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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I've read through most of this thread with a lot of interest. It's great that there has been some experimentation and challenging of the 47K wisdom for MM loadings.Now I wonder if this same logic might be applied to a HOMC? I have an older Dynavec... | |
| Rolling Stone top 100 Guitarists - Howe/Van Halen I think these ratings are seriously tilted toward guitarists as "composers" of rock classics rather than players. John McLaughlin at #49 as an example. But that doesn't explain Pete Townsend at #50 or Richie Blackmore at #55. But why the hell is J... | |
| To mod or not to mod, dac is the question If you're going to mod, then do it yourself. Otherwise you will spend a lot of money that will never be recoverable on resale. Plus you'll learn somethin gin the process and have that pride of accomplishment thing going on as well.Here's a link to... | |
| Which songs/albums take you back to college? In college from '77 - '81 so there were several albums & songs:- Lots of friends were disco heads, but not me, so nothing in that camp- One Burbon, one scotch, one beer- UK - In the Dead of Night- Jean Luc Ponty - anything from Enigmatic Ocean... | |
| Black Sand Cable Power Cords How Good? Here's a link to a shootout/review of various PC's that I did a while ago. The Black Sands cables are very nice indeed, but it also depends on where you use them, and the cleanliness of your power, and ...http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic... | |
| Ayre CX-7e vs. Bryston BCD-1 As good as my Ayre CX7e is, and it is definitely better in terms of the flow of music and the depth and spacial aspects, it just can't compete with good vinyl. But then not much (if anything) really can.I'm on the waiting list for the MP upgrade. ... | |
| Tube preamp and McCormack DNA-500 Try this one:http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatube&1254098340&/Audioprism-Mantissa-Stereo-TubIt works wonderfully with my DNA .5 Rev A, especially after upgrading the coupling caps to teflons.Enjoy,Bob | |
| What about Cardas Cord? You can get extended lengths of the Kaplan cords over at www.tweekgeek.comVery nice cords for a reasonable price. | |
| Best Super-Tweek You Possibly Ever Did Speaker placement and judiciously positioned room treatments. The speaker placement is essentially a free tweak that just takes a good amount of time and patiance. Room treatments do not have to be expensive, but if you can hang them without wifel... | |
| Best system you can assemble for peanuts ? Well you can actually assemble almost any system on peanuts (i.e. packing peanuts). They might actually provide some nice isolation from external vibrations :-)But seriously, the used market is your friend, or if you are into it, the flea market a... | |
| Who has dumped the power conditioner? I think you may be losing your audience due to the bickering. Please cease and continue with the original posters topic.I used power conditioners for years and found that using cascading power conditioners on my digital rig made a nice improvement... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? A belt creep is someone who has a size 54 waist, but still uses a size 34 belt, hung WAY low over the grossly protruding beer belly :-)Belt slip is when he reaches for something over his head and his pants fall down :-)) | |
| Pat Metheny Fans, Great Suggestions Please ?? short answer - yes, ECM has historically released very good quality vinyl. | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? I don't know about the benefits of achieving maximum "deadness". I've run some informal experiments using different damping materials on my TT's plinth. I definitely found thet there is a point where there is too much deadening which sucks the lif... | |
| Upgrading wall outlets Speaking of dryers and improvements made, there are other appliances in your home that will definitely affect the deliver of electricity in your home. Generally anything that has a big draw on it will do this. Most notable the washer, since that b... |