rdk777
Responses from rdk777
| LP Cleaning Services To date, I have not been to a used record store that cleans all LP's prior to selling them. In addition, some of those records are on shelves for a long time and will attract dust over time. Regardless, all used LP's should be cleaned properly pri... | |
| Kuzma Stabi R mat? I had the Stabi R a few years back. Nice turntable - got it with the wood trim upgrade, but at the time was only limited to one tonearm, hence sold. The Stabi R clamp that came with the turntable worked great. Also tried the ebony clamp which i... | |
| Tube or solid state Had a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated amp (ss) with an ARC Ref 2SE phonostage. Awesome combination - added some tube flavor to the music. I think the ss/tube combo is a good compromise. | |
| Keeping Track of Vinyl Playback Time Thanks all for the suggestions. The StylusTimer seems like it would work. I have gotten used to tracking the hours thru my phonostage, and would like to continue to do so. | |
| Phono Pre Gain I'm going to say that 64 dB is probably not enough for a 0.2 mV output cartridge. I have the ARC Ref 2SE phonostage w/ 72 db output and when I had the Ortofon Anna (also w 0.2 mV output), it was not loud enough for me. I could hear the hiss fro... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Nobody is going to build a "fundamentally flawed arm" and sell it for thousands of dollars. I too have not heard of a single bad review of the arm from owners. It's one of those things - unless you try it yourself, it'll just be speculation. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wilco - A Ghost is Born Rhino pressing - not too shabby. Awesome album except for the track Less than You Think. | |
| Minusk platform I have a 3/4 in quartz plate on top of the Minus K and have no ringing. The weight of my turntable/tonearms, and the quartz plate is very close to the 100 lb rating of the Minus K, which is optimal. | |
| Cartridge "upgrade" to Dynavector XV1T You need an excellent SUT to bring out the best in cartridges. I had a ZYX Universe II X and always considered it an okay cartridge (using w ARC Ref 2SE phonostage). However, when I got an EMIA Silver SUT, the ZYX turned out to be extra-ordinary ... | |
| Dynavector 10x5 retip Hey Nice Guy What is your question? Are you asking if you should get something else done besides a new cantilever and tip? Where are you getting your retip done? | |
| Phono Stage SoulNote E-2, the only one that accepts DS Audio Optical cartridges and more.. Resurrecting this thread. Is this phonostage available in the US? | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable @lohanimal - what custom cable did you end up ordering? I am trying to connect a KAB RF1 rumble filter between amp and phonostage. I bought a pair of XLRF-RCA and XLRM-RCA (Mogami) from Amazon and it works fine. However, I might go down the sil... | |
| Best way to keep REL sub from “hopping around” at high volumes +1 @dekay That's what I use as well. However, I have wood floors so for the most part they stay put - there are few tracks that can move them. Sounds like you have slippery floors, so it may be at least worth a try. | |
| A New MC to Catch One's Attention Powerball is almost $2 billion. | |
| Top Class Audio Art in HK opinions? I just recently purchased a $2500 SUT from them. I dealt with Tommy Cheuk. No issues - prompt shipment. |