nsgarch
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| Opinions on Power Regenerators and Tube Amps I think the Synergistic ICs may be the problem. Are you using the active shielding? Is the active shielding connection at the preamp end or the TT end? (might try reversing it). If that doesnt help, try a pair of regular ICs just for comparison (w... | |
| Opinions on Power Regenerators and Tube Amps I don't know enough about the VPI chassis to really advise you. Typically, the tonearm leads have five connections: two signal leads (from cartridge left and right) which each consist of a hot and ground conductor, covered by a braided shield conn... | |
| Opinions on Power Regenerators and Tube Amps So I'll bet the mice are laughing at you too!If you MUST use a regenerator, get an ExactPower. They don't work the way the (lowish output) P-300 and others do (which is to throw away the whole AC signal and re-build it). Consequently, the ExactPow... | |
| Opinions on Power Regenerators and Tube Amps Interesting system. I'd agree with Aball, except the kind of buzz he's talking about usually remains pretty much constant regardless of volume setting -- especially since you have a ss preamp. (A nice combo with the Mesa BTW) So you may have some ... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Speedy, I don't actually READ Stereophile anymore, maybe a page here and there. So when I read Rmaurin's post announcing Fremer's upcoming review, I was ernestly looking forward to the kind of specific point by point comparisons he made in his 200... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Doug LOL (used Kleenix indeed!) And lest I gave anyone the wrong impression, I thoroughly enjoy reading M. Fremer's prose. It's almost always enjoyable -- like the "good" you feel when you STOP banging your head on the wall!. | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Doug, my point which I'm sure you understood, was that Fremer drew comparisons to Dynavector and Lyra without talking about maybe two or three other cartridges (ZYX being one) that should certainly be included in that group. Not that I felt his ch... | |
| The Cartridgeman Isolater. Doc, the Schroeder (and the old Grace wooden arm) use wood for the armwand which (along with carbon fiber armwands) is a perfectly acceptable material for that purpose. However, in both cases, the actual "headshell" or fitting, to which the cartri... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description A, schmAy, whatever (and BTW, how come SP never tested a ZYX cart?) Here's a copy of an email I just sent my friend Tim:I've not heard an Orpheus, but I love everything about my W,and it does things all the things M. Fremer apparently forgot from ... | |
| The Cartridgeman Isolater. It doesn't make any (mechanical engineering) sense. And certainly ruins any relationship one is trying to establish between cartridge compliance and tonearm effective mass. Especially after all the effort in recent years that cartridge makers and ... | |
| How to tell if the record is worn out? Bill: Ha, ha, ha, ha. Too funny! | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description RE: M. Fremer Orpheus review in current StereoPile:The man should get out of audio and go into politics. Just another limp-dicked please-everybody review. No mention of break-in time or load resistance values. And in a $100K TT/TA yet! Well, what ... | |
| Where I can find acoustically clear foam? You are looking for a product called "reticulated foam". That is foam with all the cells "popped" (no bubbles) so water and sound would just run through it. Wilson and many other manufacturers use it for speaker grills. It will stick quite nicely ... | |
| Has anyone tried double CLS Sorry Lacee, I would never do that. The CLS (Curvilinear Line Source) is designed to provide a single, uniform, wavefront. Good dispersion, not generally a feature of flat electrostatic panels, is achieved using the (single line) curved driver. (S... | |
| Has anyone tried double CLS Greg, allow them their fun. It will be a time consuming and expensive learning experience. And I'm charmed by their enthusiasm:Since the CLS panels are mirror imaged you would not want to stack them but put them side by side. One right channel wit... |