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| low riding Benz Micro Gold I agree with Viridian.... in addition, I hot glue a small (1/2 inch or so square) piece to a quarter. I put the coin/ME on the turntable, and lower/raise the arm onto it a couple of times. There may be some threads of ME left on the stylus, so I u... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2--- VTL S-150 or Ayre V1-xe? I have an Ayre V1xe, and am extremely pleased with it. Although solid state (without the maintenance therein) it doesn't have that solid state sound. There is one caution..the amp sounds its best used in balanced mode. | |
| Interconnects and phono pre Installdark...you could always use an adapter to experiment and then dump the adapterNsgarch... I slightly disagree with you...yes to same brand (house sound) of interconnects and speaker cables, but power cords..no. I have found that these are a ... | |
| $ 2500 ....Stay with Vandersteens ??...what else ? ..by the way DR. Adam.....you can do lots of things to make your system sound better than changing speakers. How 'bout experimenting with cables, placement, resonance control devices, AC plugs, etc. | |
| What about Cardas Cord? All cables react differently in different systems. Cardas was extremely poor in my system...it may be different in yours. The only way to tell is to try it. | |
| Speltz Anti Cables Regarding twisting Anti-Cables.... I found that twisting closed in the sound a bit...untwisted more open. In my system nothing much else changed.... I first twisted them, and am using them untwisted now for years. | |
| Anti skate and tonearm damping query Dougdeacon...you're correct, but anti-skate decreases with velocity so that it becomes less and for all practical purposes, pretty much zero at the end of the LP. That being said, Highly modulated sections of the groove will create more skate than... | |
| What Speakers Vandersteen speakers are extremely good and a great value at every price point. Considering your electronics, you should audition the Quatros, or 5A's. Both of these speakers can be tweeked to match your room - easily done by the dealer setup. | |
| What Cart. for a Infinity Black widow Try an ADC or Sonus cartridge... Both of those are A+ with the Black Widow. | |
| B&W Rohacell vs woven Kevlar I doubt that the material the speaker is made of makes a difference. A stiffer cone would cause a more piston-like movement with perhaps less cone breakup, however, I would think the driver's cone material, magnet, spider, magnetic gap, crossover,... | |
| Preamp w/ xlrs in the ht-bypass loop ..that doesn't sound right BostonGeorge34... I have an Ayre K1xe that has a balanced monitor loop that you don't have to pull the plug to reset. I would call Ayre...they are very nice and will provide the right answer for you. | |
| I can dream, can't I? Vandersteen Model 7 The cabinet and speakers are carbon fiber. I think a great deal is to get a used 5A and get the offered upgrade of the new drivers to be put into the 5A cabinet. According to Vandersteen himself, it gets you very close to the 7's. The upgrade is n... | |
| Heavy Speakers with Spikes on a Concrete Floor This seems wrong to me. I have my speakers spiked to a French limestone floor, with a rug with padding in front of the speakers. It sounds great, I wouldn't think of setting the speakers up differently. I would add padding for your rug, pour mysel... | |
| How to convert VPI turntable to banlanced? Valhalla is the better wire for the VPI arm, however, it takes a very, very long time to break in...many months. | |
| VPI Classic---Denon 103 won't fit on arm?? It seems the cat is out of the bag... VPI tonearms will now have a stainless steel arm wand. My 10.5i seems to be aluminum. I wonder what the sonic difference is. |