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| Speaker wire/cables opinion ZD 542....I spoke to Richard about this very subject. He said that they use many different brands and kinds of wire for internal connections. They choose the wire that suites that particular speaker connection. There may be different types conn... | |
| Adding mass to a tonearm Soundsmith has different headshell cartridge screws that changes mass. Has anyone used these things? | |
| Electric Interference + Line / Surge Conditioning I tried many conditioners....they changed the sound timbre, but closed in the openness I was really hooked on. I got rid of the conditioners and had an electrician properly fix the grounding in my house. | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? Carbon fiber doesn't take to shock well at all. I have a cf bike, and there was a caution that if should go down with it to have it checked by a competent tech.....I have cf in my car - when I accidentally rolled over a curb, I could see no dama... | |
| VPI Scout Set up Properly setting up a turntable isn't particularly hard, it's just very time consuming to be as careful as you need to be. Many adjustments rely on other adjustments, so when the arm height is adjusted, the vtf, et al needs to be reset etc . De... | |
| VPI Scout Set up Hard to make a judgement not knowing how much you know about this stuff. I would rank it pretty easy if you've set up a cartridge/tonearm before. | |
| Surge protection for amps? I have an EP whole house surge protector wired into the main panel of my house (after a surge took out one of my Vandersteen amps).....not only have I not had any problems since, but the addition, actually made the system sound a bit better. | |
| Is your cartridge toast...maybe yes, maybe no?? This reminds me of auto engine oil...... the best thing is to change the oil after every drive, and the cartridge once a week. | |
| Grado cartridges still worth the money? In the old days, Joe Grado was in charge....he was a singer at the met and knew what music should sound like. They are still very nice, and worth the money they command, but they aren't world leaders. Unless you use the right arms, they sometime... | |
| Grado cartridges still worth the money? I think they are quite nice if you have a arm that can handle them | |
| VPI Avenger Reference + Stillpoint Ultra V's In my experience, there is nothing worse for my VPI than the Gingko platform. It really muddied up the sonic picture. I did have great success with something called Bearpaws. These are very large/heavy cones - solid brass (I think brass). Thes... | |
| Speakers for Devialet agree with A KG...... while cables are important, they are the seasoning for a quality prepared dish. Fix the system first.Re: Spotify, Pandora, etc... great for background music, but not for serious listening. | |
| XLR interconnects on another point.....I noticed that the sound of dif. bal. interconnections have far less sound differences in the many brands that are offered... | |
| Should high-end shops be "OBLIGATED" to advise about component matching for best sound? The world is changing....brick and mortar is old school. Sears is gone, Nordstrums, and Neimann is hanging on by their fingernails...giant malls are scratching to fill the empty spaces. | |
| What commerical audio system tweaks provide sound quality improvement?? hifiJones......Very true....and for many aging enthusiasts on these pages, it would be hearing aids. |