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| Source for spikes? Acman3, you'r on to something here :-)On the other hand, the studs are very inexpensive and works incredibly well, they never dull or bend at the point. When using 4 or more spikes they are infinitely adjustable so that you can get a solid foundat... | |
| Source for spikes? Acman3, :-) LolYou have to think out of the box, the pointy end goes in the opposite direction you'd otherwise use these :-)Good ListeningPeter | |
| Source for spikes? 3/8 x 16 Threaded studsAvailable in 1/4 x 20 thread also, by far the most economical solution and they will never dull at the point. You'd of course need to use these with a nut and a washer.Best of luckPeter | |
| Has anybody heard a Monster cable Alpha Cartridge? Had several of them years ago remember them as very nice sounding. They however should be quite old by now 15-20 years so depending on how stored the suspensions could have deteriorated. From memory they were made by ZYX, but not sure about that. ... | |
| Hey Elizabeth Where you be?? Just sent her a PM with a link to this thread - let see if she pops back up. Her responses here on the forums were always very entertaining.Good Listening AllPeter | |
| Best dac used for 2k$ Just traded in a dCS Elgar Plus on one of our DX dAc's, this will just fit within your budget :-)Good ListeningPeter | |
| Ortofon's new A95 - titanium SLM cartridge A95 also on my shortlist - met with Louis from Ortofon at this past weeks CES from his description its a very neutral cartridge as was it's predecessor the A90, which I have owned. His description matched very well with what we heard in their disp... | |
| Banana Plug to Spade Adapter Banana to Spade AdaptorBest of luckPeter | |
| Rives Audio No More Jeff Hedback of HD design, did Art Smuck's room room which I've had he pleasure of listening in a few times, its excellent. You can search it here on AG.HD AcousticsGood listeningPeter | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. Here's an article on the subject of stylus wear.Analog PlanetGood listening and Happy New YearPeter | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. Have bought a few cartridges used, got burnt once as the cartridge was missing its stylus, as in completely gone. Got a small partial refund from the seller as he stated that he knew nothing about cartridges, and the ad stated such. He was selling... | |
| How to hook up monoblocks amp to single mono spkr If playing a mono cartridge (most have two sets of outputs where the same signal appears on both the red/green and blue/white set of terminals) into a stereo preamp/system a precise sound-image will appear right between the two speakers. If you ju... | |
| XLR vs RCA Make and use almost only fully balanced equipment, always use XLR. Our preamps do offer RCA inputs, however when a RCA input is selected it is converted to fully balanced right after the volume control. On our larger Olympia models we use 75 Ohm B... | |
| Control volume at speaker cable level for A/B?? L-PadBuy 2 (Mono) or 4 (Stereo) of these, this way both speakers (sets) have the same set of circumstances for evaluating them.Best of luckPeter | |
| Phono Preamp recommendation for VPI Prime Excellent point -- Al, (as always) The Liberty can effortlessly drive a load of < 30 Ohms. From its maker.Good ListeningPeter |