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| How Many Turntables Have You Owned In their approximate sequential order -BSR (in Steelman portable radio/record player)Dual 1009ARRabcoAR/MaywareYamaha HP-3Philips 212Rotel (DD)Pioneer 1000MaplenollSOTA Sapphire/AlphasonWTTTKuzma Stabi/Stogi ReferenceTechnics SP-10 Mk2A/EPA-100 &a... | |
| LP for fathers day ideas please............ So why should other countries sync with the US? Did this idea come from the egocentric Bush Administration? If this truly presents a problem, why not select a new date for everyone? Back on topic, Chad it will be fun to hear what you chose and you... | |
| Worth having my SOTA Sapphire refurbished? SMEs are a classic combination with SOTA tables. For a real deal on the used market, the various Sumiko Premiers (MMT, FT-3, FT-4) or their siblings from Audioquest can offer a very high performance per dollar and are another popular choice with S... | |
| vintage turntables? Joe, could the Kuzma "Classic" you heard have been the one with the oak plinth and cover? If so, it was the Stabi table. Two arms were available, the Stogi and Stogi Reference. I was not aware that Cardas used a Kuzma but the Stabi/Stogi was revie... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? Ralph, regarding your comments on bi-amplified systems, have you ever heard the Orion system designed by Sig Linkwitz? In its intended configuration a separate amplifier channel is used for each of the four drivers per speaker channel. This is wit... | |
| LP for fathers day ideas please............ Chad, the "A Meeting by the River" could be an excellent choice for several reasons. I've not heard the vinyl version but have owned the CD for many years and expect the LP is even better. Even on CD, the sonics are wonderful (thanks to Kavi Alexa... | |
| Worth having my SOTA Sapphire refurbished? Rebbi, comments on two subjects for you.First, your SOTA. I'll cast another vote to keep it. There are a couple of tests you can perform so that Kirk and Donna can advise you. For your bearing, remove the belt and spin the platter by hand. Put you... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? One of the best bass amps, and a great deal on the used market, would be from the Eagle/EKSC line. A pair of their 2 series (A, B, C) stereo amps or 400 monoblocs might be outstanding. They are fast, tight, and provide great woofer control while s... | |
| Nakamichi cassette playback in non-Nak deck? John_z, back in the '70s and '80s I owned several different cassette decks. For me, the 3-head models were so much easier to record with due to the direct monitoring. With the low pricing for used cassette decks today, I would not consider anythin... | |
| for 'quick' cartridridge swapping, While you can set up the alignment in an interchangeable headshell and be done, you will still need to adjust for VTF and VTA whenever you swap (unless the second cartridge is a physical match) so it will take longer.With an arm tube such as VPI, ... | |
| Nakamichi cassette playback in non-Nak deck? John_z, I believe you could test for yourself. Since your options for a Nak will mean buying used, bring your Walkman with you when auditioning any deck you're considering to purchase and ask for a tape the seller made from that deck. Listen to it... | |
| Vintage preamps with stellar phono section..... With some luck on pricing, an older Audible Illusions preamp. | |
| Parasound JC-1 and Rotel RB-1090: Similar sound? Several current and previous Parasound amps offer decent power. A little research should identify which ones had design input from Curl. That is the direction I would go if looking for similar sonics in a surround or secondary system.BTW, the JC-1... | |
| vintage turntables? Chuckelator, the Thorens 160 is a belt drive, quite a different animal from the TD 124 rim drive that Art Dudley restored and wrote up. So, visual appearance aside, while many vintage belt drive tables can provide satisfying performance, what a fe... | |
| vintage turntables? Macrojack, I think it is misleading to state "the Technics SP-10 was originally designed for DJ work". I believe it was designed for studio application, which included radio DJs, but not club DJs as we think of them today -- mixin' and scratchin' ... |