spatialking
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| What $ percentage goes into the turntable, the arm, preamp, and cartridge? @millercarbon It could just as easily be that there are more expensive carts because so many people have been misguided into thinking they matter so much that money is chasing carts instead of arms. This is so true - It started with Joe Grado b... | |
| Unplug or ride out the storm? Just to add some salt to this topic, when lightening hits, you also get a EM Pulse that surges current and voltage in everything, whether it is unplugged or not. I'm not sure a lightening strike EMP will fry equipment close by though. | |
| What $ percentage goes into the turntable, the arm, preamp, and cartridge? @millercarbon - So if one were to spend $3000 on a tonearm, then the guide says I should be looking at ~ $1000 cartridges. That seems a bit low for a cartridge and a bit high for a tonearm given today's pricing, given the TT is $3000 and the pre... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I have worked with tube equipment for years, so I will toss in an opinion here. In general, you want them off, since they don't age in the off condition. When they are on, you are burning the cathode coating, which is the fundamental part of ... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. Take a look at Schiit Audio, they make a tube buffered unit with remote volume and switchable inputs. Put it in the tape monitor space on the CJ. More importantly, you still use your CJ as the main preamp. | |
| Thoughts on Schiit Mjolnor tube preamp/headphone amp I haven't heard that particular preamp, but in general the stuff from Schitt is good schitt. The guys who design that stuff have a lot of experience in audio and they are doing some very good things by thinking outside the box. | |
| Unplug or ride out the storm? Your assessment is spot on perfect! I like the analogy of lifeboats, since that is just about the best possible way to describe it. It is important to understand the average lightening bolt has enough energy to lift the Titanic 6 miles from the... | |
| Has anyone used the Woody Universal Tonearm? I'll do that, thanks. | |
| Integrityhifi TRU-GLIDER Pendulum Tonearm @tomwh Yes, I agree - ears count in the long run. But before I buy, the unit has to make sense to me that the manufacturer is onto something good. I skim through the audio ad hype and look for real meat in the ad, if I don't find it or what th... | |
| What are some of the better tuners out there? @ancient_tones Pay attention to the discrimination and selectivity circuits of the tuner, the old tube units don't have the good specs the newer SS units have. Regardless of how good the Sound Quality output is, if it can't handle bleeding in fr... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? "This forum…..first answer: absolutely no problem. Second answer: oh my god no. Third answer: perhaps yes perhaps no. Unbelievable." I think it depends on the education of the poster. When I got out of college I had a EE degree in analog ... | |
| Tube and Solid state Should not be a problem. Use a RCA female to RCA Y male splitter. I do this a lot since I have multiple subwoofers. Most preamps should handle the load, since amps have high input impedances and preamps can usually drive that without a proble... | |
| Pro-Ject Ultra 500 power supply Check the Pro-Ject website and if you don't see it there, call them. | |
| Stereo potentiometer tone controller It appears to be okay. The volume control appears it will work but I can't determine if the bass and treble will work. What is the reason to use this particular volume control? Given what I see here, a standard audio taper stereo potentiometer ... | |
| DIY cables question Back during the wild CB craze in which everyone who had a CB radio had to pump their power up to grossly illegal levels. I was just starting my quest for high end audio back then. My neighbor across the street was one of the those 1KW+ homebrew... |