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Best Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Sasha For build quality and sound quality, the best integrated I have seen in this thread is the darTZeel - it is absolutely best quality, and works extremely well with Wilsons. | |
Good turntable needed, need recomendations. The Wave Kinetics NVS table is a very serious attempt at the state of the art in direct-drive - it was designed by a group in the graduate Physics Department at Stanford. If I were in the market for a new table, I would make sure I heard it. It ha... | |
CartridgeCompatability:Arm/Amp Most Important? The 8 Hz. - 12 Hz. resonant frequency, regardless of the cartridge/arm combo, is usually not an issue with good modern tables due to their low rumble.Dan-ed is correct that it's the other interactions between cartridges and arms, much higher up in... | |
small companies making today's best products A couple of comments:1) The wisdom of buying big-name products.The history of high-end audio is mostly a story of well-known brands that are now dead, or, to the extent they still exist, are merely trademarks purchased out of liquidation proceedin... | |
Dialing in my analog rig - Need help Peter: Many thanks for your very helpful, expert instructions. | |
Dialing in my analog rig - Need help If a thin LP and thick LP were both cut at exactly the same angle, the thickness of the LP would affect the tracking angle, but it would be a nominal amount (a degree or so). In contrast, differences in angle resulting from adjustment of the cutti... | |
Difference between mesh vs. solid plate 300B? The meshplates are not standard Western Electric spec. 300B's - their plate voltage is down about 10%. They therefore can't be run in amps like the VAC Renaissance series that run 300B's near their maximum plate voltage. | |
What is your favorite tv theme song/composition? Streetbeater (Sanford and Son). I have it on CD and occasionally play it. | |
Looking for a best TT without arm for under 10K. I don't know what the pricing is, but the Wave Kinetics table is a very serious attempt at the state of the art in direct-drive. It was designed by a group in the graduate Physics Department at Stanford - if I were in the market for a new table, I... | |
small companies making today's best products Most brands in high-end two-channel audio are made by one to four-man outfits who often work out of their garages or basements after they get home from their day jobs. There are very few that sell $1 million in product a year. They may have a tech... | |
Dialing in my analog rig - Need help That PS Audio tutorial on setting VTA is somewhat helpful to the extent it provided an explanation of how records are cut:"The object is to match, as closely as possible, the same VTA as the original cutting head for the master was set. Typically,... | |
Dialing in my analog rig - Need help "Point being that if the LP is thicker then the rear of the arm must be raised for the same playback VTA as a thinner LP."That's your point - it was not mine. It's a myth that arm height should automatically be increased to ensure proper VTA with ... | |
Dialing in my analog rig - Need help The single biggest obstacle by far to analog performance is incompetent set-up - there are very few people who really know what they're doing. Where to start ... the above referenced link to cartridge set-up states: "One could spend a good portion... | |
Ortofon/Dynavector ? cartridge characteristics Dan_ed: I think you're right to "just listen" to tonearm / cartridge combos. Given the low rumble of most modern tables, the 8 Hz. - 12 Hz. resonant frequency issue is basically irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. What IS crucial are the other res... | |
Ortofon/Dynavector ? cartridge characteristics I would call Kevin Hayes at VAC and ask him which tap the 70/70 tends to sound best with - I can never remember, but I think it may be the 8 Ohm tap. I use the 8 Ohm tap because my speakers average between 6 to 10 Ohms. I've used the 4 Ohm taps fo... |