psychicanimal
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| Monolithic PS1 HC1 Why not? It depends on the cartridge. I wouldn't really try to use anything with output below 0.9 mV, but that's my own personal cutoff point. I have a PS-1 with a modded 1200 and Ortofon X5. An internet buddy of mine has a Rega 25 w/Ortofon X5 an... | |
| Solid state amps under 1000 Don't forget Audio by Van Alstine...direct marketed, no dealer markups, solidly engineered. | |
| shielded cables & IC's or not? If someone wants to try, Higwire has Wirewraps for interconnects. Buy an unshielded cable and experiment with the Wirewrap--then you'll know if shielding improves your particular interconnect. I plan to do this experiment with my Tice interconnects. | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? No flames--I read a post in the Asylum by Jon Risch where he says he suspects 50% of the sound in power cords is due to proper grip... | |
| Preamp recommendation pre amp Again, this is the cables forum... | |
| How to fight dirty power - I need your help I would only plug the CDP to the Isolation transformer...it really needs to stay in solitary confinement. The thing about the ONEAC brand is that they use a patented "virtual ground" which isolates your house's ground from that of the isolated com... | |
| shielded cables & IC's or not? I recently switched from Phoenix Gold interconnecs (shielded, twisted multistranded design & cooked for a week on a Mobie) to Tice Audio (solid core, unshielded, TPT treated). Simply no comparison...so much music, smoothness of sound and openn... | |
| How to fight dirty power - I need your help Q: "What is the best way to solve the problem?"A: No such answer, except for having your own generator...It takes several tools and approaches to tackle noise. I would buy a used little ONEAC isolation transformer (2 amp) from eBay and plug your C... | |
| budget cleaning ideas for garage sale records? Here's the other DIY record cleaning machine I know of:http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html | |
| budget cleaning ideas for garage sale records? I have seen at least two different DIY plans...The vacuum is only necessary to extract the cleaning fluid from the album. | |
| budget cleaning ideas for garage sale records? There's a few DIY vacuum record cleaning machine plans--one of them is in www.enjoythemusic.com. Thank Steve Rochlin, the DJ... | |
| Aopen AX4B-533Tube Motherboard monoblock? I think they're VERY serious:http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTAyMzE0MTM4MmFRVDh6SHlEY0xfMV8xM19sLmpwZw==I would like to have one with an AMD chip... | |
| How much should I spend on cd transport Why don't you ask Frank Van Alstine? He demo's his $1399 DAC with a very cheap CDP... | |
| B&K with bryston? Listen to the Psychic...and read my threads on 2 channel HT.I used to own JMlab speakers (Tantal 509). If there's something you don't want to do is to mismatch that inverted titanium dome with a bright and/or harsh amplifier. If you want movies an... | |
| best used amp pre-amp combo for a grand "I do want to be able to run speakers in 4 locations."Better check Audio by Van Alstine's integrated amp. The professor knows what he's doing...and his amps are designed for long speaker runs. I heard his stuff at the Chicago Audio Society last No... |