless, rich in timbre and color but not have a color of its own. | |
| Bentley Acoustic Corporation EC86 Tubes? BAC were importers and rebranded other manufacturers tubes. Consequently, it's difficult to say how good they are. However perhaps the designer picked these as a known best quantity from a NOS stock. The EF86 is very cheap and available. Why not r... | |
| Live show audience noise Yeah. It's not audience noise that bugs me, it's he ear-splitting whistling. I love the live murmur in a jazz speakeasy!A live Dead recording is ruined by it and a lovely moment between Roy Harper and Jimmy Page destroyed forever by some idiot. Et... | |
| Stylus alignment help Holy crap! Sorry to hear of your conditions. It would be great if folks could visit and support each other with issues like this. |