richardbrand
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| A Turntable History Question @wbs I could never afford one, and I did stand corrected! I have found references to 10, 12 and 15 bands per tower depending on the series! To me, using rubber to suspend a turntable makes perfect sense. I had thought of suspending mine from t... | |
| What are good options for re-wiring an SME 3009 tone arm? I found this at SME Tonearm Rewiring : SME Tonearms, SME 3009 Turntable Parts Templates & Manuals It is on the side of the fewer connectors the better. They seem to use Cardas Litz wire and charge GBP-400 for a complete rebuild: The followi... | |
| A Turntable History Question @wbs I stand corrected! The SME website for the Model 30 series two states 60 rubber rings, plus one to counteract the pull of the drive belt, plus two spares! Of note is the fact that these rings are clearly visible. Rubber is an elastomer wi... | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey I’d go with the bigger size, every time. My first flat screen was an NEC plasma, followed by a Pioneer plasma, then an LG 65" OLED. All these sat between my main speakers, which are quite large Quad ESL-2905 electrostatic panels. I also have a Vel... | |
| A Turntable History Question In my book, it is London to a brick it was an SME Model 30 turntable, except for the date! The Model 30 was released in 1991, not 1981. The Model 30 was SME's first commercially released turntable, and it cost megabucks (well 9,000 quid in 1991!... | |
| What are good options for re-wiring an SME 3009 tone arm? @d-vinyl-3009 Thank you so much! The audiokarma thread is very informative. My biggest fear has been reconnecting the ground (black) wire inside the arm tube using that little floating nut! Gluing the nut to the cable eyelet makes sense. The Vi... | |
| What are good options for re-wiring an SME 3009 tone arm? @stereo5 @gregm Thanks for the advice. The Vinyl Source can install the tone arm cable, but this would mean shipping the arm round the world - Australia to England and back again. My own inclination is to always do any job myself, otherwise ho... | |
| What's going on at Krell Have a look at the McIntosh Group on Wikipedia! Mergers, splits, management buyouts, asset managers, switch from US to Italian head Office then back to US. Just like most of the rest of the HiFi industry really ... | |
| Should I use Audiopoints under Aerial 10T spikes on hardwood floor? In my opinion, the main reason for using spikes on any floor is to stop the speaker cabinet moving back when a dynamic driver moves forward, and vice versa. It is Isaac Newton's law of action and reaction. For this reason, IsoAcoustics makes iso... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn "Do you have stadium concerts down under? If you go to one you can hear midrange/bass line sources. The sound is usually awful. I do not bother any more" Yes, there was a concert last night at Sydney Olympic Park, Main Arena. Seats ove... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm No, I was lost. Could have been integrated circuit! | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @atmasphere OK, RFI via the tonearm cable makes sense! The Krell has adjustable impedance from 5 to 47,000 Ohms, set with internal switches, for MC cartridges. It has switchable gain for MM cartridges. Its frequency range is 5 to 100,000 Hz w... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm IC? NFI! RFI = Radio Frequency Interference | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm and everybody else! Yes, I have a mountain of advice on what jazz records to buy, and I am sifting through it all. Meanwhile if I spot new classical record releases with excellent reviews for a fifth or a tenth of the cost of the best audi... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @atmasphere Thanks for your detailed advice! I have a lot of classical CDs and SACDs where the original was mastered on Westrex systems, mainly Mercury Living Presence. I also have vinyl records where the master is stated to be digital on the sl... |