nrenter
Responses from nrenter
| Turntable upgrade, tweaks, or stay put? IMHO, there are 5 areas of attention to get the most out of an analog setup:1. Physical Setup (table geometry, equipment isolation, speaker placement, etc.)2. Room Acoustics3. Source cleanliness4. Equipment5. Power (as in, from the wall) Considera... | |
| Tool for measuring pivot to spindle distance? You already have everything you need to set the Pivot-to-Spindle *and* align your cartridge.1. Use your ruler to set the Pivot-to-Spindle. Take your time. Tighten the articulated armboard (tight, but not too tight).But what if it isn't perfect? Do... | |
| Balanced or single ended phono stage? Kiddman is 100% correct, but a preamble is really necessary to give his response context (as his truths apply to all circuits and cables).There is rhyme and reason to cable design and geometry. This simple statement could spawn myriad tangents to ... | |
| Balanced or single ended phono stage? One thing to remember - slapping XLR connectors on the end of a RCA tonearm cable does not (generally) magically transform it into a balanced cable. And RCA cable (generally) contains 2 conductors: (+) and ground (usually a shield). A balanced cab... | |
| speaker break-in, how loud? Have any of you taken apart a speaker driver to see what's in there? Surrounding and supporting the voice coil, you'll see the "spider". Think of it as the other "driver surround". Typically, this is made from epoxy-saturated cloth, and pressed in... | |
| Looking for a subwoofer to match my GMA Europas You may consider 2 smaller subs than one larger sub. Check out my system. | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites Ziggy Stardust as covered by Bauhaus. | |
| Anyone out there heard Brendan Perry? I have 2nd row tickets to see DCD in Austin. The entire DCD collection is a must. | |
| Mirror for cartridge set up? The Turntable Basics version will ultimately cost you $20 more than the MintLP version, because 5 minutes after receiving the Turntable Basics version you'll throw it out and order a MintLP protractor. In the meantime, download the custom arc prot... | |
| Dont laugh It wouldnt surprise me to find out those $500+ cables weren't actually a balanced design, but single-ended cable with XLR terminations. | |
| Meadowlark Nighthawk, Heron, Heron i, Blue Heron 2 ...or check out the North Texas Audio Jam over at AudioCircle. | |
| New cartridge for MMF 5 I found the MMF5 to be very sensitive to vibration.This is quite an understatement. My woofers used to pump like crazy when I had an MMF-5 (regardless what it sat upon). It would be interesting to tear one apart and see if you could insert somethi... | |
| New cartridge for MMF 5 There is a 0% chance I'd spend $600+ on a cartridge for that table. But that's just me. | |
| Analog is the new pink When people rave about their first, very low-end analog setup, I believe what they really mean is, "I'm shocked it doesn't sound bad." | |
| Dual volume control - it should be standard However, it appears that people who are not too lazy and have good hearing say yes in this case.I'm also too lazy to have my ear trumpet cryo'ed. |