nsgarch
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| Tube rolling, Macintosh MC275 Mk IV Tennis, when I get them back from the individual quoted in my initial post, I'd be happy to send you some to try. (Maybe I should start a tube 'Lending Library, like the Cable Co. ;--) But if you go to Ebay and get three NOS RCA 12AX7 blackplates ... | |
| general tonearm design question David, I can't explain OL's design, it doesn't make sense to me. Maybe Doug has some thoughts. . . . . . I mean one can always make excuses like: if a record is sooo warped that if the height variation (from flat) would significantly throw the azi... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? Slip. I admit I don't know what the word "Tondose" actually means, however there is/was and EMT tonearm called the "Tondose" that accepted an integral cartridge/headshell with a different pin layout than the SME, etc. Apparently Micromagic makes a... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? Speedy, you think "Virus" is a scary name? Wait'll you find out what "Tondose" means!.! | |
| Tube rolling, Macintosh MC275 Mk IV Tennis, I haven't any experience rolling Mac preamp tubes (for one thing I don't have a tube preamp.) Generally speaking, an amplifier (of whatever stripe) has more affect (along with the speakers of course) over a system's sonics than anything el... | |
| general tonearm design question The lower (than the vertical bearing) CG gives an arm more stability when tracking warped records. The angle of the vertical bearing is not necessarily 70 degrees but is set to match the headshell's angle to the armwand. This insures that when the... | |
| Mcintosh MDA 1000, world class or ..? Pro_sys_svc, doesn't the same holding company (DK I think) that owns Denon abd Marantz, also own McIntosh? You can bet Macs players and maybe other products are sourced from their sister companies. I don't have a problem with that (basically) but ... | |
| What are my options for voltage regulation? Checked out your system(s). Girls gone wild ;--) ? I would advise hanging on to your BPT (if it has enough outlets) in order to provide balanced power for your front end stuff. Plug the BPT and your amps (and any other front end stuff) into an Exa... | |
| SME iV.Vi or SME V for SME 20 turntable? Jay, I just spoke to Colleen @ Cardas, and she recommends the less expensive headshell leads for a couple of reasons:First, the clips on those fit a wider variety of pin sizes. The clips themselves are rolled tubes with slit sides and make better ... | |
| SME iV.Vi or SME V for SME 20 turntable? Jay -- Why don't you give Cardas a call to find out about the bulky ones, because I really like the spring clips a lot. Looks like they wouldn't break where the wire is connected, and that they'd be easy to put on and take off. But yes, they seem ... | |
| SME iV.Vi or SME V for SME 20 turntable? Jay, I've got the $48 leads right now, but want to try the $116 soon because of the spring loaded clips. | |
| SME iV.Vi or SME V for SME 20 turntable? The stock headshell leads are the vdH Litz you mentioned. I don't like them. The wire is very good, but they're too short to loop back around the end of most MC carts. And, the garden variety clips suck. Look at the Cardas leads with spring-loaded... | |
| Anyone else regenerating A/C? Tbg, I can totally understand your dissatisfaction w/ the PS audio power stuff, they just can't refrain from loading up their equipment with dynamics-squashing components like chokes and filters -- but that's no reason to throw the baby out w/ the... | |
| DeOxit and ProGold Great stuff, but DON'T SPRAY IT. Use brushes, q-tips, etc to apply it just where you want it. It does NOT evaporate and you don't want to get it all over everything ;--). | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? The Magic Diamond is supposedly and excellent cartridge and uses the conventional MC design employed by some other fine cartridges such as vdH and Allaerts. Lloyd Walker (the TT guy) sells them at a (slight)discount, and if you call him, he will b... |