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| 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... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Interesting comments above because my experience is different. Many of the fluids I have tried change the tonal balance by thinning the bass and accentuating the treble, making the overall sound brighter and thinner than the LP was to begin with. ... | |
| Amp for Martin logan CLS Originals Atmasphere's description of the various models is dead-on right. I was an original owner of the first version of CLS stats, and followed the so-called upgrade path step by step to the CLS-Z. The original CLS was a very easy load for tube amps. I u... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? My favorites (visually) are:1. Emotive Audio Vita and Caeli 2. Cary 40M3. Classe CA300I own the last two but not, unfortunately, the Emotive amps. | |
| tonearm for benz micro L2? I tried the L2 in 3 arms. It worked fine in all of them, but it sounded best in the Triplanar VII, followed closely by the Moerch DP-6 (12" Red wand), and followed somewhat further behind by a VPI JMW-10.Dave | |
| Problem matching Benz LP S w/ SME V or IV.Vi arm ? I have been following this thread because I have a 1-year old LP and I am curious what types of improvements the S might provide. Audioquest4life, I appreciate your taking the time to share your preliminary reactions to the LP-S. From what you sai... | |
| Optimum tracking force Benz Micro L2, M2, H2 My L2 sounded best at 1.90 grams, measured on a digital scale. I tried several ticks above and below but the 1.9 worked best for me.Dave | |
| Sold my ET2....now what? I would go with a VPI arm, perhaps a used JMW-10 if the new ones are too expensive. For several years, I used the ET-2 (with the high pressure manifold, Wisa pump and storage tank) on a VPI 19-Mk.3. I could never get it to sound like music. Replac... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? The original LPs almost always sound better. The only time to buy a reissue, in my opinion, is when the original can't be located or is too expensive.Dave | |
| The best phono stage out there? There is no "very best" commercial preamp as others have already stated. The various offerings mentioned earlier all have their merits no doubt, but they will span a wide spectrum of sound character. If you really want the "very best" you will nee... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret All this talk of setting A/S with a test record makes sense if all you do is play test records. In the real world, the proper test is what setup sounds better on records with music, and by that measure I have found that no A/S sounds best. Keep in... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret I haven't used Antiskating on any of the tonearms that I've used for the past 20 years. These include Triplanar VII, Moerch DP-6, VPI JMW-10, AQ PT-6 and Sumiko FT-4. I tried each of these arms with all levels of antiskating and preferred the soun... | |
| Difference between micro line and gyger s stylus No regrets,I just bought a recently manufactured Benz LP and it came with the LP-S Gyger stylus. I think Benz tends to incorporate improvements in their cartridge line without changing the model name. So if you buy a new Ruby 3H, you may find it c... |