petg60
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| Advice/Warnings for a newbie Hi,start using your gear, with what you have availiable. I understand that there is plenty of gain match between your pre/power/speakers. When accustomed to your system of how it behaves find and trust a good dealer and borrow sets of cables if po... | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? Hi,they are spinning at higher speeds and they are clamped.Some players even have weight clamps.+1 for more info being on the disc. | |
| New Preamplifier Hi,propably at the factory by mistake the tag was attached since everything else is set for USA use. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi,@spiritofradio, haha, all of them have an amazing feel of atmosphere at least. Great. | |
| CJ Preamp Teflon Recap Hi,adding Teflon caps or any other cap will not make your preamp more marketable, any mod or upgrade is for your ears only. If not satisfied with its sound sell it and go for a new one (or used). Your preamp has a lot of caps and is risky just to ... | |
| Opinions on best tonearm clips/tags Cardas, Mitchell or does it even matter Hi,any phosphor bronze, brass,...with good quality gold or rhodium plating on the tags will do. If shrinked then better for robustness. What matters is the wire quality connecting headshell and cartridge pins. | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? Hi,it shows, have: 96, want: 111. and a good median price.Physical contact in real time and no computing time.But there is the CD version also for comparisons, here have: 1, want: 1. | |
| Turntable power supply/motor’s role in SQ for belt drive TT Hi,drive, its all about drive. More pace, better and more stable image, better bass, less surface noise, etc.. AC ones need more complicated power supplies to keep noise down but have more inertia and torque, bass weight, speed is not affected by ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi,King Crimson - Lark's tongue in Aspic - UK original, very early copyCan- Future days - Reissue GermanyRush - Permanent waves - Canada original, with Rays on matrixCaravan - Caravan - UK first stereo issue 1969 on Verve Forecast | |
| Belt driven motor noise? My technics is dead silent? Hi,check that belt is not rubbing somewhere and check motor pulley for any eccentricity, leave it sometime running for the motor to get its tolerance. | |
| Belt driven motor noise? My technics is dead silent? Hi,if your Technics is direct drive or belt driven with dc motor it should have less audible noise coming from the motor compared to a tt driven with an ac motor. Now if you get a 2 or 3 phase ac motor in a heavy casing you minimize further any no... | |
| Who’s been tinkering while trapped? Hi,reinstalled and realligned my cartridge = workedcleaned the dust = workedswapped all the cables in the system = did not work fully , so i have learned not to upset some thingscleaned all contacts = workedretightened speaker drivers bolts = work... | |
| Upgrading my Sovtek 6922 vacuum tubes Hi,for better bass response try Amperex 7308, Siemens E88CC or any Holland E88CC. All from early to mid 1960 production.If you want to keep the same character of what you are having now but with everything way better try Voskhods 6N23P from 1976-1... | |
| How too clean top/sides of black metal on McIntosh units HI,Damped magic eraser, or the likes.Don't go mad slight pressure. Any moisture left wipe it off with a microfiber. | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc hi,3 of them, Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker- i ve got the music in meJim Keltner/Ron Tutt - The Sheffield drum recordAmanda McBroom & Lincoln Mayorga - West of OzAs in op not spectacular but real fun. |