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| Slight hum in my amp. Is this normal? Not likely to be DC on the line, but if you think it is, I have a PS Audio Humbuster I can sell you which did not solve my problem. For toroidial transformers, the mounting position is sensitive to hum, try rotating the right tranny around its axi... | |
| List of most important I agree with the OP. For akg, I would agree that for equally bad (or good) rooms a "better" set of components will generally be "better"... But a "good" room with a properly set up system of competent components will always sound better than a "po... | |
| Balanced v unbalanced input to Ayre preamps Good link to the Benchmark objective test. I suggest to try yourself with an inexpensive star-quad cable, or even to go to audiosensibility.com for a star-quad cable made with Ohno contiuous cast copper and Teflon insulation at a reasonable cost. | |
| Experiences buying used cartridges I've bought 2. It seems to me it's OK only if the price is low enough to pay for the cantilever replacement if bad. | |
| Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak? Everyone here has heard about using the Magic Eraser as a stylus cleaner ( use scissors to clip a 2mm triangular wand off of every corner of the block and then use it to flick the stylus back-to-front like a stylus brush).You can also use the Magi... | |
| Transformers humimg........again Toroidial transformers are very sensitive to mounting, both orientation and bolt tightness. I quit using a BAT VK30 because of transformer hum. I bought a humbuster, no help. Left it at my tech who tested it for noise and called me saying it was ... | |
| Is it too bright or is it high resolution? IMHO, much of the brightness attributed to amps is actually due to the speakers. Speakers which are not time & phase aligned have the tweeter in early arrival, leading to an impression of detail, and, or brightness (YMMV). Almost all of the sp... | |
| 12 ft pair of thick speakers cables?? Can they be cut downt to a 6 ft pair?? The hollow banana on my HT cables sheared off. HT is no longer functional. Moon Audio in Cary, NC did a pro replacement with Cardas spades. This is not an amateur project, you need a solder pot.. etc. | |
| Tonearm cable recommendations Go to moon-audio.com and look at the Silver Dragon phono cables.I like to use the smallest diameter wires and shortest runs for tonearm cable. They will custom make the cables for your installation for about $300 depending on length and terminatio... | |
| Ortofon 2M Bronze vs 2M black any difference? I have a 2M black, and would like to get a bronze stylus, trade or purchase. | |
| recommendations of phono preamps < $3000 range I use and recommend the AYRE P-5xe, particularly if you have a balanced system in which case you should go to the trouble to use a balanced phono cable. | |
| Looking for a one box solution Go to tweakaudio.com for Ric Shultz at EVS to look at his mod to the output board. I sent only this board to him for the mod at about $650 and have been well pleased. Unless you are really in love with tubes, i would not spend more than the Oppo c... | |
| Cart Recommendations I using this same cartridge with a Graham 2.2T. You might want to consider to see if your arm can be upgraded to 2.2T level, or even to upgrade the arm instead of the cartridge. Even the level of fluid in the bearing can affect the dynamics of the... | |
| Newb question regarding alignment - Should the stylus Physically touch the protractor? Be sure to disable your skating force when aligning the cantilever.re-enable before playing a record. | |
| Vintage Crown D 150A II Amp -- How good was it? Has a Crown D-150 a loong time ago. Probably not very good by today's standards...but its free. The original version had RCA to 1/4" mono phone plug with sometimes poor contact. If the II is the same, be sure to check the cable and phone jack. Als... |