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| What Digital Stylus Force Gauge Do You Like? Hi Doug, that's an interesting additional need for a precise gauge that I'll keep in mind. Inpepinnovations (Bob P), that little B&O gauge always worked well for me, too, up to its weight capacity. Sounds like you and I share a similar philoso... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? So far this evening...Count Basie: Atomic Basie, Roulette 52003 (Classic Records reissue)Johann Stamitz: Double Concerto for Bassoon and Clarinet, Lehel/BudPO, Vajda -bn, Kovacs -cl, Hungaraton SLPX 12530JS Bach: Flute Sonatas BWV1030-1033, Waterl... | |
| Is this considered a "balanced" cable? I may be mistaken but I don't think the Rotel 1080 is a balanced topology internally, it just has both RCA and balanced inputs as a convenience to the user. In this case, it won't matter and you'll be better off without the extra contact points of... | |
| What Digital Stylus Force Gauge Do You Like? Dweller, I'm a believer that the gauge only gets you into the ballpark because the optimal VTF setting must be set by ear and must be determined through iterative adjustment and listening as VTA is dialed in because the two settings interact. At t... | |
| What Digital Stylus Force Gauge Do You Like? Slowhand, this thread has a lot of information about stylus force gauges you might find useful:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1112541421. | |
| search for musical s.s. yields a tube epiphany Welcome to tubes, Timhopper! What you experienced is what has kept me wedded to tube electronics through all of my journey, too.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Reiner/CSO/Heifetz, LSC 2129 (Classic Records reissue)Joan Baez: In Concert, Vanguard VRS 9112 (Cisco Records reissue and original pressing)Massenet: Scenes Alsaciennes/Scenes Dramatiques, Bonynge/NPO, London CS 7048. | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Hah! You're right, Gregadd, I love the turntable. I wish I did have the magic financial answer...Regards, | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay For those with continuing interest, Positive Feedback has posted a video with Lloyd Walker discussing his design philosophy and showing details of the turntable:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue23/toc23.htm(scroll down the table of contents t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight... Neil Young: "Greatest Hits", Reprise 48935 (Classic Records reissue) Lee Morgan: "Candy", Blue Note Bn-1590 (Classic Records reissue) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Solti/VPO, Curzon -pf, Decca SXL 2114 (Speakers Corner reissue) Mis... | |
| Mississippi John Hurt Sit, thanks for your recommendation on VSD-79220. I have a really nice 2LP set you might watch out for. Recorded at Oberlin College in 1965, it's titled "The Best of Mississippi John Hurt" but it's not a compilation, it's a live performance. Vangu... | |
| New to tube: prob. with right channel of Aesthetix Excellent trouble shooting advice from Tvad. I'm going through that same process here trying to find a noisy tube among about 70 in my system.Matt, just keep in mind that if the only thing off is a channel imbalance, and if otherwise everything so... | |
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| Products for raising cables off the floor. Kevin,As a good rule of thumb, you should try to separate your cables by about 3 - 4+ inches from each other and then raise them 4+ inches off the carpet with something that does not store electrical energy. Where cables must cross each other, do ... | |
| Atmasphere preamps Fjn04, I think you will find that the Atma-Sphere MP-1 does all that you describe, and with a great neutrality. It will not have that euphonic warmth we sometimes associate with tube electronics, it is quite neutral, but it will have superb rendit... |