sonofjim
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| Well Tempered Classic or Technics SP10Mk2 Lewm, I don't believe anyone did either. The EPA arms hold their own quite well against anything I've tried though. The sp-10 tables likewise. I don't know how anyone could make a claim for best ever on either one but they're both good enough that... | |
| Well Tempered Classic or Technics SP10Mk2 MDT, As important, or more, than the tonearm is a heavy and well isolated plinth for the sp-10 tables. I currently have two identical double arm plinths. For two of the four tonearms, I use the EPA 500 system(seven different armwands in all). The ... | |
| Original Lps with cool posters..... Original copies of Queen Jazz had a poster of maybe 30 naked women on bicycles. Probably rare since I'm sure it was sensored. Found this in a copy given to me by someone who had purchased it new. | |
| Best Recorded Vinyl Albums 1.Ry Cooder: Jazz (or any)2.Cat Stevens:Teaser and the Firecat, Mona Bone 3.Supertramp:Crime of the Century4.Nitty Gritty Dirt Band:Will the Circle Be Unbroken5.Ozark Mountain Daredevils:Men From Earth(or any)-.Dire Staits(any) Oops, that's six. N... | |
| Tonearm choices for xv-1s mono Well, I overlooked the weight tolerances of the a501L wand and it turns out the XV-1s mono is way too heavy at 12.6gms. Recently I found the EPA 250 which does accomidate a 12.5gm cartridge with the auxillary weight. It also handles low compliance... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks Travbrow, It's certainly starting to sound like it's well aligned. It just barely fits the headshell. It is pretty square and not twisted as some others have experienced. The cartridge is NOS so I'm guessing it just needs some playing time ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll take a look at the manual but it's not sounding bright now. Initially, straight out of the box it did. I assumed it needed some warm-up/break-in and maybe a little more VTF. Both of those appear to be working. I just played it several more ho... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I just mounted the M20fl super on my EPA 500 a501h wand this weekend using a Mint tractor specifically made for the EPA 500. I finally got the overhang and alignment right but it was complicated by the depth of the M20fl and the fact that it had t... | |
| Vandersteen 7s Exactly, $45,000 vs. $15,000. If only there were some way to blindfold Fremer, switch out the 5A for the 7s, and see if he noticed the difference. Now that would tell us something. | |
| Vandersteen 7s I've heard this 80 percent figure before in reguards to how close the upgrade will bring the 5A to the performance level of the 7s. I have a couple problems with this.1. As I recall even the upgrade is over $20,000 and involves sending the speaker... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, When my table is completed I also plan to try the M20fl super on the EPA 500 H wand which should be a good match as well and allow for easy VTA adjustment. I also plan on trying the Nagaoka MP 50 with the one of my G wands. The MP 50 is heav... | |
| Bearing Drain - Technics SP10 MKii and others I actually have an sp10 mk2 in an Albert Porter plinth right now and I think it's extremely quiet from a mechanical standpoint. I preferred this setup to several very good belt drives I heard in the past year. I've never heard the table outside th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Zhuwei1231, Funny you should ask this. I was wondering the same thing and was just doing a search on it. I have the E wand for the EPA 500 system and in the owner's manual one of the recommended cartridges is the M20e Super. I plan on buying one o... | |
| Best mat choices for high mass metal turntables? I agree that the best sound comes from a good Carbon/graphite mat firmly attached to the platter with adhesive tape. My current favorite is the Boston Audio Design Mat 1. I'm in the process of orderring the Mat 2 which is 5mm thick as opposed to t... | |
| Neil Young/ CSN new vinyl releases My 180gm box is number 212. The packaging is all first rate as others have remarked(esp. Harvest in the textured cover). The discs ship outside the covers and had obviously never been in them as the covers were all a little hard to even open at fi... |