paulgardner

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Which to upgrade first: Turntable or Phono Preamp
+1 for the Herron VTPH-2A. I absolutely love this phono stage. I did A TON of research prior to purchasing and couldn’t be happier. Call Keith Herron. I did. Super nice guy. He even called me back to troubleshoot a used unit I did not purchase fro... 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
@tvad cool. Thank you! 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
@barts I would say it’s not necessarily just the vocals that are left leaning but the vocals are the most noticeable meaning the loudest element. I first noticed it a month ago or so but nothing has changed in the system for 6 months or more. Thx 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
Yup! Thanks all!Paul 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
Lots of great ideas here to try by process of elimination. I will get to work with swapping cables, speakers, tubes and adjusting VTA and cartridge set up. Thank you all for the ideas. Much appreciated!! 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
Tone arm is the stock magnetic bearing one. I’ll check the setup there. Hmmmm. I probably just stick to adjusting the balance control if its not an easy fix like a couple have suggested.Thanks guys!  
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
@tvad i only have a turntable so I’d have to find a test record to verify. Thanks 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
@middlemass cool. Thanks I’ll give it a go 
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
@kr4 yup. It’s every recording. 
Audiophile demographics?
@Tony1954  Could it be as simple as people who are more interested in things than in people become engineers? There are more male engineers than female. Interest in people vs. interest in things.  
Should I use long interconnects, or long speaker cables?
@louisl I can confirm that the Nobsound springs that @millercarbon recommends fixed this exact problem for me. I was skeptical but after trying EVERYTHING to eliminate the rumble the springs actually worked. Good luck!  
Floor standing or Large bookshelf recommendations - 2.0 channel setup
@OP the B&W 805’s stand mounts absolutely sound much larger than they look. They make many floor standing speakers sound pathetic in comparison. I have the 805d3 stand mounts and I’m often blown away at how massive they sound. Also, it’s one o... 
Tube question
@yogiboy Interesting! Ok thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. 
Am I out of my mind? #obsessed
@bac2vinyl Get a grip, clown. 
Am I out of my mind? #obsessed
Thanks everyone! Much appreciate all the responses!