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| Vandersteen 5A- Power Cords I have 5A's and experimented with power cords for them.....I really couldn't hear the difference....I have a pair of extra audiophile power cords and so I use them. | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? Atmosphere...you're absolutely correct. I found that the high priced spread often is not as good as the lesser ones. I feel that there is no such thing as "The Absolute Sound". Yes, there are qualities that we appreciate being reproduced, but I've... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Check out Ayre...they have a new one that looks great ...especially given what I know about Ayre. High priced, but probably great. | |
| VPI SDS exact speed in .... 40 minutes? Theres an worthwhile app to check rpm of turntables...irpm...and it works | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage 3 dimensionality is the land of the high priced spread. Surely your room can be treated, your power cords can be improved, but you will get incremental improvements.... Not until you get good (expensive) components will you achieve your goals. | |
| VPI Scout set up You'll get used to handling the unipivot arm.....it will track just like a regular arm when playing a record...no wobble at all. You should get a Fozgometer...makes setting up the arm easy. | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? Standards, Schmandards, ....I'm a musician not a scientist. My system is DEAD quiet, and sounds like music....that's all I care about | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? Atmasphere.....I have a totally balanced system (all Ayre components) and can readily hear the difference in cables.... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Because unipivot arms are balanced on the point of a pin, if the arm is set up properly it will compensate for any nonlinearity elsewhere. | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? I have an XLR junction box...no need to change from Valhalla (unless you want better sound - I had Nordost and now have Discovery...in MY system, it sounds much better). Just get the junction box and install it yourself ..easy to do. | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? John ...even your last sentence is wrong. I suspect that there is such a thing as skating force....but it is a very slight, illusive and constant changing force. It is impossible to correct for it and most times it is overcompensated. Why do you s... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Rockitman...A/S is included with tonearms as a selling point....when skating became the new adjustment of perfection, it was hard to sell an arm without it. In truth, A/S is very illusive...there are so many factors that contribute to it that ther... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Whewe....I have been an exponent of not using a/s for years on these and other pages, only to be rebuked many times over.. Vindication at last...others hear what I hear....improvement with no a/s. ..just to admit to setup deficiency on my part....... | |
| Big cartridge screws? Caution....many cartridges have tapped connections which require you to use their supplied screws....otherwise you"re screwed | |
| New VPI 3D Arm Hiendmuse....no such issue.... I suspect that you have the larger side weights (the new ones) and I don't. When I sent pictures of my setup, VPI said that my side weights are fine ...but didn't really tell me they are the larger new ones or older ... |