sinisterporpoise68
Responses from sinisterporpoise68
| young and new to analog. There may be others who say so, but I don't think music preference should really be an issue. | |
| young and new to analog. Chuckelator,My first turntable was a Dual. I think older Thorens are much better for around the same price, if you're thinking of going 70's or 80's vintage. The Dual was made of a lot of plastic and the tonearm was *very* basic. If you go for a T... | |
| young and new to analog. You'll need a power amp too, but the best route for you to go might might be with an integrated amp (pre and power in one box). You'll save money and room. I've been using a Rotel 1062 for the past 3 years and have gotten some great use out of it.... | |
| How long to wear a record out? I operate under the assumption that I'll grow tired of listening to a certain record *long* before I wear it out. | |
| How to evaluate amps that are not broken in? I think warm up is much more important than break in. | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? This must be my lucky day. I just put in a VPI Phono Cable. RF interference gone. No more radio through the turntable. It really needs a good breaking in though. | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? Hi all,Got this figured out real quick when i opened the ear up to swap in new tubes: the tubes had been slightly dislodged during shipping. Either that or those stock tubes *really* sucked. I dropped in some Jan Phillips 5751's and this little bo... | |
| Rega P2, Thorens TD-180 or Music Hall MMF-5.1? As a former owner of an MMF-5, I would advise to go with the Rega. The Rega arm is much better than the Pro-ject arm on the MMF-5. And easy and affordable to upgrade. | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? Hi all,First off let me say thank you again to everyone who's responded. It's really generous of everyone to help me out with their suggestions, all of which are extremely helpful.When I open up the Ear next week to change the tubes, I'll take a l... | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? I'm nervous that if I went with the low output Dynavector, the RF interference I'm getting would be amplified. If I understand correctly, if I used the high output Dynavector, I'd be able to use it in the MM section of the Ear, just like I'm using... | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? Sns,I did try some different inputs on the Rotel. I started off using the CD input and then tried the AUX and Tape 1 inputs last night. Those allowed much more play with the volume knob, so I'm fairly certain those have less gain than the CD input... | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? Thanks for all the help everyone. The Ear is connected to the AUX input of of the Rotel, not the phono input, so I'm alright there. From what everyone has said, a mismatch seems quite plausible. The Rotel is definitely on its way out. I was hoping... | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? Thanks Thorman. I'm going to try out the Jan Philips 5751's when they arrive. I found a thread elsewhere in which someone recommended them. But if anyone else has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.On a positive note, I've left it on since I g... | |
| Acrylic Platters and Shinny Spots I use those LCD monitor wipes on my Scout and that seems to do the trick really well. I figure whatever's on those has gotta be less harsh than windex. | |
| VPI SDS Newbie I'm experiencing a similar hesitation. $1000 is a lot for what it is... even $750 used feels expensive. Especially since it's more than half the price of a Scout/JMW-9. The main attraction to it for me is the ability to go from 33 to 45 at the tou... |