stringreen

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Helpful and altruistic audio community members
3 cheers for the "Good Guys".   The chore is to find them so readily. 
Help me choose a mono cartridge
i just don’t get why anyone would want a mono cartridge. I’m using an Ortofon Winfield and was listening to a very old Frank Sinatra 10 inch Capitol LP.."In the Wee Small Hours"...and it was wonderful. I didn’t get a bunch of noise or extraneous i... 
Protecting speakers in home theatre application?
What I found is that home theater and high end stereo, don't do well together.   I have each of mine in a different room of the house and am very pleased.  I can max out each of their particular traits much better that way. 
Right channel makes raspy noise when playing records
Visually inspect the stylus to see if it has somehow been bent/off center/etc.   or simply get a new cartridge. 
Latest Absolute Sound
French_Fries...incremental buying is a sure way of paying way more than you should, and...never be satisfied. 
Koetsu RSP Sound Problem
Before you do that, because its been sitting around for awhile, I'd try demagnetizing it with the use of a fluxbuster...just be careful that it is recommended.  Some cartridges (don't know about the Koetsu) has internal wiring that could melt with... 
Tonearms longer than 12 inches
so....Raul and Harry seem to agree n'es pas? 
VPI Cartridge People: What next?
I'm using an Ortofon Winfield which you can get new in your price range. Load it at 1000 ohms and smile.  My advice is to try your turntable without the Gingko.  It absolutely ruined the sound of my VPI, but every system is different.  
ZYX Premium Cartridges
Huh?? 
ZYX Premium Cartridges
Don ....what makes you think I wear hearing aids??  I don't...  I play violin for a living. 
ZYX Premium Cartridges
My experiences with Zyx cartridges reaveal to me a softness...a kind of unpretentious hiding quality.  ...a lay back, quality...a don't ruffle my feathers kind of sound.  They tend to be excellent cartridges when you live with that sound for awhil... 
ZYX 'Real Stereo' and Miyajima 'Cross Ring' Cartridges
What does that mean?? 
Are Dust Covers a MUST
Don't use a dust cover...too big and klutzy to fool with every time I want to play a record.  I use a microfiber duster to remove the offenders and am good to go. 
Direct Metal Mastering ( DMM ) LPs. What is this?
Momentary Lapse is absolutely boring music....also he's clearly Anti-semitic.    
VPI Tables and Dr. Feikert Software: Any Experience
The Foz  and its accompanying disc are  important tools to get the VPI arm as close to perfection as you can.  Sure you can get it "close" with the mirror if you use a silvered mirror with no top glass that can be retrieved from an old broken SLR ...