nrenter
Responses from nrenter
| Pre-owned cartridge recommendations for $500 and $1,000 Personally, the only cartridge I’d buy used would be a SoundSmith. A complete rebuild at a fraction of the price new? Yes, please. | |
| What is you tonearm’s Maximum Distortion? This spreadsheet… | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 If I may quote myself: That charge won’t universally distribute evenly across the record, as the vinyl itself is an insulator. Something you are doing is leaving a charge, and that charge is concentrated (possibly) at the last place you touched ... | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 This may be the first in AudioGon history - a thread with a resolution! Good stuff! | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 You have a relative humidity of 25%?!?! Way too dry. 40% to 50% should be a your target. | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 BTW, I’m running balanced from cartridge to speakers (and have been for 17 years). Soundsmith Aida -> OL Enterprise -> AudioQuest Leopard (balanced) -> Ayre P-5xe (balanced) -> AudioQuest Colorado (XLR) -> Ayre AX-5/20 (balanced). ... | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 I’m still thinking you are putting a static charge on your records. That charge won’t universally distribute evenly across the record, as the vinyl itself is an insulator. Something you are doing is leaving a charge, and that charge is concentrate... | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 I’m voting on static buildup. The filth on your records is the tell. I’d be interested to check the humidity of your house, the carpet (or rug) between your record storage and turntable, what kind of shoes you do (or do not) wear, if you wet-wash ... | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... ...and the OP disappears. AudioGon threads remind me of conversations in the dining hall of my parent's independent living facility. | |
| Grounding a turntable and a tonearm Poor ground caused HUM, not crackling or pops. There’s a fair amount to static electricity generated from vinyl playback. That static can cause “crackling and pops” from attracting particles into the groove so fiercely the stylus cannot dislod... | |
| DIY Steampunk Tube Amplifier, feedback please :) Very, very cool. How much power? Headphone amp? | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) Yeah, I wouldn’t call a Vandersteen speaker “bright”. Street smart and savvy? Maybe. Never bright. But what do I know? I’m a Vandersteen fanboy, too. | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... IMHO, @fastninja12 has provides the most useful insights. Sometimes, the source of dissatisfaction is too high of a crossover point for the subwoofer. Here’s something to try: 1. Determine the manufacturers -3 dB point of your primary speakers... | |
| You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers? @drubin, unfortunately I have not. | |
| You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers? @favresj, I completely agree with you. The AX-7e is a very, very under-appreciated piece of hardware. Moving from an AX-7e to the AX-5/20 is like going from 98.5% to 99.9% (IMHO). I'm not one for exaggeration or hyperbole - while the difference wa... |