shasta
Responses from shasta
| What parts of a TT create soundstage and PRAT ? I've no idea what prat is... I put equal $ amounts into the TT and arm, and roughly half that into the cart.Coming off a 3-day weekend burning in a new cart - 20 hrs they tell me - which is 60, silent, LP sides... | |
| best dvd player under $1000 new or used Way under $1k that I've just received, is the Philips 963SA. It has an Analog Devices ADV7300 108 MHz/13 bit video DAC, a Genesis(Faroudja) FLI 2310 video chip, SACD, onboard decoders, lots 'o video adjustments, switchable upsampling, dual lasers,... | |
| Where to buy PTFE cable? AWG to mm conversion came back from Google w/ 6200+ hits. It's not that difficult to find... | |
| Cheap stuff is inside my low-pass filter Your experience is like mine on viewing the interior of a pair of $1600 speakers. Big fat TaraLabs bi-wires that ended on fairly decent terminals, but... on the inside, from the terminals to the x-over board, dinky little #16's or #18's. Same stuf... | |
| Opinions on New Reel to Reel Tapes When I was a recording arts student 10 yrs ago, the go-to studio tapes were Ampex. It appears they (either the tape div, or the whole company) was sold to a 'Quantegy'. Ampex 456 Grand Master was *the studio tape. I see they (Ampex by Quantegy) ha... | |
| Where to buy fuse for fuse panel? This is a fused disconnect switch, horsepower rated, in a NEMA 3R enclosure rated for outdoor use. Typical application is next to your outdoor air conditioner/heat pump as a service disconnect.With all due respect, I'd suggest by the info presente... | |
| dedicated circuit, flex conduit? 1. Wire in metallic conduit is the superior wiring method since the conduit provides shielding. I'd lean towards EMT with compression fittings over Type BX (what you call flex).Neither one of these is a breeze on a retrofit; actually nothing is a ... | |
| Power Cords - Pixie Dust? Expanding a bit- VPI reported that the PC is built by them in-house, has a lifetime warranty, and even was a bit appologetic about the $300 price, claiming a high labor burden for assembly. Seems to be a *very low-profile VPI product...My initial ... | |
| Power Cords - Pixie Dust? VPI confirms that the cord mentioned is a VPI branded product... | |
| Power Cords - Pixie Dust? Re: The ad... Curious; VPI's WebSite doesn't, AFAIK, list the product. Acoustic Sounds subtley implies it's a VPI product. E-mailed both parties for further info. Seems to me, IMHO, that it would be in VPI's best interest to supply the best pc req... | |
| Expensive vinyl rig - still not performing ;- You haven't mentioned if you assembled this yourself, or had a dealer put it together. If the latter, I'd be all over his case.It totally sounds like a setup/alignment prob, or a bum cart. Shelter carts are - to me - the new kid on the block, and ... | |
| How do you store a whole lotta LP's? Bookshelves, 12" deep, w/ adjustable shelves. Dividers are non-corrugated posterboard 13" deep, labeled A, B, W-Z, etc. | |
| $500 total to get into vinyl, what would you buy? The Music Hall entry product, with the Marigo TT dots package, is a rocker. | |
| "must have" accessories for TT and LP? Disk Doctor products with vacuum suck-off.Replacement inner sleeves for stock paper ones.De-claw the kitty before it uses your LP collection as a personal scratching post. Seriously.Learn how to setup and align a cart and arm. It's really not that... | |
| VPI 16.5 v 17.0 I use a 2X Disk Doctor procedure by hand and use a Nitty Gritty for, ahem, sucking it off. The best - by far - procedure I've ever used. |