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| Shure V15--A Good Cartridge? Poor, poor, pitiful Shure V-15. It suffers from the same problem as Paradigm Studio 100 v2s: providing way too much value for money so that total lack of snob appeal becomes the limiting factor. | |
| What companies have gone above and beyond? Thiel stood behind twelve year old product. One would hope that nothing ever breaks. When it does, companies should try to emulate this company. | |
| Vinyl's Noise Floor I think that what you are pointing to is the Achilles heel of the analog turntable. While devotees of vinyl insist that they can hear around or through the noise, I fail to see how that can be done. They insist that the musicality inherent to anal... | |
| What is the best Beatle Song Satisfaction? | |
| Is it necessary to clean every record? That is part and parcel of the great world of vinyl. Why forego such a treat. Even the dirt that you don't see can affect the record. Firstly, it may not sound right, secondly, you can damage the record permanently by having the stylus go trough m... | |
| HELP... 2 yr. old pushed in the dust cover Scotch Tape works fine. You may want to reduce its tackiness by first applying it to a clean hard surface. Do not attempt to use any solvent to remove the adhesive from the driver. It is better left there as the risk of damaging the driver is alwa... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Almost speakers:Hand-me-down mono hi-fi console by Emerson (from older brother) tube sound, wow! So little volume I would press my ear against the front where the "driver" was (may explain my deafness to some).Hand-me-down stereo hi-fi console by ... | |
| Is this thing for real? That does it. If chronic upgrading is some form of neurosis, this has to be schizophrenia writ large. Help! Get me out of here... | |
| Snell Reference A Tower v. Paradigm Studio 100 v2 Some brands offer more for your money and get hammered by some in the process. I have never heard the Snell's, but own a pair of Paradigm Reference 100v2s which replaced Thiel 3.5s. in my system. I auditioned a small number of speakers. Really lik... | |
| No interest in battery powered components? I asked the same question on AA thinking a majority would laugh it off. Much to my surprise, most did not and at least one, if I remember correctly, indicated, like you, that he was presently using batteries. I am still far from convinced that the... | |
| CDP with "holographic" sound for less than 1000? Your list is missing the Arcam FMJ CD 23. Proprietary d/a converter similar to Dcs. Front loader. Vibration damping chassis. Gets the low level details right. Pretty bad remote. If you hated so-called cd sound, you should love (or at least very mu... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Neubilder, that has been my take on this for a while now. I even, tongue-in-cheek, once proposed that we go back to stereo consoles with everything hardwired. I would love to hear improvements brought about by tweaks. Unfortunately, I can't just f... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Bmpncyc, the only store bought isolation device I have are four rather ancient Audio-Technica feet under my Arcam FMJ CD 23. The speakers are spiked to the concrete floor of my listening room. In all honesty I can tell you that whether the AT feet... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good analogue turntable No longer made but Harman-Kardon T-60 or T-65 is probably as good as it gets with auto-lift capability. The lift mechanism is optical, I believe, and does not interfere mechanically with the arm. Better than comparable Thorens way back when. What ... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Audiofile9, you will have to speak louder my hearing aid batteries have died. I postulate that even if one admits for sake of argument that vibration can affect solid state circuitry by the mechanism you indicated in your post, you leap to the con... |