piedpiper
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| New analog system disappoints, please help polarity is not generally consistent enough to warrant thinking of one orientation as always better, or, arguably, even usually better. | |
| New analog system disappoints, please help Sounds like the cartridge isn't even broken in yet. Also, when you say you burned in the Jarra for 24 hours, do you mean you just left it on or did you play 40 records through it. Aside from the above advice to double check set up which is a given... | |
| yet another KAB mod question Clamp vs. no clamp is not a subtle difference on any table, and IMHO clamps work differently and better than weights. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice Congratulations! sounds very cool. I'd love to see a good picture of the Z lift arrangement. .008 is quite thick and may have adverse effects on tone arm movement. The wire I use is much thinner than even .003. It is a pain to work with but worth it. | |
| How to flatten Vinyl Albums agreed. Classic Records in particular seem to be negligent. Having said that, there is some benefit in deep cleaning even new record, regardless of the apparant shape it in. | |
| Connecting a Step Up Transformer a quiet step up such as a transformer will certainly give less noise, but at the expense of the added degradation of another stage and interconnects. | |
| How to flatten Vinyl Albums ...and expensive. glass in the oven will do fine. 10 minutes may be too short though. Be sure to leave it in the oven for the 24 hours with the oven off unless you like your licorice pizza crispy.Rega glass platters work great because they're the ... | |
| Connecting a Step Up Transformer I wouldn't bother degrading your sound in order to get your volume pot below 12 o'clock. You will need to set the loading to 47k and set the phono gain to the MM setting. | |
| Reversing absolute phase ...and that's only if the kick was close miced, which it usually is. | |
| Mapleshade and others just trying to offer and solicit useful info. In retrospect, my use of the phrase, "blow away anything you put against them", was ill advised, regardless of my experience. If I understand you correctly, you have extensive experience with the entir... | |
| Mapleshade and others Perhaps I should have said IME instead of IMO. I've compared all the levels of Mapleshade passive models with Acoustic Zen, Harmonic Tech, Nordost, Kimber, Audioquest, Cardas, Straightwire, Siltech, Aperture, Synergistic Research, Tara Labs and ot... | |
| Mapleshade and others Audiofeil,Care to list the specific details of your experiences yourself? | |
| Has anyone updated Senn HD650 cable? ...and the Sennheisers don't need the added warmth of the Cardas although it is an improvement in other ways. | |
| Need help buying a used turntable for $500 Detroit,what you describe is a ground issue which although sometimes a bit elusive can ususally be dealt with in short order. Nothing to be afraid of an certainly not specific to any given rig. Check out the many posts re: this very common questio... | |
| Baby Koetsus? ie, Poor Mans Koetsu Bear in mind that of course the differences show up much more on a highly resolving system. |