stanwal
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| Audio stuff I've lost in my own home... Lost my patience last night trying to put 3 shims under my cartridge; every time I would try to tighten the bolts the little buggers would pop out and hit the floor. Finally found it again; unlike my youth and good eyesight. I fear they are gone f... | |
| Alternatives to Synergistic Research Tricon Phono The Momentum Silver Tonearm cable is under $500 and has gotten some good reviews. I have been using a very good custom silver one from England that I bought on ebay from seller Johnandchris[ may not be exact spelling] for $200. It is a great barg... | |
| LP12 pickup wires affect suspension?? Mine is just about like that; does not seem to have much effect on the suspension; especially as the arm is decoupled from the board. I have gotten cables from Sweetcome; they do a good job. I really wouldn't worry too much about it; take the mone... | |
| Grills ON or Grills OFF? Without; I could see how attenuating the high might be a benefit in some cases but I can't see how the grills could improve imaging. As to disappearing; well , with the grills you can't see the drivers so I guess you could say they "disappeared". | |
| Tonearm Base Is Drilled for Which Tonearms? Look at Vinyl Engine and see if the mounting distance is the same or very close. Most Rega, Linn , Zeta arms all fit in same hole; Jelco 750 also I think. If all else fails you can have an armboard fabricated locally. | |
| Audio stuff I've lost in my own home... I have lost several cartridges among many other things. One right off a shelf; no , no one else took it unless it was the little people. I can't find some parts I ordered for a tone arm right now; the anti skate outrigger for my Grace 707 has been... | |
| LP12 pickup wires affect suspension?? Can you get a larger clip and raise the table? I have done this with my Linn. Many ways of doing this; cheapest is probably using something like the Mapleshade rubber/composite squares; similar but cheaper ones on ebay etc. My new cables are also ... | |
| Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave Martin Colloms, Paul Messinger, Stan Curtis, Art Dudley, Michael Fremer, Malcolm Steward, John Atkinson, Chris Bryant, Tony Falkner , Robert Green and some others whose names I am not going to attempt to spell without looking them up. | |
| LP12 pickup wires affect suspension?? The Linn should have a "P" clip that fastens to the bottom of the table and takes the strain off the cable. This is just a clip that fits tightly around the cables and screws to the bottom of the table base. | |
| Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave I would much rather trust a knowledgable reviewer with an established track record than someone I know nothing about. There are reviewers who are just as committed to quality sound as any of us. | |
| Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave You were wrong. | |
| Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave Most of their reviews are not on line as they take no ads and support the magazine by sales of it alone. Look at their Colloms rating for CD players and dacs; the Metrum right out of the box scored 185 on this scale. You can order the back issue o... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC I saw an ad on here from the Canadian agent for a new one and assumed it would be a more or less permanent offer. It isn't up anymore so ??? You might get his address from the Metrum site. Still waiting on mine. | |
| Long Power Cord Runs It should be all right but why not take the opportunity to install dedicated lines closer to your equipment? | |
| Which is the better turntable origin or ronskon I think you mean Roksan. Or similar, my spelling leaves much to be desired and spell check gave me Raccoon. Both have good reputations. |