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| Turntable Setup Help; Phillips 777 Hi - You have a Stanton cartridge, which is a very good one. That brush on the front aids in cleaning and tracking. What you need to do however is to increase the tracking weight of the cartridge by 1 gram because the brush pushes back at 1 gram... | |
| I should have never .... Try a Vandersteen speaker.......I like the Sonus Faber, but bought Vandersteens. | |
| Amp ac cable connection benjie..... I've never had any luck with conditioners either. They all change the sound but include warts I can't live with | |
| Amp ac cable connection Wall...get a good outlet (Furutech or Oyeida) | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI When I changed tonearms from the VPI 10.5...a very good tonearm, to the 3D, I heard a major improvement. I would consider the tonearm change. | |
| Is my Onkyo Receiver toast? sounds like a speaker problem...not the Onkyo | |
| Heard the B&W N804d3s ... I had 802's that I got for a consolation present when my first wife died. I tried to make it work but disappointed at every turn. I replaced them with Vandersteen speakers. There is an upgrade for those now which I auditioned. The upgrade was... | |
| Ry Cooder recommendation... ...no one talked of Paris Texas....my personal fav. | |
| New Mag-Lev Turntable To me it seems like a lot of work for a mid-fi product | |
| Power cable recommendations under $1k ....make your own. Use excellent wire and connections ....you'll have better cable for much less money, and the joy of making it yourself. Get in touch with VHAudio. | |
| Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII, Boheme on VPI Classic 2 Companion They would both be fine.....the Zephyr sounds a bit light to ME...just wondering when you made that comment about the Black that the Zephyr might not hit the right cord either. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? What does "life" mean? You need a solid company to repair if needed...sound quality that will keep for 10 years or soAyre, Audio Research, Rowland, Pass Labs | |
| Is a Power Amp the Answer? Your inclination is not the answer. | |
| Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile Don't discount hearing loss.. For a number of years now, I've been wondering how my once fabulously sounding system now sounded so unmusical/lifeless/dead. I tried cleaning the cables, using a break-in CD disc, trying other cables, but just got ... | |
| Your Go to CD to Impress When I play my system, or my violin for anyone, I select a piece that they know and already enjoy. To understand something new in music and to evaluate a stereo system is just too much for most to handle. |