patrickamory
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| Cartridge break-in: with or without tears? It's fine to use the Cardas pink noise tracks (that's what they're for), though you really don't need more than an hour in a given groove. I'd do an hour lateral and an hour vertical. In my experience this will speed things up by 20 or 30 hours or... | |
| Two Tonearm Turntable: Need Suggestions Acoustic SolidAcoustic SignatureRedpointGalibierand many others offer 2-3 tonearm setups and pitch control.The 78 RPM feature may be harder, but not impossible, to get. You just need someone to alter one of the DC speed controllers for the above T... | |
| Is the Teres a Thom -I see you've expanded your list of splicing block sources! I really want an Editall - I remember these from my college radio station and they were great. But there doesn't seem to be a 1/2" model at US Recording. There's one by TME - how doe... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Yup, Aesthetix Io Signature. Simply unbelievable.Patrick | |
| How do I connect speaker wires to a Mc2002 amp? Left speaker:positive to L, negative to C (common)Right speaker:positive to R, negative to CPatrick | |
| Recommendations for "pure class a" amp under 1K I have a Pass Aleph 3 and love it. Warm, rich, and above all musical presentation.Downsides are lack of bass slam and not enough power. I'm looking for more (without mortgaging the house yet again). However I don't intend to part with my Aleph unl... | |
| Analog Set-up Tools Doug, you're right.... I was forgetting myself. Frankly, I don't think I've expended more sweat and tension in any physical activity - and I mean any - than aligning my Benz L2 in my Rega. What a workout!Patrick | |
| Favorite SS Amp? In my system, the Pass Aleph 3.Blew away my previous SS amps: McCormack 125, Musical Fidelity 3CR, Bryston 4BST, Proton D540.On the other hand, the Aleph is the only pure Class A amp I've ever heard in my system.Patrick | |
| Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ? I'll third or fourth VMPS. The first speakers that mated to my room (with the help of the controls on the back), and gorgeous ribbon midranges that don't suck up amp power. YMMV of course.I'd love to hear DQ-10s, and Apogee Scintillas (or the Apog... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution 1977-1979 Plastic all-in-one changer with speaker (RCA?)1979-1984 Bic changer with ceramic cart1985-1999 Thorens TD-145 with standard arm and Stanton 681 EEE, later replaced with Grado Silver and then Gold; arm later replaced with Origin Live/Rega... | |
| Analog Set-up Tools If you've ever used the Graham cartridge alignment tool, which unfortunately only works with the Graham arms, it's extremely tough to ever use anything else.At least the old-style built-into-the-headshell Ortofons, which I'm using these days (orig... | |
| High gain phono stage I haven't heard the Rhea, but I have the Io Signature and it is life-changing. | |
| very basic newbie question A phono cartridge is a transducer - just like a loudspeaker, but in reverse - it takes mechanical motion and transforms it into an electrical signal. The motion comes from the stylus wiggling in the vinyl groove. This intern moves a coil inside th... | |
| Phono Stage for passive preamp control I should step in here, because I am using an Aesthetix Io (Signature, one power supply) with a Bent Audio NOH (TX-102) passive pre right now.I've found that with my .2mV output cartridge, I need to run the Io at its top gain setting, a whopping 80... | |
| Why haven't we heard more about HR-X??? I've been wondering about this too. Incredible that Fremer hasn't done anything on it. |