oilmanmojo
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| What's your experience with fine phono preamp s ? The RCM sensor or ZYX artisan both are very good and are in the price range. Like z said, if you can get a dealer who will will work with you with demo's or loaners, then you can hear what works with your entire system. I did that as I moved fm my... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... Peter--on the linear arms, vta will effect vtf and overhang. Small adjustments I don't recalibrate overhang. I don't have a lot of real thin records so don't have to adjust much but if I listen too a lot of the thin ones, I do adjust overhand as m... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... The ET2.5 or latest generation or Kuzma airline offer some of the best of the separate linear trackers that you can buy outright. I have only experience with the Maplenoll (ET2 are similar) arms and have been very pleased. I have not experience th... | |
| How can I tell if my stylus is damaged ?? viridian comment right on point. usually the actions you did may damage the record (ie scratch them because diamonds are hard) but usually doesn't harm the stylus unless really whacked it. We all have done exactly what you describe at some point (... | |
| Review--RCM Sensor 2 Prelude Phono Preamplifier I did a trade in with an older ZYX artisan so my cost may not be indicative of retail value. However, i have seen some "retail" postings of 3500 USD. My cost was lower but again i had a trade in. I did get the gold Furetech upgrade version. | |
| Traveling never going to happen??? need advice 15 years ago, I drove from new orleans to Charlotte to pick up a pair of khorns. My wife loves to share the story as she wanted to go to Asheville nc for many years. I come in on Friday and told her "get packed" we going to Asheville this weekend.... | |
| Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of i have two, though some will have heard of them. Lost Gonzo band self titled album and Cashman and West-- a song or two Both progressive country/folk from the 70's but not widely popular. Pousette Dart was my third "pick" | |
| favorite phono cartridge zyx UNIverse. I am on the second iteration after many years with the first. Fits my style in musical taste and system very well. | |
| Review--RCM Sensor 2 Prelude Phono Preamplifier I use the .3 mv setting with 100 load. I have varied the load from 50 to 200 but leaning toward the 100 as the best for me. i have not varied the gain but this allows my volume to be consistent with my other equipment and it is dead quiet even at ... | |
| Michell Gyro SE running fast z response is what I have seen most often with speed too fast. other possibility, if the belt rides high where the belt is riding on the top of the pulley, it can cause it to be faster. | |
| Help with Preamp selection i would check with reno HIFI to see if they have a used xp10 or other pass preamp. Always good pricing and get 10 day test drive with full refund if you dont like them. I chose the xp10 and havent looked back. it will be on the high end of your ra... | |
| Review--RCM Sensor 2 Prelude Phono Preamplifier LewThe K&K is the basic Moving coil transformer (about 2008 vintage) that i used to replace my Vandersteen OL-1. It is the small unit that plugs into the MM section of what was my Rotel phono stage. I had finally gotten into moving coils with ... | |
| Review--RCM Sensor 2 Prelude Phono Preamplifier The biggest change is the larger ps, but the literature also says ps output in dc vs ac, improved capacitors in ps that stabilizes output. Higher quality components, Theriaa style case to reduce resonance, more cartridge loading options. I got the... | |
| Personal Turntable Evolution My experience goes over 40 years having "acquired my first table from my father. It was a Zenith "cobra" arm HiFi with two massive 15" speakers. I used it for about 2 years before it died and then went on to my modern list1. BSR-- Belt driven and ... | |
| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? i will echo what Z says about speaker/amp. in my recent experience with Audio Physics Caldera II, the amp made the difference between marginal sound and great sound. Not even close. I am still relatively new to separates but that was an eye opener... |