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| CA: Audio club in san diego area? The San Diego Music and Audio Guild is still going strong. The main meeting place is now the North Clairemont Recreation Center, though we only meet there about half the time. This month's meeting was held at a manufacturer's home in North County.... | |
| Is RIAA equalisation enough for Phono Stages? This site http://geocities.com/midimagic@sbcglobal.net/mixphono.htm has an expalnation of Pre RIAA equalization. If you click on the "Recording curves" and "Record label usages" links at the bottom of the page you will see the various Pre RIAA cur... | |
| Phono preamp/stepup recommendations The VTPH-2 is a recent acquisition so has only been to one shoot-out. It is better than the ASR Basis Executive and the E.A.R. 88PB and 324. There was one other phonostage, an Airtight if memory serves me correctly, but I wouldn't swear to it. Bas... | |
| Phono preamp/stepup recommendations I also use a ZYX UNIverse S-SB. The phono stages that I have used with it are a Vacuum State JLTi, a Herron VTPH-1mc, and a Herron VTPH-2. Our local audio group has phono stage shootouts several times a year. The JLTi and Herrons have consistently... | |
| Harmonics TU-800 EX Turntable mat. I have two friends that use the TU800 EXi and the even more costly Harmonix LP weight TU-812 (US$515). They use the mat on top of Micro-Seiki copper platters. They really like the TU-800 EXi and say the TU-812 weight makes it even better. | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Phono Stage Our local audio club does phonostage shootouts several times a year. We play our personal phonostages against phonostages supplied to us via a friendly local dealer. The clear cut winners at various price points have been the SS Vacuum State JLTi ... | |
| What to use if I just want one cleaning fluid? Your choice may be dictated by how many LPs you clean. I clean about 100 LPs per month, mostly thrift store finds. If I were to use one of the more expensive commercial fluids it would make a serious dent in my budget. So, I use a DIY fluid which ... | |
| Reversing absolute phase The Herron Audio VTSP-2 preamp has absolute phase on its remote. Attention to absolute phase via a remote is just one of the little things that add up to a great sounding system. It goes along with dressing cables, cleaning contacts regularly, run... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option I own the KAB strobe and it is very nice. It is also more accurate than the fluorescent light bulb. The fluorescent light bulb turns on and off approximately 60 or 50 times per second depending on where you live. However, the frequency is never ex... | |
| van den Hul cartridge - platinum coils The Positive Feedback article linked by Sergs is discussing a VdH Colibri XGW with a long cantilever. After the article was written the Colibri was sent back to the factory and converted to a XPW with the current style shorter cantilever. The chan... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Acoustic Science Corp (makers of Tube Traps) also recommends getting the subwoofer(s) up off of the floor (18" to 21") using their Subtrap.My VMPS Larger Subwoofer is 21" off of the floor and it sounds much better with a tighter response. | |
| 12 inch tonearms Dmgrant1,I have a Moerch DP-6 with two 12" arms (6gr and 13.1gr), a VPI 12.5 with two arm wands, and a Schroeder Reference with 9" 12gr arm. I have the VPI and Moerch set up on the same turntable right now with identical cartridges (that particula... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Hi Raul,It is good to know that other people bend cantilevers. Misery loves company. I bent one on my Colibri a few months ago. Fortunately, it only cost me US$400 to get it repaired. Ouch. I have seen replacement stylii advertised for the Empire ... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik This is a follow-up on my post above about my acquiring an Empire 750LTD:I have about 200 hours on the 750LTD. At about 100 hours I traded in my Herron VTPH-1MC phonostage for a new Herron VTPH-2 which has both MM and MC inputs. So, while the firs... | |
| vdH Re Tip I would try contacting the following person:harry@kabel.netvisit.nlHarry is a semi-retired audio dealer who used to advertise here on Agon. He has personal contact with AJ VdH. I purchased my Condor and Colibri through him. He has just returned to... |