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Need help with Sutherland Ph.D. phonoamp
Followup: Eva Manley tells me that Music Lover's Audio in Berzerkely here on the east SF bay is a dealer. Will check it out and try to in-home audition and report/review via new thread. 
Need help with Sutherland Ph.D. phonoamp
Nice table and arm John. As the PHD breaks in and you nail the settings, I (and possible others here) will be interested in your further impressions of this unit. as I mentioned above I will probably go for the Steelhead even though, foolishly, I ... 
Who will survive? One last table til I die.
Dougdeacon: This quote from their website on "features"..."Built-in Analog Noise BlankerThese circuits help reduce pops and clicks in real time, as you listen. This feature may be easily turned off with the front panel buttons by users that are re... 
Who will survive? One last table til I die.
The laser table COMPLETELY DEFEATS the purpose of why we enjoy vinyl as an analog source in the first place. This is just another A/D/A converting unit. And for $20,000 the choices for a complete top notch analog setup are great. Contact between a... 
Vinyl in Boston
Or, even better, if the weather's nice just walk to Central from Copley, it's only a couple of miles. 
Help with a complete vinyl setup about $2,500
The increased VALUE of the 16.5 with RR products has brought to my 700+ LP collection VASTLY exceeds the cost of the the unit.Hey, if I can buy 50 used LPs for $1 each and have them sounding better than any used CD version at $10 a piece as a resu... 
Vinyl in Boston
Head over to Cambridge. In the middle of Central Square there are several excellent stores on Mass. Ave. that have a huge selection of LPs.Take the Green Line T from Copley Sq. to Park St. station and then switch to the Red Line to Central Sq. You... 
What was your first music that you paid for?
Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company for $2.99 at Kings (no longer there) in Brighton, MA in 1969. 
Help with a complete vinyl setup about $2,500
I use the 16.5 and RR fluids and I ask you; what value do I place on the time saved by this set-up and method?HUGE!!!Screw the so-called manual method. Might as well hook your turntable up to a potter's wheel and rotate it with your feet so as to ... 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
John Dunlavy please come back! I had to purchase instead a pair of Thiel CS6s and would probably have purchased a new pair of IVs if you were still in business. 
Help with a complete vinyl setup about $2,500
Rega P25 $1150 (Music Direct)Benz Micro Glider L2 $579 (Needle Doctor)Musical Fidelity XLPS V3 $395 (Music Direct)RR LP9 stylus cleaning fluid $25 (Music Direct)Total $2149 Then save up for a record cleaning machine. I had this setup to start with... 
DIY stylus-cleaning magic long
Ditto LP#9 on my Urushi. 
Gallo Acoustics Micro 5.1 system vs KEF Eggs
After much hemming and hawing I got five of the KEF "eggs" (version 1) and the sub. They are powered by a Rotel RSX 972 receiver and, in my small room for HT, the system sounds very good. If I weren't such a two-channel enthusiast I might even say... 
Whats the Story w/ Headphones?
I also dislike the wearing part of headphone listening, especially when the weather is warm. But there are times when my wife has a writing assignment with a deadline and I need to listen to something with guitars, bass and drums. That's when the ... 
Anyone compare Conrad Premier to Rogue?
Ahh, you missed my point Avguygeorge, my fault. I was trying to address the second-reponse question Arafel had as to which component to upgrade first, and like a dummy I didn't fully absorb Arafel's situation in his first of the no home-audition 1...