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| Why do most phono preamps lack XLR input even thought cartridges are naturally balanced? Most phono stages, preamp and amplifiers aren’t true balanced. A balanced input doesn’t necessarily mean it’s balanced. My Atma-sphere mp-1 is fully balanced with XLR phono input. I had Ralph add rca phono inputs so I could use any tonearm withou... | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? Just listen to some vinyl systems and some digital systems. Some people don’t care that much. If you do prefer the vinyl set up and are willing the extra effort than it’s a good choice. Asking us is quite irrelevant. For me vinyl is a no brainer. ... | |
| Buying a new TT today @chakster Relating to the Doug Sax article. I recently got into vintage reel to reel. A 4 track revox B77. A record dealer friend found me 25 7.5 ips tapes. Mostly jazz from the 50’s and early 60’s. I listened almost exclusively to these tapes for... | |
| Is the Manley Steelhead still relevant? Just thought I’d add:Most think the steelhead is a tubed unit. It’s a hybrid phono stage with transformer input, FET, then tube. Never heard one. But I’m partial to tubes. | |
| MC Cartridge: Elliptical; around 0.5mv; track 1.25-1.75; Affordable @hdm Thanks for the laugh. We need more of that. Hope chaks got a good sense of humour too. “Chakster hates the idea of retips so be prepared: he will write a smallnovel trying to talk you out of it. ;)” | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments One thing that has influenced my audio listening Is I’m very aware how a piano sounds in my house as I hear my daughter play it regularly. I really learn the sound of that instrument in the house. This is more important for our hobby than actually... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments I’ve never found musicianship correlates to the audio hobby. I think people with extensive musical backgrounds hear music differently than ones that don’t. Even some musical background makes a difference. Musicians hear and understand chord change... | |
| Buying a new TT today @sokogear The post said $2000 on a belt drive. I use a garrard 301, a couple direct drives and a belt drive. A Kuzma Reference. It’s a decent belt drive. I’m not against belt drives. I just think that for $2k there are better choices tha... | |
| Buying a new TT today Let’s not keep hyping the great vintage tables and cartridges so much. It just pushes the prices higher for us. Best to just not argue with people so much and let them buy their cheap belt drives and let them find their path to better sound on the... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Definitely Dartzeel. Both the stereo and the mono blocks. | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200/1210GR @chakster Thanks for the info on the mm’s. I was curious about the Glanz 61 as I have an nos one that I was saving for a special occasion to try. How did you find the Glanz ranked with your other favourites? I have my 881s on a 9.5 wenge reed 2a... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200/1210GR @chakster i noticed your list doesn’t include some of your past favourites and wondered why. Do they not measure up to the others for you anymore?Stanton 881 and 981, (although you do mention Pickering). Glanz MFG61, I remember you were very fond ... | |
| What tonearm is recommended for the denon 103r The best I heard was on my Ikeda 407 for the 103r. It did sound surprisingly decent. And I’m sure other expensive high mass arms are nice to. But I would never restrict my expensive arm to a cheap cartridge. With my FR64fx and Basis vector the de... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? So could we maybe agree that digital could be awesome, but needs higher resolution. The problem is 16/44 just isn’t enough. What happened to sacd and hopes for other high res formats. I got tired of waiting and gave up on digital. But will welcome... | |
| Your thoughts on upgrading Feickert protractor I like my SMARTractor. Except they should have put Stevenson alignment on also. |