solypsa
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| Conrad PV1 best step up for Hana ML I’m wanting to achieve an emotionally charged, full, black quiet soundstage. Are you prepped to dial in vta? ( means shims in Rega land ) | |
| Conrad PV1 best step up for Hana ML @ebryant7 hi from a fellow Seattle-ite. The Hana ML is 0.4mV and 7 ohms coil - this classically will work with a 1:20 step up, as far as load to the cartridge goes. This will give you a nominal 5mV to your MM phono input which is medium high as... | |
| Stepping Up From A Graham 2.2 On A Basis Audio Debut Deck May be too large but check the AudioCreative rotary lift, they have some drawings online. It might allow you to use larger variety of arms. | |
| Stepping Up From A Graham 2.2 On A Basis Audio Debut Deck Oh and what cart(s) planned? | |
| Stepping Up From A Graham 2.2 On A Basis Audio Debut Deck @rooze do you have the mounting hole diameter ( template drawing with screw hole spacing even better ) and pivot to spindle distance handy? | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? @rooze I represent RADA and of you search will see their Precious One phono is highly regarded for an all tube design. Will want a ( good ) SUT for a lomc in this case.. For SS I agree, Moon is doing good work. | |
| Stylus gauge recommendations ? Use any of them but don't think a $20 gauge is repeatedly accurate to three decimal points. Good news is one decimal point plus your ears should be fine. ( same can be said for spirit levels - ever priced a calibrated Starret :) ) | |
| It’s time to upgrade my pre-amp If you want a good, modestly priced, passive preamp look at Khozmo. Otherwise you could diy one. If you get an active preamp I would say at least 6 db gain, low output impedance and most of all sounds good :) | |
| It’s time to upgrade my pre-amp @goodnightpaul it means the elukit needs far less signal to reach 'full output' than the ST70, like 1/4 as much. There is more to it of course but lets just say a preamp with 0 db gain might be just fine with the Elukit but maybe not so great... | |
| It’s time to upgrade my pre-amp @goodnightpaul Nice setup. A few comments: 1) You need to know what is ( and how this varies between your amps ) the input sensitivity of your amp(s). For old school amps this was expressed as x voltage to drive amp to max output ( usually betwe... | |
| Do I buy an upscale TT? @coltrane1 nice setup. As to smoking a 301/401 well probably not. I've hear both in a few setups but YMMV :) Btw hello fellow Washingtonian... | |
| Concerningly loud pops in vinyl playback I recently diagnosed a persistent hum issue on a Clearaudio Performance DC and it was related to the armtube grounding being faulty. Anyway +1 on looking at various electrical aspects like appliances, etc. Sorry you have to deal with this... | |
| My analog journey - time for a new phono stage or? @sameyers1 I work with RADA hit me up, if you want to chat about an opportunity ( caveat I am their importer ) Also, some interesting buzz on the Konus phono preamps...just to add even more to your list to research :) | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Aside from having a dedicated mono cart ( recommended if you have the wax ) I do see your point vis a vis streaming. But I also think retip costs for a second tier cart are very low so ' spin dem rekords :) ' | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Play the good ones! As an aside, since I am in the trade, I only work with cart manufacturers that offer reasonable repair / rebuild services. These things wear out, lets plan for it... |