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| Newbie looking for cheap dependable table A used REGA P9 is about as simple as it gets also if you want to spend a bit more than for a brand new Technics. | |
| equipment on cones Ever think that the whole thing is a hoax? | |
| What phono stage candidates should I consider? ARC PH-5, although if you read every review you are bound to find one that will not be flattering, or wait until te PH-7 is out, and a step-up transformer (EAR, Audio Note, used Ortofon with silver wire). | |
| Newbie looking for cheap dependable table A number of people in your situation are buying Technics DD tables that are still being manufactured mostly for DJ stuff. Try Musician's Friend, the model is SL-1210 or SL-1200 if I recall. If you can stand putting up with the prejudice against Ja... | |
| cable upgrades , real or rip off The most important change is to rewire up to the power generating palnt with audiophile cable. What's the cost of a couple of hundred or a thousand miles of cable compared to perfect sound? | |
| Digitally recorded lps? Remember the man that had to cross a cow to the other side of the river... digital: it can't be done, it doesn't work.Now a digitally recorded and mastered vinyl record is a thing of beauty since it has all of the purported fauls of digital plus a... | |
| cable upgrades , real or rip off Perception is reality: you decide. | |
| tubes specs question Usually have transconductance or plate voltage, but it could all be gobbledygook! I use a tisue to wipe them before installation and put them in holding the tubes with the tissue. Gloves are ok, but seem like audiophile overkill to me. If you thin... | |
| Ebay fraud alert The shipping alone would probably cost $600! Maybe he is missing a zero? Nah, if it look's too good to be true, it probably is. | |
| Accurate vs Musical False proposition. Accurate certainly does not mean "single-note" accurate as you mention. First of all speaker systems don't reproduce notes in the sense an instrument does. The waveform is the total of all of the notes, fundamental and harmonics... | |
| Best Temporary Record Cleaning Options Use a carbon fibre brush and avoid the use of any liquids like the plague as they will surely enslave you and your record collection. Ask the man behind REGA.. | |
| sound of new CJ vs AR tube preamps? "warm sounding"? If you can't stand a degree of accuracy and think it is too solid state, leave ARC aside. | |
| Shipping equipment with tubes I have always insisted on having the tubes removed for shipment. ARC provides a foam insert to protect them and this is usually placed inside the amp. | |
| What are we listening for during break in? Vindication? | |
| High priced power cable what about the romex The last three feet is the killer according to the subjective 'phile's bible! I lost in my attempts to have Hydro-Québec rewire with audiophile grade cable from my system back to the power generating system at the dam, damn! |