sleepwalker65
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| Component Stacking Question Audioguy85 you don’t understand the OP’s question. The whole point is to optimize placement from cooling/airflow and interference perspectives, it’s not not about what is or isn’t possible. | |
| Component Stacking Question Stacking the amp on top is the only way if you must stack. Better off putting each component on a separate shelf, with as much room in between as possible to reduce effects of EMI and restricting airflow. Typically, the power amp needs the most br... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge Raul, why/how do you feel that MM cartridges categorically cannot equal or outperform MC cartridges? | |
| Problems with Paypal payment? There’s a growing movement (in canada anyways) for sellers distancing themselves from PayPal. Too bad really, because it (moving away from PayPal) implicates a seller as having something to hide. | |
| New Technics vs. old What is your take on “Echo In The Canyon”? Saw it yesterday. Liked it a lot, can’t say I loved it though. The upcoming Crosby biopic will likely fill in a few missing details, but I feel the scope of artists was too narrow. Entertaining enough tho... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Ghasley you really should keep to yourself your opinions about who I am and what kind of values I hold. Your perspective is your own, and utterly and completely worthless and laughable in my eyes. Just because rap/hiphop is popular doesn’t mean it... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Chalker, the things you won’t understand about music could fill the whole universe. 1: rappers that sample recordings that are the artistic property of others are not manufacturing anything that they can legally call their own artistic property. 2... | |
| Phono cable build question Kurt, you may use the method you described to ground the shield of each channel. Cleeds in my setup, I’ve retrofitted XLR jacks to my phono stage. This makes all connections simple via two plugs from the turntable. | |
| Phono cable build question The tonearm is the origin point of the signal, and in many cases it is metallic or made with conductive materials. In the OP case the Technics tonearm is designed to be an RFI shield. It is therefore a requirement to run a ground wire from said to... | |
| Phono cable build question Shield in this situation is the tonearm shield. The tonearm tube in this type of Technics turntable is electrically isolated from the turntable’s chassis. For purposes of rejecting RFI, the tonearm has a black ground lead, usually 20AWG terminated... | |
| Phono cable build question Cleeds and Viridian, you are mistaken. The two conductors from each channel connect to the signal carrying twisted pair that is within the cable shield. One cable for right, one cable for left. The shield connects to the black tonearm ground wire ... | |
| Ethernet As far as cables are concerned, there is no benefit from “audiophile” cables. You can and should buy brand-name, factory assembled and guaranteed cables such as Leviton or Hubbell. Home made cables where you crimp your plugs on to no-name chinese ... | |
| turntable choice Your money goes a lot farther when you go vintage. A decent Technics direct drive turntable such as the SL-Q2 sells for $100 to $200 and often included a cartridge, but ymmv. Put an Audio-Technica VM540ML cartridge on it and call it a day with fan... | |
| Your favourite music movie? I’m hoping “Echo In The Canyon”, released in late May. | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge Price is not an indicator of performance above $500 for MM cartridges and above $1000 for MC. Law of Diminishing Returns applies here. |