nsgarch
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| Alignment tool for SME V + Shelter The SME V has a sliding base in order to provide for proper stylus overhang adjustment without the necessity of slotted headshell mounting holes. The SME V design philosophy is to have a completely rigid tonearm wand (which is also the reason the ... | |
| Any fix for a locked groove? What kind of TT and TA do you have? | |
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable Oz -- ERS cloth can be a problem if you use too much of it. If you want to play around with some let me know. I have a small, but dwindling stash of ERS (and some 50%Stillpoints too ;-) | |
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable Shink tubing is available at electronic parts stores (B+M or online.) It comes standard in 4 foot (or maybe it's 5 foot) lengths. I suggested it because you can get it large enough (in diameter) to easily snake the wire through, and then it will h... | |
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable Ozzy, so, you were referring to the quality of the wire (although 26 AWG isn't exactly heavy;-) The problem with silver is it tarnishes rapidly when exposed to air; and if you want to bundle/twist several together strands together, they need to ma... | |
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable If it's "very fine", I assume you mean very 'thin', as oposed to very 'pure', so just how are you going to layer and bundle it to make large enough conductors for speaker cable? And will you be using a two or four conductor configuration? And how ... | |
| At a Levinson crossroads .... need advice. Mike, referring to Viridian's remarks, I noticed your dual amp strategy too. Not only that, but I had those same two amps! And for the same reason ;-) However, much as I loved my 23.5, I like tubes with my electrostats, so I sold my ML and devised... | |
| At a Levinson crossroads .... need advice. Mike, I don't know who the "most people I talked to" were, but I recall that ML had a lot of problems with the transport mechanism in those units. If they were still supporting their products, i'd say fix it because if i remember correctly, they h... | |
| What amp do I need to power my Acoustat 1100 Another best-of-both-worlds hybrid amplifier, which gregadd is planning for his new MartinLogan CLX's, is the latest Moscode hybrid from George Kaye http://www.moscode.com/And while I feel this is a great way to bring some tube signal preservation... | |
| What amp do I need to power my Acoustat 1100 Rodman, I've no desire to split hairs with you because first, you obviously have walked the walk, and second, you're a tube guy, and that's all good in my book!But I'd like to express my POV more succinctly while at the same time addressing the OP... | |
| What amp do I need to power my Acoustat 1100 Rodman, I don't know which ARC preamps you've owned, but the later ones with onboard phonostages (like the SP-14) use a single tube for gain in the phonostage only. The other tubes in a "tube" preamp provide source input buffering -- thus leveling... | |
| What amp do I need to power my Acoustat 1100 If you want a great stereo (actually 'dual mono') SS amp for around $2500+ look for a Mark Levinson 23.5 (not a 23, a 23.5!) 200W @ 8 ohms, and worked beautifully into 0.7 ohms! of my MartinLogan CLS's.If on the other hand you want a great tube am... | |
| New vinyl's noisy little secret Was your Hatari album sealed? If not, it was prabably played by somebody. I find that with albums pressed today, in lower volume production, a lot more mold release is applied to insure better quality pressings. HOWEVER, that means it's more impor... | |
| What amp do I need to power my Acoustat 1100 If you want an SS amp that won't freak out when faced with electrostats, consider the one from Roger Sanders (formerly of Innersound) http://www.sanderssoundsystems.com/If you prefer tubes as I do (for driving electrostats) I recommend one (or pos... | |
| Cartridge Output Sorry Axel, you're quite right -- Jsman in his OP didn't mention what knd of equipment he was using. If I were ever change anything in my system, it would be because I got a great buy on a used 326s! (with phono boards of course ;-) |