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| Best cheapo Cartridge Second vote for the Audio-Technica VM540ML. I have 2 of them and couldn’t be happier. Detailed midrange is one of its greatest attributes. But it’s a category killer in pretty much every respect. The micro-line-contact stylus is the crown jewel. | |
| advice for mono cartridge Correction to my post above: the Audio-Technical VM-510M body fitted with a VMN-40ML stylus (the micro-line contact stylus that comes with the VM-540ML and VM-740ML cartridges) is a mono solution with fabulous tracking. | |
| advice for mono cartridge Try this: take the Audio Technica VM540ML stylus and install it in the Audio Technica VM520 mm body. | |
| Single and dual.. One is single and the other is dual. Check Wikipedia. | |
| Fan to cool room? Fans don’t lower the temperature. They make it seem cooler by making air currents move and evaporate moisture from your skin. The net effect of a fan is actually increasing room temperature over time as its motor dissipates heat. The only solution... | |
| New efficient speakers - best way to keep noise floor down? The status quo for tonearm to phono stage cable’s is horribly flawed. You can help keep the signal free of interference by changing from “shielded” cables that use one of the signal-bearing conductors as “shield” to shielded twisted pair cable and... | |
| New Technics vs. old The SL-1200mk2 standard feet are pretty good for rubber feet. In fact they’re so good that I’ve retrofitted my SL-1700mk2 turntables with them, as they are better than the stock feet. The fundamental flaw with the SL-1200mk2 is it’s relatively non... | |
| New Technics vs. old There is a distinction between real deejays and rap-“DJ”s that just scratch records and fool with faders and pitch controls like they know what they’re doing. The rap-“DJ”s don’t can only use a turntable that has no suspension. That is why in the ... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. Size of room is one thing, but how close are you sitting to the speakers? How far are the speakers from the wall behind them? Ported speakers don’t perform well in small rooms, so you might want to try plugging the ports if equipped and plugging i... | |
| New Technics vs. old Lewm, the semi-auto SL-1700mk2 and its manual brother SL-1800mk2 and fully auto sister SL-1600mk2 are Adam’s rib from which the SL-1200mk2 was created. The main difference is that the SL-1200mk2 has virtually zero vibration isolation with its rubb... | |
| What brands tend to have the worst resale value? Most commodity level equipment from box pushers like Sony, H/K, Pioneer, JVC, and the quasi-no-name brands tends to rapidly depreciate. It does serve a purpose, for people who don’t really care that much about quality and just want “something that... | |
| Eaton 9px as audio power regenerator? Oh yeah, an update to my UPS project..: I’ve run two circuits, 15 amp over 14AWG through AFCI breakers. The run is only 25 feet, so 14AWG is nice and efficient, and a lot easier to run, not to mention a lot cheaper than blue 12AWG Romex. It’s just... | |
| Eaton 9px as audio power regenerator? Double-conversion on-line is awesome. Way cleaner than utility power. | |
| New Technics vs. old I’ve taken several steps up from the barbaric SL-1200mk2, to the ultra-refined SL-1700mk2. It’s not quite what the SP-10mk3 with a nice arm would be, but it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the new pseudo-semi-auto unit or the SL-1200mk7 or G or GAE. | |
| What's your definition of analog smell? To quote George Harrison, 🎼 “O-oh, the sweet smell of success, handle me with care”... 🎶 |