pryso
Responses from pryso
| is there a stereo blue book for value of old gear Although I have not seen one in recent years, I always found Orion to under value equipment. My suspicion was that it's real purpose was to justify dealer's low ball quotes for trade ins. | |
| Should I retip a Shinon red, or replace it? $350 Evan, I've owned a Shinon Red Boron since new. My first one was replaced under warranty when the cantilever collapsed after about six months. The second one has lasted all these years. It has not been in continuous use so it is impossible to estim... | |
| EFFICIENCY Efficiency is a relative rating. My speakers are officially rated at 90 dB. However, the manufacturer recommends a minimum of 100 watts, and "200 watts for full musical enjoyment". I've tried many different amps over the years and ended up with 40... | |
| Do you ...Center Channel? For me, the issue of a CC relates in part to the general poor design of most CC speakers. One primary reason for a CC, at least for HT, is to anchor dialog to the screen for those seated off center. Yet the majority of CC designs are a horizontal ... | |
| Reagrding the Ohm Walsh F & A Now Walsh TLS-I, II Dale, it's obvious you put a lot of effort into this. However, breaking it up into appropriate paragraphs would make it easier to read. | |
| Has Anyone Removed & Replaced the VPI Arm I recently bought a JMW-10 arm, and then some upgrade parts from VPI, to install as a second arm on a custom plinth. This arm does not require a mounting hole as do most other arms. There is a base plate for the arm that requires three machine scr... | |
| 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... |