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| Pantode and Tetrode What is the difference? If you have mixed up your tubes, you will need a tube analyzer to pair them again. If you can bias tubes individually on your amp you need not have matched tubes.The KT88 is a kinkless tetrode, i.e. the cathode and one of the grids are shorted. In... | |
| Phono amp question The Bottlehead seduction is an excellent choice and will suite your cart. It sounds very competent right out the box (once built of course!) and responds well to mods. Another excellent phono is the Audionote phono kit. It is more expensive and a ... | |
| Bypass caps If to bypass a decoupling cap I would suggest a try a 0.1uF or 0.22uF Dynamicap. (These are not bad caps to use as coupling caps either.) If you want to bypass a coupling cap you should try a TFTF V-Cap. They're the best caps I have ever heard by ... | |
| Anybody go from Thorens 125 II to VPI? I cannot comment on the Cosmos or TNT, but an Aries will outclass a TD125 by a HUGE margin. No contest.And no, I am not a Thorens hater. I owned a number of them and have many fond memories. The Aries is just in a different league ... and then som... | |
| REGA, Still in Business? Hi JeffYou may want to try Britaudio. I had a Nad533 and broke the little plastic arm retainer on my RB250. Not NAD nor Rega bothered to respond but Micheal got me the part not bad considering I did not purchase the table from him.RegardsPaul. | |
| Vinyl and long cables or interconnects Hi JeffI run 6mtr Zu cable between my phono amp and power amp. My power amp has an attenuator and loads of gain so I do not bother using a line level preamp. The amp is between the speakers and the phono and TT on the side of the room, easily with... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Hi Zaikesman. No my comments had nothing to do with your posts. I had a look at http://de.geocities.com/bc1a69/index_eng.html after reading one of your posts. My post is indicative of the frustration I have with folks who believe that a consensus ... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Hey Sean. "Can people not see the equivalence of torque by stored inertia and torque by electrical energy (motor) ?"No they cannot as they do not want to. If you look at the actors on this thread you will see they reappear numerous times on other ... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? MacroI think it would be unwise to make such a conclusion based simply on a number of responses on this thread. The almost universal employment of belt drive in high end tables is more than just a mere coincidence.A poster indicated that the use o... | |
| Which is a better? SME M2-9 or Hadcock 242 Hi ReneI have not heard the M2, but both the Hadcock and Morch UP4 are excellent performers. I chose the Morch UP4 over the Hadcock as Morch has a number of different mass arm wands available for both their UP4 and UP6, allowing you to run a wide ... | |
| What cartridge to use....Rega RB25 Structural Mod Hi JeffJust remember to tighten your arm by a single "NIP" - no less no more ok? ;-)RegardsPaulPs. If you are interested in the zyx, have a look at http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Cartridges.html. Arthur S makes some interesting comments which you... | |
| What cartridge to use....Rega RB25 Structural Mod I am not su[r]prised that you preferred the Moerch and Scheu over just a rewired RB 250 because you have to do more than just a rewireSigh ...I used a number of stubs different stubs brass stub & weight (from Brit Audio) a Michell stub &am... | |
| What cartridge to use....Rega RB25 Structural Mod All unipivot arms are pushed to their limits of stability with low compliance cartridgesRubbish. That sweeping statement is simply not true. I have never ever had any stability issues with any properly set up unipivot in more than a decade that ... | |
| What cartridge to use....Rega RB25 Structural Mod StefanI know who Garth is. Garth sells Rega/OEM arms. He has a lot of experience but nobody lies more than a salesman. I believe that in the industry, lying to the public is known as marketing, no?My setup is very good and more than adequate to co... | |
| What is under your TT, cheap islolation? Not sure how cheap is what you consider as cheap but ... As a turntable platform, I use two 24"x25"x1.5" maple counter tops laid flat on top of each other, separated by a cork sheet (1/16" I think), placed on Mapleshade brass cones.It looks nice a... |