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| Headphones? Anyone? Send it back to Grado...they'll repair it for less than you think | |
| Grace 940 unipivot tonearm The amount of damping to use on the tonearm varies with the cartridge used, and its interface with the arm. Use only one drop, listen, add a drop, listen again, etc...until the sound not only doesn't get better, but will collapse. Remove that last... | |
| General comments on SOTA Linns are VERY tweeky...Regas can also be, although much less than Linn. VPI's are an easy setup and once set up, you don't ever have to touch them again. Installing a cartridge is always a pain to do on any turntable, but probably you could have ... | |
| Upgrade tonearm A number of years ago, I had a Helius Orion tonearm. It was the most problematic component I ever had. It went back to England a number of times, and in the end still had binding bearings. Maybe they figured it out, but for ME, I wouldn't get near... | |
| Jadis amps and pre-amps still competitive? Jadis sound good, but everyone I know who owned this brand experience failures of one kind or another. | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? I probably paid about the same for both. 2012 Porsche Cayman R....All Ayre electonics with Vpi Superscout Rim Drive/Benz LPS, Vandersteen 5A's | |
| Pass Labs XP 30 VS Ayre KXR Pre I second it....the blue ribbon goes to Ayre | |
| Cartridge Upgrade for Rega P-25 Table Jperry...I have a Scoutmaster and love it. | |
| Cartridge Upgrade for Rega P-25 Table One of the best things for you to do with your P25 is to get it off of those rubber feet. Put 3 Cardas blocks or dominos under the wood surround and it will improve performance. Have you rewired the arm and got an offset (dropped) counterweight fo... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? "musical" would be MY choice. I believe Richard Vandersteen would also agree since the setup for my 5A speakers was not a quest for straight line response (Richard told me that sounds awful)....but rather to simply eliminate the big peaks and vall... | |
| compare different grades of Audioquest cable I've said this before...the only way to know how a cable sounds is to listen to it in YOUR system. All cables sound different connected to different components. In MY system, Audioquest Sky/Everest was a terrific combination, but the Audioquest Si... | |
| Phono recommendations for Koetsu ..another tact is to get an excellent high output cartridge so there is no need for the step up, or cables to get it connected. If you listen to the Benz Ebony H, you might even like it better than the Koetsu, whose time has come and gone for me. | |
| Good speakers under 10K. Vandersteen 5A's are a fine speaker, however it requires excellent care in setup and ancillary electronics for them to really sing....and sing they can. | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System The idea is to find the cable that sounds best to you in your system. Do not buy by price (staying within your budget), but by sound. There are many inexpensive cables that sound great. | |
| Anti-Skate dial-How to set it? + a bonus question There are those that say that there is no need for side thrust compensation at all. VPI says that all arms should remove the device because it can be heard as it works, providing noise to the original signal. Never the less, as posted above, the a... |