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| Best SME arm for TD-124? If your base can accommodate a 12" arm, the Schick 12" works very well on the Thorens. | |
| Precision Fidelity C7/A: To modify or leave as is? I never heard an actual C7 but I built one from the schematic a long time ago. As I recall, it sounded very nice, just lacking a bit in dynamics. From looking at your system, I think you would appreciate the improved sound quality that V-Cap coupl... | |
| Recommended loading for Benz Micro Glider L2 I found the L2 Woodbody to work fine into a 1:10 SUT feeding a 47K load. This is effectively a 470 ohm load on the cartridge. If I were using the L2 directly into a preamp, I would start with 470 or 500 ohms. | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Running a tube amp for any length of time without output tubes installed, as Hifigeek suggests, can be very dangerous. The reduced current draw in the power supply will cause the B+ voltage to shoot up considerably, and may exceed the capacitor ma... | |
| Adding a maple platform to an existing wood rack Thorman: You're not in the "small percentage of people that have had less than great experiences with Maple." Many, many people have tried maple and been disappointed. The rest of us just get tired of responding to the same questions over and over... | |
| How is it ? that a tuner smokes the table ??? I just saw this thread, and I can relate to it on several levels. First, back in the 1970s, I used to think my modified Dyna FM-3 (regulated power supply and upgraded caps and resistors) sounded better than my LPs and I had the same puzzled reacti... | |
| Kondo, Zanden, CJ, Ref 5? Pre w/ Pure Tonal Color? You should add the Emotive Audio Epifania to your list of preamps to audition. | |
| $3500 to spend on a tube preamp....ideas? Emotive Sira. They appear on Audiogon frequently under $3000.Dave | |
| Piano on vinyl - the best Jdaniel, I don't have problems with smearing or lack of focus (at least none that bother me), but I would agree that piano is difficult for LPs for another reason. Even a slightly off-center LP can have noticeable change in pitch, and this bothers... | |
| Piano on vinyl - the best I have been listening this morning to one of my all-time favorites----a box set of Satie piano works performed by Frank Glazer on Vox. Dave | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea It's not often that I laugh out loud at something in an audio forum, but Audiofeil's comment made me do just that. Until his suggestion that this thread might just be a bad dream, I had my own philosophical quandary. What's worse: having so much t... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Opus88, You are clearly a man of discriminating good taste.Dave | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Would that be the same David Shreve who did the Rabco SL-8 mods back in the 1970's? As I recall, he was also one of the first to emphasize the importance of VTA. | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Stanwal and Notec, just to be clear, I am not recommending that anybody play dirty records. If a record is dirty, it needs to be cleaned. Period. My comments are directed to records that are already clean (both visually and in listening) but haven... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Doug, Your logic appears reasonable but the results don't agree with what I hear with my own ears. Fortunately, everyone is free to make their own conclusions about record cleaning. What works for me is very simple---I only clean records that need... |