pryso
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| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Lew, beautiful job. You encourage me to check out stone dealers here in So. Cal. but I don't expect much of a selection in slate. It occurred to me that some of the potential sonic benefits of slate might be gained by using a 1" thick slate base u... | |
| Phono Pre with regular Line Input At least one EAR phono stage has a volume control but I don't know if any include line level inputs. Suggest checking their site or Audio Revelation, Jay may have your answer.http://www.audiorevelation.com/cre/index.php | |
| BEST cartridge money can buy? This type of question comes up all too often. I'm glad to see Raul and Audiofeil comment so I'm not the lone curmudgeon! Do you prefer chocolate or vanilla, Fords or Chevys (MB or BMW), blonds or redheads??? If might be nice for such a simple stan... | |
| Cleaning smaller records For those not familiar with various RC machines, perhaps I should explain more on my observation above.My Nitty Gritty had an up-facing suction slot to vacuum off the cleaning solution from the underside of the record. When placing any record smal... | |
| Cleaning smaller records Before buying my VPI, I cleaned my 70 or so 45s from junior/senior HS days on my manual Nitty Gritty. I simply covered the unneeded portion of the suction slot with a small sheet of plastic. It worked just fine. But if I ever want to clean them ag... | |
| Best set up for 78's ? Hi Lost:I can't speak from personal experience so no brand/model recommendations but I have done a little research on 78 playback. There are four areas of concern.Cleaning - because of the shellac, do not use any cleaning fluid with alcohol. Stay ... | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? Hi Lew. I can solder but have no ability to design circuits. I previously used a Threshold FET-10 (a unit I still endorse and a great bargain at $7-800) and an audio buddy built a regulated power supply for that for me. I changed to the JLTi mainl... | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? Hi Axel and Lew. I'll go out on a limb and recommend a unit I've not yet heard. One of my local audio buddies (he introduced me to Raul, literally during a visit) who has since built up a stable of at least two dozen MM carts uses a phono stage fr... | |
| Best frieght company to ship Speakers Thanks Tvad, and therefore a second on the TeamWW recommendation. This week I had a pair of speakers shipped in three wooden crates, totaling 350 pounds. Shipping residence to residence eliminated a couple of options, then since TeamWW's quote was... | |
| tonearms with VTA-towers for true "VTAF" Hi Axel, I've only been in this hobby for 40 years and I've never heard the term VTAF, so while I agree the concept is well known, I would question how common that abbreviation might be. But no matter.However, I do agree with the desirability of e... | |
| tonearms with VTA-towers for true "VTAF" Axel, what is VTAF? I think you my have confused vertical tracking angle (VTA) and vertical tracking force (VTF). And would you call the Graham Triplanar adjustment devices towers?Many arms incorporate a knob to adjust VTA, as opposed to one or mo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, a point of clarification. When you say positive VTA do you mean the arm is raised above being parallel to the record at the pivot point? In other words, the stylus is tipped slightly forward?This should be obvious to an old hobbyist like mys... | |
| Advice Needed on Mono Phono Preamps Sorry, T_bone, and any others looking for this great resource.http://geocities.com/midimagic@sbcglobal.net/mixphono.htmI trust this time it will link you up. | |
| Advice Needed on Mono Phono Preamps A few cautions - First, most American labels adopted the RIAA curve by 1955 but not all, and some eastern European and Asian companies not until the '70s. Therefore selectable EQ may benefit a good number of older LPs. Second, many different EQs w... | |
| Receiver Equivalent of Sansui AU Integrateds If you check on the Klipsch owner's site I think you will find several recommendations for Harman Kardon HK-430 and/or 730 receivers. |