nsgarch
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| Moving from mid-fi to hi-fi -- Imaging questions What are the dimensions of your room? | |
| Cartridge De-Mag: Is it necessary? Let me add another comment here, at the risk of repeating not only myself, but I'm sure countless others who have undoubtedly made this same point:Just what (in a phono cartridge) do we think we're going to demagnetize folks? It would have to be m... | |
| SACD Player vs. CD Player in CD reproductions I have a Wadia CD transport and DAC -- not at all shabby CD reproduction. Doesn't play SACD's of course. Recently bought a $129 Sony multiformat player. I compared two identical recordings in the two different formats. The Wadia/CD combo was only ... | |
| Cartridge De-Mag: Is it necessary? Hi Bundy, You might not get a lot of responses to your post because this issue has been covered extensively in this forum (and in the fora on other sites) Do a couple searches and you'll see what I'm talking about.I will tell you that A.J. van den... | |
| Best tonearm position for VTA? Sirspeedy -- this is a little off thread but: When I see a certain U/N on a post, I definitely read it, or I never read it, depending. You belong to the former category. I don't always understand/agree with you, but your posts are often laced with... | |
| Checking the AC polarity of your amplifier Tbg, I wish you would expand on your 3/1 comment, which I found very interesting. Exactly what could be some of the problems that might arise if balanced power were used inappropriately? | |
| Best tonearm position for VTA? RE: Tail-down tonearm configuration: I agree with Dan_ed's findings. For tail-down configuration to be viable, it seems to me the cartridge maker would have had to build the cartridge with so much SRA to begin with, that to get the SRA down to the... | |
| Checking the AC polarity of your amplifier Robbyg, Stuartbranson, Tbg:Robbyg: The reason one makes the measurements with the component off, and all input/output connections detached is because what your trying to determine is how all the component's various circuits "grounds" combine and w... | |
| Checking the AC polarity of your amplifier 1.) Get a simple volt/ohm meter.2.) Detach interconnects and speaker cables from the amp.3.) Attach a *bi-polar cheater plug to the three-prong plug on the amplifier power cord.4.) Set the VOM to AC volts with an approximate range of 0-100 VAC.5.)... | |
| Turntable Hum Try turning the plug over at the wall socket. | |
| Best tonearm position for VTA? If you're asking how do you initially get in the VTA or SRA ballbark so you can do the final evaluation with your ears, I think that's a great question. The sites I listed below are the best ones I've found so far, and if other people know some mo... | |
| Who has made their own LP cleaning solution? For those who would like to delve a little further into this subject, may I recommend the following site:http://www.artsandmedia.com/lpclean.html | |
| Fischer connectors for Cello equipment I'm not familiar with the particular Fischer connector used on the Cello but you can go to www.fischerconnector.com and cruise through their online catalog. If you need more help, call them at (800) 551-0121 and ask to speak to Tomika Cameron, she... | |
| Alternative Rack to Salamander One of the best bangs for the buck in the Salamander price range (actually a bit less) and not well-known (yet!) is the Studiotech Performance series. www.studiotech.comThe best retailer (he charges less than the manufacturer + FREE shipping) is D... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? Both twl and cwlondon make valid comments. But in both cases they cover only a portion of the field. Again, for a more complete and comprehensive history of the subject, as well as a detailed technical discussion, I'd like to refer you all to the ... |