noromance
Responses from noromance
| turntable mats: should I use one? I posted this a while back and it may be useful:This | |
| Quiet"er" record cleaner? I have never cleaned a record in my life. I don't even use a dry brush. I have never felt any reason to. I just blow dust off the stylus and use Magic Eraser. | |
| London Decca Hi John, kindly update us when you get a chance. | |
| Can one turn on a solid state amp without a load? Yes, when all is okay. Yours sound like the PSU caps are leaky and need replacement. | |
| Advantages of monoblocks Yes. The better the recording, the more impact monos can have on "imaging". | |
| London Decca Jafox, Warren has a used Jubilee on his website. Maybe it hasn't been updated... | |
| Clavis Soundsmith retip I can understand JCarr being a little irked at SS "updating" his design with these somewhat off the shelf parts. All very interesting. | |
| London Decca For a top notch Decca like a Gold or Super Gold, you are looking at $600 with a worn stylus + $350 - $450 for a JW tip. You might get a Blue or Maroon a bit cheaper. BTW, a Decca is a moving iron not a MM. But, yeah, high output etc. | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Al, I understand where you are coming from. I do have a digital set up with the least spent on the source, then amp, with the most on the Speakers and sub! I use it when I need a full range sound and am willing to trade certain aspects of the repr... | |
| Best tonearm for London Reference Cartridge I use a Jelco 750L 12" with my Decca MkVII with Paratrace stylus and it works great. So much so, I feel no need to upgrade. I've no idea what more expensive arms must sound like but the music just sounds right with the Jelco. There is a head shell... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers I know little about digital. I guess I can see how having full range speakers hooked up to a mighty HT Denon could impress. However on a vinyl rig, where you want to hear the horsehairs snap on a bow and the tears in the voice of a treble, I would... | |
| London Decca Looking forward to it. Should be very interesting! | |
| Major mistakes made in assembling your audio rig Dunno man. I sued for 10 big 'uns and they won't pay up. | |
| Major mistakes made in assembling your audio rig Selling a 401 for $75 and my folks throwing away a 301 and Grace 707 and my 10 tube home made tube phono preamp along with a box of Mullards, Teles, Brimars and Seimens tubes. | |
| Apartment Drama So do you use honey to catch the flies and then kill them with the vinegar? |