pryso
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| What speakers can b considered as world reference? What the @#&& is a "world reference?Does this mean the best in the world? If so, impossible to answer because who could possibly hear and evaluate all the contenders.Or maybe it means any speaker on that list of contenders. But who could p... | |
| "S" shaped tonearm ? Audiofeil, if you think a '58 Edsel looks "cool", then you and I have VERY different tastes and senses of aesthetics. 8^) | |
| "S" shaped tonearm ? Well, here are my guesses - form followed function.Until sometime in the 50s, most arms were straight. Then, when the importance of offset angle became better known, arm manufacturers designed "S" or "J" arms to achieve this angle. Also, remember ... | |
| What determines the volume of a Turntable? First off, you never want to be able to hear your turntable!But I think what you are asking primarily relates to the combination of phono stage gain (dB) and cartridge output (mV). A search will find calculators for best matches such as the KAB si... | |
| New house room size opinions please........ Chad, have you raised your question with Brian at VMPS? He should know better than anyone what both the minimal and optimal room dimensions would be for your speakers. Of course there is the danger that you may not keep the FF3SREs the rest of you... | |
| LO MCs carts with RM-9/Shindo pre? Paul, I believe the arm/cartridge match is the most critical, assuming your phono stage provides adequate gain. I would start by finding a list of cartridges that are compatible with your Pro-ject arm, then narrow that list down based on your Shin... | |
| How to measure crosstalk Doug, good stuff, very helpful. I always assumed judging azimuth correction would require listening from the sweet spot but never tried it. My cartridge set ups have been limited to a close visual check for front vertical alignment of the stylus.T... | |
| How to measure crosstalk A different question for Doug and others who set azimuth by ear - can this be done by one person while listening off center? My tt is on a side wall, well outside the nearest speaker. I've never tried listening to a test tone for azimuth since it ... | |
| How to measure crosstalk Sorry guys, you've confused me.Dougdeacon calls for a notch filter above/below the test tone.Restock agrees, but suggests a 1KHz bandpass filter.I'm showing my electronics ignorance here but what filtering point(s) is/are needed for a 1K test tone... | |
| Potential new room, will this work well? Chadnliz, pay attention to Jkalman's advice. If you shorten the 40' dimension by 8', you end up with 32', depending on exact wall placement. Then you would have dimensions of 32 and 24, all divisible by 2, 4, and 8. This would not be good for mode... | |
| Reviews for Electron Kinetics Eagle 7A & 2000 amps Rkmcv, the Eagle 400s have a reputation as some of the best bass amps ever. If you bi-amp using your 7a on the woofers (with your 400s on the mid/tweeters?) please give us feedback with your results. | |
| 12 inch tonearms Tbg, I don't think you read Rgordonpf's post very carefully. He offered good comments on four different arms based on personal use. He pointed out one (the VPI) was particularly useful for anyone making frequent cartridge changes because ONCE the ... | |
| How to change vacuum tubes on the VPI 16.5 ? OK, I have a 16.5 and I also misunderstood the headline. I started thinking an EL-34 might be about the right size, then . . .Serious advice on removal will not be repeated here. However, one caution is to adjust the replacement suction tube so th... | |
| re: phono preamps; is vintage ss any good? Mcpody, no. My FET-10 is the only Threshold phono stage I have experience with. A friend built a fully regulated power supply for me and that takes performance up a step - I assume similar to the later version of the FET-10. I was told the differe... | |
| re: phono preamps; is vintage ss any good? Take this for whatever it might be worth. I agree with Mcpody to add Threshold to your list of candidates. I have a FET-10 which I took to a phono stage shoot-out at a friend's house. The benchmark was a Manley Steelhead. Out of six audiophiles pr... |