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| tone arm with 10gr mass with 15 gram weight cartridge? Some manufacturers use "compliance unit" or CU as simpler abbreviation, but it means exactly the same thing as the others. | |
| tone arm with 10gr mass with 15 gram weight cartridge? With that tonearm effective mass plus screws and that cartridge weight you should look for a cartridge with 15cu compliance to get approx 8,15hz resonant frequency. Anything between 8-19cu would be ok, having a range of resonant frequency between... | |
| What should I be looking for when buying my 1st Reel To Reel ? Spares availability, ease of maintenance, condition of unit and heads. These were three things i checked when bought my Revox B77II (second hand). A good technician is required to align and check the deck (for your preferred tape also) as most l... | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? When using it a playstation 3 first generation. | |
| hana sl or one of the AT-ART9? You may consider Zyx Ultimate 100 H, nearly same pricing as AT ART9Xi but with slightly higher output. More neutral, warmer and faster. Hanas are fine both ML and Tunami but above that cames the Etsuro Urushi which is amazing. | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? A lot in common, though i find WRC more spectacular. But a good year for F1 since Ferrari and Alfa Romeo are doing much better. | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? What i have found to work is: Rack well behind speakers or away. If closed cabinet surely far away. Speaker placement. Room treatment of any kind (absorbers, diffusers, resonators) A well designed rack and not tall enough. | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? A great system makes good recordings, sound amazing. Listening to anything not meeting that standard, will be played once and put back in its case. never to be heard again. Why is that? The Greatest performances can be on poor recordings. | |
| 12AWG speaker wire @tomcy6, Triple C is a different and an advanced forging process and stands for "Continuous Crystal Construction" Copper is compressed to 70% by forging tens of thousands of times by gradual application of pressure with a fixed angle and directi... | |
| 12AWG speaker wire The better the copper, the better the sound. Triple C will sound better than OCC which in turn will sound better than OFC and so on. Of course cable geometry, construction, solid core or multistrand, plus materials used for insulation and sheath ... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? A poor recording will always remain as such. What you get with a better balanced system is that even a poor recording would have a meaning. No it will not sound good but it would be easier to follow. | |
| REGA RP 1 Turntable Repair question Most likely the phase capacitor is off. Airpax motors do not go funny so easily. But this is my guess. G | |
| Is The FM tuner obsolete? If you have a good tuner enjoy it now and when FM broadcast ceases start thinking about streaming, | |
| Help with SME 309 arm lift. Will not lower or rise. Try to do the procedure again till the screw unlocks, at the same time press lightly with your finger the lift or play slightly with the cue lever and see what happens. | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps Tube preamp and ss power amp is a good thinking and reduces greatly the use of too many tubes. But that's all. Sound quality matters the most |