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| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Always shoot high....lowering your sights will always be wasteful | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? In my experience the cable itself is far less important than the connectors. | |
| Building a Magnepan System, Please Help... You're doomed. Although Maggies aren't expensive, they are very good...they need very good equipment to get them to sound good. You must listen with the stuff you want to connect them to | |
| Power Cord Burn-In In my experience, the connector ends are the primary reason for good sound | |
| Is Benz Micro no longer in business? I have an LPS and asked about a replacement when this one wears out....I got a "sure" from a number of providers | |
| Record stores in New Orleans ..... ..there are lots of great restaurants in New Orleans...Commanders is only one of the best. I found that New Orleans doesn't have many good record shops...As you travel around town listening to the many groups...when you like them, ask for their ow... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle ..regarding the Arche headshell.....there are cartridges that have this ability as well....Soundsmith's Susurra, etc. I wonder if this adjustment affects resonance frequencies, which should be avoided to retrieve what the cartridge "sees" on the r... | |
| Tried the Grado Statement1? McBuddah....Glad you're happy with your Superscout.....if you have the very dark grey super platter, make sure that your arm isn't rocking side to side. Get back to me if it does and I'll give you some tips. | |
| Tried the Grado Statement1? I've had many Grado cartridges...knew Joe Grado and have been to his lab/house in Westfield, New Jersey. He really knew what sound he was looking for...he sang with the MET in New York. The latest cartridge I had was the Grado low output Sonata...... | |
| Replacing Turntable RCA cables Another thing you need to consider is if you need shielded or unshielded cables. Shielding may give less hum and noise if your turntable should require it, but shielding closes down the sound. | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? Why would are you interesting in owning a component that you can't find let alone if you need to have it repaired.... | |
| VPI Scout cartridge compliance Don't worry about the small stuff. If it stays in the groove and sounds good...what more could you want?? | |
| Cerious Technologies? If you can get away with unshielded cables, they are more "open" sounding | |
| Scoutmaster to Aries 3 I'm using a Superscout Rim Drive/ceramic platter. I just changed to the 3D arm from a 10.5i. The arm is really something special. Mine is wired with Discovery which I like better than the Nordost. Anyway...enjoy your new stuff. Make sure you have ... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited JCarr....you mention the proper application of Anti-Skate in your 10/11 post....Do you say that to increase the tracking ability, or to provide the maximum audio ability of the cartridge? I personally find that a/s acts much as a damping factor do... |