rgordonpf
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| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Based on Raul's advice I purchased a Empire 750 LTD. It is mounted on a 12" red dot (6 gram) armwand on a Moerch DP-6 mounted on a Garrard 401. Phono stage is a Vacuum State JLTI, preamp Herron Audio, deHavilland 845-G SET monoblock amps, and VMPS... | |
| What was your biggest vinyl surprise for $.99 I was at a store today that sells new and used vinyl and CDs - primarily hip-hop and alternative rock. However, they usually have a few boxes of classical LPs priced at $1 per LP. As I was flipping thru the box sets, I came across EMI SLS 841, Bee... | |
| Male DIN plug on cable cooker phono adapter Ed,I also have an AudioDharma cable cooker and I have used the phono cartridge adapter. I had the same concerns as you regarding the DIN male pins being smaller in outer diameter than the inner diameter of the cartridge clips. I phoned Alan Kaftan... | |
| What to expect from MONO I use a Wallyskater to measure the anti-skate on my VPI 12.5. It is possible to get the anti-skate fairly close to optimum by just twisting the wires.For a lengthy discussion of why test tones are not very useful for setting anti-skate please see ... | |
| What to expect from MONO I have a ZYX mono cartridge on my VPI 12.5 arm and about 500 mono LPs. I use two speakers, rather than just one. I have tried it both ways and prefer two speakers, though I can see why some people prefer a single speaker. On my system, with two sp... | |
| Putting MM cart through MC phono stage Not all MC phono stages will overload. I have talked to the designers of the Herron and JLTI phono stages. The Herron MC circuit will take 30mv without overloading. The JLTI MC circuit will take even higher voltages without overloading. So overloa... | |
| Grahma Phantom vs Tri-Planer? At the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest I heard the TW-Acustic Raven AC turntable with two tonearms: a Schroeder Reference with a ZYX UNIverse (copper) and a Dynavector 507MkII with a Dynavector XV-1s. I thought both tonearm/cartridge combinations were e... | |
| Inventory of vinyl - what software do you use? I have 8,000 LPs of which 75% are classical. I am currently using Visual FoxPro, though when I get the time I will switch over to FileMaker. You could use any spreadsheet or other flat file data base. However, you will have a lot of redundancy, pa... | |
| Best cartridge for JMW 12.5 tonearm? I have a VPI 12.5 tonearm with two armwands. Over the last two years I have used a Benz LP Ebony, a Koetsu Urushi Vermillion, a VdH Colibri XGW, a VdH Colibri XPW, a VdH Condor XGM, a ZYX UNIverse silver wire/silver back, and briefly a Miyabi 47th... | |
| VPI JMW 12.6i Plus Tonearm - Antiskate I have a 12.5 arm on a TNT-5. I also have the WallySkater that allows me to measure the amount of anti-skate force being applied by the twisted wires. By twisting the wires I can get anti-skate set within the desired parameters both at the outer g... | |
| Looking for moderate priced MC phono pre I agree that the JLTI is a great unit that over performs at its price point. However, it lists for $1,695. But, it is small and you can change the loading with loading plugs. | |
| Direct Drive Rumble Hi Macrojack,"It will only be good for the vinyl lovers who can afford them."I disagree. Everytime someone with bucks buys a new DD or rim drive TT, a used belt drive TT will probably go up for sale. With the supply of used BD TTs going up and the... | |
| Direct Drive Rumble If you have been following the threads over on Vinyl Asylum regarding idler-wheel turntables you will know that the next few months should see a new DC motor drop-in replacement for many of the idler-wheel tables of yesteryear. Removing the motor ... | |
| The van den Hul colibri XPM vs colibri XPP The weight difference between the metal body and polycarbonate body is only 1 gram - 6 gr for the polycarbonate and 7 gr for the metal. So that really should not have much impact on your decision. They do sound different, though AJ is the best per... | |
| Townshend Sink or something else? Critical Mass Audio |