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Magico Pods vs Townshend Seismic Platforms
@j-wall Thank You for the Affirmation of my own advice to others. The Notion you thought of pindac as a Bot is BS on your behalf, if you want to be offensive just be it, I'm a Big Shouldered Boy with very very Thick Skin.    
Is AI going to kill Hifi?
Velvet Sunset - AI Band - Artificial Bands are the way forward. Hologram Entertainment is already filling Stadiums Virtual Debauchery as Bans Gossip is not too stimulating. Popularity means recordings to ne made of AI Bands, that will become a ... 
Help with TT for my System
The advice is certainly going to produce music as a End Sound in any configuration, Damper - No Damper - Factory Headshell To suggest that a Headshell is not to be exchanged is very opinionated and very limited to what can be experienced and more... 
Decent backup cartridge
Is this a Back Up Cartridge or an Infill Period Cartridge. How many hours is the Cart' expected to have usage as a weekly period?  Back Up,  for me is a Substitute Cart' possibly to be used to preserve the longevity of another Cart' as an attrac... 
Do you consider preamp input gain control?
This is a design created between myself and an EE who I have known for 30ish Years and has done commission builds for me since the 90's. I myself would not know how to add attenuation to the design. My input at present is having Bespoke Casings ... 
Footers under new speakers
If only heavy footfall was the detriment of the stylus, there are a range of Frequencies that have been worked on to find solutions to cancel them in their transit.     
Do you consider preamp input gain control?
The Prototype Pre Amp' I am using is a SS Design and will allow me to add up to 13dB of Gain. This has allowed me to select my preferred adjustment, which will be in the SS section up to 6dB of Gain and in the Valve Section, of which there are tw... 
My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours?
My Own one and one never expected to be the one I would thoroughly recommend for the Source Material for a Analogue Source is the following:                            PAVCR Manual Cleaning Method Never has a Analogue Sourced System delivered ho... 
Help with TT for my System
Better Start Cleaning the Vinyl Source Material, prepare for success. Better Start considering how the TT's support structure and how the TT is to be mounted on a Support Structure? Prepare for Success  The Five 'P's' are one friend.   
use of ChatGPT for HIFI
A Typical Search using a Support such as Google means the search undertaken by an individual has used 0.0003 KWh - 0.2g CO2 Emission.   A Typical Search using a Support such as Chat CBT means the search undertaken by an individual has used 0.0029... 
Footers under new speakers
I visualise a Cabinet Bolted to a Wall, being either a Cabinet functioning like a Shelf or a Cabinet is seated on the Floor and fastened to the wall the improve rigidity of the support structure. Both Methods offer a means to act as a Rigid Suppo... 
Yamaha YP-D8 and YP-D10
https://audio-database.com/YAMAHA/player/yp-d10.html  
6SN7 tubes and variants question.
I have quite few years of Rolling 6SN7's where only Half Tube is required in the circuit. I have used tubes from the 1940's - 50's - 60's - 70's up to ones bought New Stock a Few Years passed. Tungsol and EH and a Russian equivalent is also clas... 
Vinyl Warm Up Time
  @tcutter If these are SS Amp's, I sense a little music heard as Background Music will make the optimisation period feel speeded up. If Valve Amp's I can only suggest keeping close and having 'eyes on' the Amp's when in use. 'Eyes On' has alway... 
Vinyl Warm Up Time
The Following is the Info added to a Very Well Respected Cartridge Producers Web Page about Dampers used in general. " Suspension A phono cartridge suspension is like the gatekeeper to success in a phono cartridge. The suspension is typically ma...