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| Replace panel or add subpanel? Erik, thank you. I should have added: the existing panel is at the bottom of the stairs to the basement, which will open first to the listening room. I think the best place for the outlet to feed the system in the listening room would be only 20 f... | |
| Diagnosing and fixing transformer hum Miller I will get someone in to do some safety checks and tend to a few issues I can already observe. A local dealer has recommended his electrician as being audiophile sympathetic. When he’s there (and confirmed nothing is live!) I’ll polish conn... | |
| Diagnosing and fixing transformer hum NoRom and 3EP: yes, I was thinking that maybe the house move loosened things. Unfortunately, the way the unit is designed, it looks like getting to the mounting bolts of the transformers means removing the circuit boards underneath, which I don’t ... | |
| Diagnosing and fixing transformer hum @tuberist Good thought. The DC blocker also includes a tester, thanks. A couple of outlets are wired incorrectly, but hum is there when using the outlets with no problems. I will get an electrician in to do further checks and fix such issues, for ... | |
| Ortofon 2M Bronze vs 2M black any difference? Search Michael Fremer’s Analog Planet comparison of nine cartridges, which included both the bronze and black 2Ms. You can download files to hear the differences (which I felt were clear). | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Hi Prof, it’s been fun — if a little exhausting — to follow your journey. I find much to agree with in your accounts, so I think we hear the same way. I like the little Spendors, but I haven’t liked the larger BBC models so much, which to me are t... | |
| Proac D30R vs Devore O93 I lived with a Leben CS 600 for many years, first with ProAc Tablettes and then with Devore O93s. Before getting the Devores, I tried the Leben with ProAc D2s (a lauded combination at the time).Obviously, I preferred the Devores over the ProAcs. B... | |
| Cartridges that get strings right? My thanks to those who have made suggestions about cartridges ;)I’m intrigued about the comments about tracking. Getting the fundamental and the overtones right (for those who like statistics: I suspect “right” has a lot to do with an even transf... | |
| Ortofon TA 210 vs Jelco 750 Chakster, do you have any experience with Soundsmith cartridges? I’m attracted to the theoretical advantages of moving iron and the low retipping costs. | |
| Ortofon TA 210 vs Jelco 750 You raise a good question, to which the short answer is no. I intend when next at the dealer to bring my GM E and compare against his suite of SPUs, including those with replicant profiles. I don’t know yet whether there’s something uniquely speci... | |
| Devore O93 vs Super 9s Although Leben and Shindo are often in the same stores — as you probably know, they have the same distributor — but they have very different house sounds, IMO. I would say Shindo puts a big emphasis on tone color. The sound is vivid and “fleshy”. ... | |
| Devore O93 vs Super 9s O/93 owner — of five years — here. What is your amplifier and what were the amps used at the dealer? The O/93 makes amplifier differences more apparent than most speakers, in my experience. | |
| VPI Classic vs Clear Audio Wood Hi MPI owned a Classic 1 with Zephyr Mk 1. I would describe the sound as very clean, quite dynamic, with good pitch. I would not describe it as big on tone color. Quite a different set of sonic priorities than the Leben — not that one is “wrong” a... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Prof, that’s pretty much my story — I now have vinyl playback that provides tone and clarity.More importantly, your comments are consistently measured and constructive — kudos. I just wish you would plunk for the Devores, that’s all ;) | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Chadsort, sorry to hear of your disappointment. Many good suggestions here: first, live with it a while (an option that costs you nothing); listen to some original, all-analog records (no need for audiophile recordings); re-inspect set-up (includi... |