spatialking
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| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds Not all MM cartridges have a user replaceable stylus. My Grado Sonata does not and neither do the upper end cartridges from them. I don't know why, other than they want you to buy a new cartridge when it wears out. There are many others, too ... | |
| Craigslist Fraud Speaking of Cashiers checks, do watch the movie "Catch Me If You Can" It is a true story and do watch the bonus features afterwards, too! | |
| Ayre DX-7 CD / DVD - Need laser head replaced - anyone know who I can pay to help me? Good luck with that one, you will have to start searching on the web and maybe, just maybe, you will find a shop with one in stock. For the most part, when a CD player goes bad, it is time to buy a new one as servicing one is pretty much impossi... | |
| CD vs Phono Volume Millercarbon is correct, but you do have options. One option is building a small box with a volume control pot and a couple of RCA jacks in it and plug it into the tape loop circuit of the preamp. Tweak it to match the CD volume, then hit the ... | |
| Electrovoice Duchess IV in California I found a pair of KLH speakers sitting on the curb not far from my house with a sign that said, FREE. I snagged them and fired them up. Yeah, they worked but they sounded as if the singers were in a deep well and just getting over a bad sinus c... | |
| Strange thing happened ... I have had the same problem in the past, too. Those little clips loose tension and sooner or later you will need to tighten them. | |
| Turn Table Cable Length I have a Grado Sonata 2, the one with the wooden body. I see they have a Sonata 3 out now, which is identical in appearance. In general though, all Grados are fairly insensitive to cable capacitance. I don't know at what they upper limit is ... | |
| API Power Wedge 112 You need to worry about digital noise far, far more than AC Main voltage as it changes a lot from hour to hour. I am not sure what the thinking is for a higher line voltage, since it is limited to VA by the transformer and you can't get somethin... | |
| What is an easy way to convert wav files to Flac? Also, I believe Exact Copy will convert for you. A lifetime license is about $7 and it makes an exact WAV or FLAC file from your CD. I haven't used it to convert one format to another but you might give it a try. | |
| What is an easy way to convert wav files to Flac? You have another problem other than the file format. Roon should have no problem with WAV files, I use them all the time. Is hard drive space a problem? WAV does take up some HD space. I would contact the Roon service folks and discuss the p... | |
| Preamp thoughts- Conrad Johnson ET7 S2 V McIntosh C2600 In general, I prefer the CJ products over the McIntosh but I would have no problem putting a McIntosh tube amp in my system, which currently has CJ tube's. | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? I can't comment on the models you mentioned, as I have not heard them in any setting. But I will say, never but never buy a DAC that is not 32 bit / 384KHz compatible, has a Femto Clock with very low jitter, and can handle any format shoved into... | |
| Nordost Heimdall 2 vs Wireworld Eclipse 8 vs Jorma Trinity Speaker Cable? Given everything you listed I think the only option for you is to try them and experiment. Some cable retailers let you audition them for either free or a nominal fee. | |
| Different volumes streaming Spotify That is because each recording is made at different volume levels and different amounts of compression. You are not doing anything wrong. The ideal case is Spotify modify their app so when you play a song at a volume level you like, it remembers... | |
| Phono line on receiver is always live. If you simply touched the outside of the shell on the cable, it should not make any noise. If it does, then you need a new cable because it is either defective or an incredibly poor design. |