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What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment
Hi 4yanx: I really appreciate your answer. Thank's God, Doug don't match my experience, if this it happen then we don't have anything to talk about it. My point is that, till now, Doug never open the window " to see what happen out side his home "... 
What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment
Dear Doug: As you know I'm a newcomer to this forum. In this time my perception is that you always give an answer " because you have to give an answer and argue about ". I explain this issue: you told us that " only takes 30 seconds for do a chang... 
What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment
Dear Samir: Here it is another way to adjust VTA/SRA:invert the polarity in one channel, put a mono record, set the preamp in mono and adjust the VTA/SRA where you hear least sound. The VTA/SRA is a critical parameter, but don't be madness and obs... 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear Doug: To list my system is not an ease task, because it need and explication at each chain stage. So I need some time to do this. I will do as soon is posible.Regards.Raul. 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear Eduard: As I told you I test severals step up transformers in the past. One of them was: Fidelity Research XF-2L ( an expensive unit ), this one was a first rate product between the differents step up transformers that I own in the time. Now,... 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear Eduard/Doug: Maybe the problem is in that both of you use tube electronics and in this way you have to use the step up transformer with a low output moving coil cartridge.Tube electronics, per se, is another issue, but that is another history... 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear John: Please read my answer to Mr.Dougdeacon.Raul. 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear Dougdeacon: I agree with you: there-are-no one way streets on audio and that a high gain phono stage has its own problems.The issue here is ( for me ): wich way do less harm to the signal reproduction. If you have a preamp with a high gain bu... 
Have anyone pics and tech-data for a SU-1 step-up?
Dear Kleech:Why I already told that a step up transformer degrades the quality of the sound/signal reproduction ? .Well: for you can use a step up transformer you have to have a preamp with a built in phono stage ( RIAA equalization ), like yours.... 
ikeda mc-transformer
To vinyldoes. Dear friend: We are talking of two different issues. You are talking about: that you likes more the colored sound of a step up transformer ( noise, distortion, phase shift, contamination, additional conecctors/cables, etc ) and if th... 
ikeda mc-transformer
Dear Eduard: I forgot. The owner of Ikeda Labs is the former of Fidelity Research. A great companyRegards.Raul. 
What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment
Dear friend: The best way to set up the VTA is: trust in your ears and experience in live music, take 3-4 records that you know very well and set the VTA where you have the better FOCUS ( I agree in all what already told you Dogdeacon ). Best rega... 
ikeda mc-transformer
This is for John Tracy: I´m living in this planet. Maybe you don´t know wich is the difference between an outboard stepup transformer and a built-in phono stage. First, you can use the outboard stepup transformer only if your preamp has a builtin... 
OK...I'm getting ready to buy a new Phono pre amp.
Dear friend: Great audio system. If you want to improve your quality analog audio reproduction I recomended that you have to change your pream/phono stage ( first ). The best is to buy a preamp with a built in phono stage ( no step up transformer ... 
Tonearm cable recommendations
Dear friend: Silver oval by Analysis Plus. The best.Regards.raul.