photon46
Responses from photon46
| More speakers for sale than other componenet. Y? Just a guess, but I'd venture that on the basis of the commonly held belief that a speaker is the most important component, people keep replacing speakers as they seek the ideal sound. In most cases, this doesn't yield the expected results because... | |
| Nitty Gritty I Don't Know How To Use Itty Sputniks, I've beeen using the N.G.1 for sseveral months and find it's quite simple to use. I'm sure others might have more anal retentive cleaning procedures, but this works for me. If the record is covered in fuzz, hair, or dust when it comes fr... | |
| Replace CD player or add DAC? Well, I agree with both Hack & Jond. Having had Adcom preamps & the CD67se in my system in the past, my experience has been that both can be bettered considerably by numerous reasonably priced preamps & cd players. You will hear improv... | |
| Belles 150A Short Review Phd, your short review (and other's impressions) certainly indicate that many listeners find the Belles a great amp & an impressive value. My own experience with a Hot Rod 150a was far less positive. I found it to be almost no improvement over... | |
| Cambrigde Azur 640c??? I have been using one for a little more than a year as a transport (providing a signal to a Sonic Frontiers/Assemblage Platinum dac 2.7.) As a transport, it is a great bargain, excellent performance. As a stand alone player, it's very nice for the... | |
| What songs do you never get tired of? Joe Satriani "Always with me, always with you," Eric Johnson "Cliffs of Dover," Stevie Ray Vaughn "Riviera Paradise," Ernie Hakins "Mean Little Poodle," White Stripes "Ball 'n a Bisquit," Dick Dale/Stevie Ray Vaughn "Pipeline," Dire Straits "Solid... | |
| Burning CD-Rs from iTunes and Apple Lossless Files I too experienced problems with anything other than WAV files when using Verbatim cd-rs. Once I switched to WAV, I've had no problems of any sort. My Cambridge Azur 640c would not read AIFF or Apple Lossless at all on Verbatim cd's, but would read... | |
| Goldring With a VPI? I used a Goldring 1042 with my Scout when I first bought the turnable. All in all, I was very happy with it. The TNT Audio website review of the cartridge corresponded well with my impression of it. The Goldring was getting a little well used, so ... | |
| VPI scout owners...Question here... You might be also hearing a slight slippage of the silicone drive belt on the pulley as start up torque is applied. I've noticed this noise is more likely to occur on the 45rpm pulley. This weird little squeak also happens when the belt needs a ta... | |
| Florida A'goners Bolt yer system down Thanks for your concerns everyone. We're battening down in Lakeland Florida preparing for the storm, which will likely pass a few miles just to the east of us soon. Not suprisingly, this is one rare evening that I haven't much desire to listen to ... | |
| Home brew cleaning solution For what it's worth, I say spend the money on a commercial cleaning solution even if the price seems high. I'm a reformed consumer who resisted commercial products for the same reason as you. I tried just about every diy formulation on the web, bu... | |
| Amperex 6DJ8 Tube Questions I've used all of the above (except green label) in my Music Reference RM5III preamp and found that, in my system, they break into two groups tonally. Of the O-getters, I love the Orange Globes the most. I agree with Tubelore Joe's evaluation. Very... | |
| "do it yourself" acoustics In support of your posted premise "do it yourself," may I humbly suggest you delve into one of the Kings of DIY's website "www.geocities.com/jonrisch" . You will find a plethora of diy acoustic projects to occupy yourself. I built his bass trap pa... | |
| Any superb balanced dacs up to $2,500 used?? The last DAC Sonic Frontiers/Assemblage made, the Assemblage 3.1 with the Platinum parts upgrade is a superb unit and it's a fully balanced design as I recall. Good luck finding one though, they never seem to be offered for sale. | |
| VPI Motor Upgrade Kit The Teres motor is four inches tall, so you'll have to address the incompatability in height somehow. You also drill a hole in the plinth to install a speed sensor, and install a strobe disc on the platter. I also considered this modification unti... |