nsgarch
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| HFNR and antiskate on SME 3009/III Hdm, the method I explained above is not vdH's method, it mine. With vdH cartridges, it (coincidentally) yeilds the antiskate figures vdH recommends for their cartridges,It will work quite accurately for any arm/cartridge combo however, so long as... | |
| Joan Baez - Do I just not get it? If you want to hear great Baez, try and find some of hear early albums on Vanguard -- even in mono. A voice like a clear bell, no vibrato. You'll understand what all the fuss was about. | |
| HFNR and antiskate on SME 3009/III I posted this elsewhere, but I'll save you the search:I wish some of you "mavens" would try my "sure-fire" anti skating calibration. It's so easy (and yes Doug, as w/ VTA it gets you in the ballpark, but not all the way "there"), but it gets you v... | |
| Simple enough? I'm not going to recommend a specific manufacturer's cord. I know what brand I use, and we all have our reasons.However, there is one criteria I strongly suggest you follow and that is wire gauge. Your dedicated circuit uses (I hope) 10AWG conduct... | |
| Crazy Downstairs Neighbor In your question, did you mean for the same price as a Helikon? | |
| EMM Lab DCC2 & CDSD Better connection? According to Tommy at AS, the cables he makes are not all the same and are matched to each other to make a set of three. I don't know about the ones that are supplied by EMM, but I think they would be all the same generic ST cable except for the c... | |
| Capping unused rca & xlr connectors??? Jeff, the Cardas cap doesn't actually short the input. It only shields it. So it's only doing half of what a true shorting plug does. I'm not sure who's making shorting RCAs these days. I always made my own by taking an RCA plug and soldering a wi... | |
| EMM Lab DCC2 & CDSD Better connection? Bernhard -- thanks for the report and the review. I am not the type to say "I told you so", especially in the face of such credible naysayers as J.T., but I was pretty sure, based on my own direct experience that folks would be very pleased with t... | |
| Capping unused rca & xlr connectors??? It is customary to short any unused RCA inputs on preamps. This prevents pops and clicks when switching your source selector between actual sources that are plugged in. Also prevents unused inputs picking up stray RFI. You can use pre-made shortin... | |
| EMM Lab DCC2 & CDSD Better connection? Bernhard, the gentleman that I bought my "pre-owned" AS Optimism V-2 from was doing just that. Unfortunately, the EMM version wasn't available yet and the standard version which I bought, didn't work in his EMM units, and we now know why. So there... | |
| Hydra vs PS Audio vs Equitech I guess I didn't specify in my earlier post, but I use both Exactpower units, the EP-15A (regenerator) and the SP-15A (balanced power unit). Either one can be used alone, but the optimum setup is to use the EP to supply (unbalanced) power to the f... | |
| solid state amplifier for martin logan cls 2 speak Pick up the Mark Levinson 23.5 for sale here right now (no it's not mine and I don't know the seller.) It's a great amp, and terrific with the hard-to-handle load of the CLS. See my system. | |
| Hydra vs PS Audio vs Equitech Dbld -- one way (to get protection at the breaker) is to wire a small high-speed diode from the "house" side of the breaker to ground inside the panel. If there's a surge, the diode will "ground" the breaker instantly tripping it before the surge ... | |
| Cartridge Tacking Problems - Help please Bd -- you may be right about the horizontal bearing being sluggish. Possibly from spilled silicon damping fluid like you said, or maybe just dried out lubricant. Test the horizontal swing at zero VTF and NOT on the cuing support. Use a stylus guar... | |
| Cartridge Tacking Problems - Help please Did you balance the arm to zero before you set the tracking force? Did you check the tracking force independently with a stylus pressure gauge?Compliance mis-match to effective tonearm mass is not IMO the problem here. And even if it were, it shou... |