pryso
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| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities Another vote for Manley amps. Not always with the same speakers but I've owned several tube amps and believe Manleys are at the top of the list.Of course that is a generalization. Some other amp with a particular speaker might be as good or bett... | |
| Interest in Ohm speakers Any report on the Ohms at RMAF? | |
| Cassette Decks in 2019 Al, I was pretty active with cassettes in the '70s and '80s. Not all at one time but I owned several decks -- HK (2), Tandberg, Nak (480, not impressed), Aiwa, Pioneer, etc. I was always disappointed by commercial pre-recorded tapes. But I neve... | |
| Ceramic insulator cone under phono stage shocker! uber, I may have missed this but I’ll ask.When you conducted Al’s test and didn’t hear noise while tapping on the tubes, were your cones still in the downward position? If so and the cones are more effective that way, possibly that masked a bad tu... | |
| Power amplifiers with selector Class of operation? mijostyn beat me to it. I found the lower bias setting on the JC-1s good for background listening and high bias (25 watts) better for critical listening. A toggle switch on the back of each chassis so very convenient. | |
| Who Has Technics Headshell with Azimuth Adjustment? From the Panasonic site photos it appears there is a set screw at the bottom of the barrel. It may be that headshell removal is necessary to access that screw, which would be a pain. Those manufacturers that provide a set screw on the side of th... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? 12hz, this is a sideways answer to your interest in the Chinook.I owned a Manley Jumbo Shrimp and Snapper amps for a couple of years. I was very pleased with the sonics of both but a problem developed with unstable bias in one amp. I lived in So... | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus Thanks dave. I suspected that so appreciate the confirmation. | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus For as many years as I've been playing LPs I should know this. But this thread helped me realize that I don't.Early stereo LPs often contained warnings against playing with a mono cartridge. Was that due to the larger conical mono stylus tip com... | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus chakster, sorry but spell check wants to change your moniker. I didn't notice in time to correct it. | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus chaster raises a good point which shows how deep the issue of "mono playback" truly becomes if you're half way serious about it. The RIAA equalization became effective in 1954, but many labels did not immediately adopt it. Some, particularly in ... | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus gf, my point in mentioning Carr and Lyra was to suggest even designers/manufacturers don't agree on this subject.Since I'm not an engineer I must rely on simple logic. And to me it is logical that stereo cutter heads being a different size and sh... | |
| Mono Reissues and the Conical Stylus Hi gf,I suspect your goal of "a stylus and cartridge that works for both old and new" may not be possible. At least not if your goal is to "optimize" overall playback.So far as I know, only stereo cutter heads are available now for all reissues, ... | |
| advice for mono cartridge Lew, I agree not many will bother with more than one mono cartridge, if even that. But apparently others really get specific in matching stylus tip with the groove. Just scroll down the options here. https://www.esotericsound.com/CartStyli.htmA... | |
| advice for mono cartridge From what I've read, hdm raises a good point about matching stylus size with the vintage of the LP and thus the grooves. Apparently all the cutter heads are now stereo (no surprise) so even remastered mono LPs will have a narrower groove than the... |