seandtaylor99
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| Review: Rega Planar 3 Turntable If you have an old planar 3 then I think the motor upgrade should be your first action. The upgraded motor attaches directly to the plinth, and is not suspended with rubber bands, as with the old planar 3 motor.Most users report greatly improved s... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Double blind testing is the ONLY way to test something fairly to remove human preconception, expectation, and visual prejudice. That is why it is used for drug trials, and that is why it should be used for hifi.Any audiophile who questions whether... | |
| Using Sony minidisc deck as an external DAC? Minidisc uses lossy compression, so I can't imagine why anyone would put a hifi quality DAC in a minidisc player.I would be surprised if the minidisc DAC was noticeable better than either of your CD players. It might be better to save your money o... | |
| CD to DAC to DAT to DAC? Like I said earlier DAT operates at 48kHz sampling rate and CD at 44.1kHz. Unless the DAT is specifically designed to accept both 48kHz and 44.1kHz in the toslink input it will not accept the digital output from a CD player since it has a differen... | |
| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? Audiokicks ... one aspect you overlook is that low bass requires a lot of power from the amplifier, so in using full range speakers, as opposed to monitors with a powered subwoofer, you may need to step up to a more powerful amplifier, or limit yo... | |
| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? I have never, ever heard a monitor that truly produces deep bass, and with a two way monitor you'd either need huge excursion in the LF driver, which would wreck the midrange, or a large diameter LF driver, which would have to then be crossed at a... | |
| Need help - How to transport my turntable I would remove the platter at the very least so as to not damage the bearing. Depending on the difficulty I would also consider removing the arm and boxing separately. | |
| CD to DAC to DAT to DAC? What are you trying to achieve ? Do you want to sample the turntable and put it through the DAC ? Is the turntable directly connected to the DAT, or do you mean the output of the phono preamp ? Why route the CD player through the DAT ?Does the DAT... | |
| Any reliability horror stories out there? "While the French may rightfully claim superiority in a number of disciplines and arts, engineering doesn't typically make the list."I don't know about this. French engineering is going to play a significant role in the future of the US nuclear po... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone So sorry for your loss, but so pleased that Pat is no longer suffering any pain. Sean. | |
| Review: Rega Planar 3 Turntable Gadfly ... glad it worked out. It is incredible how much difference a little oil makes."None of these lubricants will ever reach their thermal viscosity rating at low speed application"The first weight in a multiweight oil is the room temperature ... | |
| Review: Rega Planar 3 Turntable The correct oil is 90w hypoid gear oil (manual transmission oil). 5w30 will be far too thin.I'd like to try 140w oil ... I have a feeling this might be better still.you only need a few drops of oil, but a small rim of oil should appear at the top ... | |
| Review: Rega Planar 3 Turntable Gadfly ... read the original post. The subplatter corrects the ABSOLUTE speed of rotation to 33 1/3, where the stock subplatter runs slightly fast. Nowehere is improved speed stability mentioned.I have never read even one review from a person who ... | |
| Review: Rega Planar 3 Turntable Thanks for the review.On the subject of speed stability I have found the stock P3 to be extremely sensitive to the level of the bearing oil and to the table being absolutely level. After cleaning and refilling the bearing and spending 15 - 20 minu... | |
| Rush fans on the board ?? Having said that my favourite album is "Farewell to Kings" I think my favourite single track would be "Spirit of Radio". A totally infectious rhythm with fantastic lyrics. |