psychicanimal
Responses from psychicanimal
| DJ vs. Audiophiles If you have a Technics S-shaped arm w/ removable headshell, the modded Stanton Groovemaster II will give you *serious* audiophile perfomance. Extremely decent... | |
| Home brew vinyl & stylus cleaning fluids? I have been using *demineralized* water for cleaning my stylus and it is working really good. Have used Last stylus cleaner once in two months!!! | |
| DJ vs. Audiophiles A DJ cartridge has a shorter cantilever, technically speaking. This makes it stronger, allowing 'back cueing' and 'scratching'. Also, they are designed to track at heavier weights and give out a rather high output voltage.I wouldn't call their fea... | |
| How can I get back into vinyl very cheaply? Bomarc, I've answered your question via private e-mail.Technics has a mass manufacure advantage and experience that is hard to beat by other companies. Their entry level belt drive with FG servo speed control has a good arm, good bearings, good su... | |
| How can I get back into vinyl very cheaply? Bomarc, I've had two Audiogoners with very expensive digital rigs come listen to my 1200 on steroids: Deano and Lak. I wouldn't have invited them over if the *creature* wasn't really good sounding!My music collection is 70% vinyl, BTW. | |
| How can I get back into vinyl very cheaply? Quote: "I had a denon direct drive turntable when I was a kid, but reading this site makes my think that a belt drive table would generally be superior."The Psychic says: "Don't believe everything you read..." To get good speed and rotational stab... | |
| Lovan: Stereophile recommended disappointment. Lovan Classic II, that is. I don't mind their stock shelf--it is a good *template* for my future real shelf. I want to use a steel shelf bolted together to a piece of non resonant, Caribbean Moca wood. I have a Moca board that I'm experimenting wi... | |
| Diffusors vs. absorbers room treatment Rives, I like what you're doing for home audio/video. It's really commendable. Way out of my budget, though. I am working on the acoustics of the new townhome I moved to. The Carlo Foam Factory (www.foambymail.com)is about 1 1/2 hr from me and I'v... | |
| How many weeks of income did your sys. cost? Congratulations, Sdcampbell! Very well expressed. I see this equipment thing in terms of how much music I can get for less than is "supposed". The silver plated copper, teflon insulated wire that I use sells for 65 cents a foot in the surplus mark... | |
| Diffusors vs. absorbers room treatment Here's some bedtime reading:http://www.decware.com/room.htm | |
| AudioQuest RF Stoppers Buy TDK ferrite cores, 99 cents each. No need to pay Voodoo pricing... | |
| Upgrading Planar 2 Translating TWL's post means: get low noise, speed and rotational stability--then move on.The Planar 2 won't deliver that, though... | |
| Help trying to return to vinyl "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try."Master Yoda. | |
| How to isolate aurios to reduce glare? I recently bought a set of Polycrystal cones. Tap one of your cones against glass and there will be your answer...I would get some form of line conditioning for your CDP. One of the smaller ONEAC's (2-4 amp)with a C-core transformer and parallel f... | |
| Power Conditioning for a mid-fi system. Hey DeKay, you're alive! I have some CD's for you...Back to line conditioning, Match, if you ask the wrong question you are more than likely to get answers like the above ones. Read and learn--there is no single one conditioner that will solve you... |