piedpiper

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Pls Recommend Grado Green vs. Red P-Mount for Me?
Tox,sounds like you're simply missing a headshell. The Red is a little more transparent and with a smoother top end; worth it IMO, except that you're putting it on a pretty humble table that will not help the cartridge do its job very much. 
Mapleshade integrated Record COUPLING System
Ditto Traudio. I get the distinct impression that those who complain about price have no idea what goes into the R & D, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of small quantity specialty products such as these. It seems that no matter how l... 
Mapleshade integrated Record COUPLING System
Geoffkait,low temp yes, short time no. One way to be careful is to put it in the oven and put the heat on for your few minutes and then let the record sit there for several hours with the heat off. If that is not enough, you may need to periodical... 
Mapleshade integrated Record COUPLING System
Bergamo,just found it. It's www.soundfountain.com. 
Mapleshade integrated Record COUPLING System
Bergamo,couldn't find your website. 
Calling on B.A.T. VK-P10SE owners
got it, thanks, RG. Sounds like making them could be tricky then, but if you can figure that out then 1 and 3 would be the ones to short as stated above. 
Mapleshade integrated Record COUPLING System
The Mapleshade product does nothing for warps. It addresses mechanical grounding of resonances. A properly designed record clamp, periphery ring, vacuum platter or heated record flattening system are the only ways to flatten a warped record. The l... 
Calling on B.A.T. VK-P10SE owners
In case Rgurney's post wasn't clear, pin 1 is ground, pin 2 is positive and pin 3 is negative so that you will want to connect pin 3 to pin 1 with both then connected to the ground of your RCA. Connect pin 2 to the center pin of your RCA, leaving ... 
Rega Exact 2 on a Technics 1200
Certainly, for $600 you've got other options worth considering. Alignment shouldn't be a problem though. 
Rega Exact 2 on a Technics 1200
I think they compliment each other pretty well. You will need a shim between the headshell and the cartridge in that the Rega cartridges are very short in height and the Technics VTA will not go low enough to accommodate them. Regarding the phono ... 
Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration
If you use an SUT and you want to end up with a load of 845 ohms, you will need to use an SUT with a turns ration of 1:10 giving you 20db of gain in addition to that of your phono stage which should be at least 40dB. The resulting 60dB of gain mig... 
Could use a recomendation for a DJ table FOR AUDIO
I believe of those choices the Technics is the one, especially in light of the above comment re: KAB upgrades available to it. 
Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration
bear in mind that the Tempers are no longer and even the Phoenix is in Version 2 mode. The new cheaper Axia is considered a step above the older Phoenix. 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
you've inspired me to rethink my arm as well. I'm thinking of reversing the direction of the arm and make it very short ala the rare Maplenoll Apollo but mounting it on a separate plinth with a VTA adjustment dial on the back end in the form of th... 
Benz Ebony LP loading
once the LP it's broken in, I think you'll find that higher is better, more like 2k and up.