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| Tonearm re-wire - what would you use? If your preamp has balanced capabilities, rewire with balanced connections. | |
| VPI HW 19 3.5 w/REGA 300 vs. VPI Scout w/JMW 9 arm The JMW arm is an excellent arm. Its virtues can best be accomplished with the use of a MINT protractor, and the best cartridge you can install in it. My suggestion is to get the Scout, do all the mods as your finances permit, and listen to your r... | |
| Vandersteen Model 2Ce Signature II Bi-Wire, not Bi-amp | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? Toss out those torture test records. They provide meaningless answers to your questions. After a very few passes of mistracking, the record is damaged and will never reveal if your cartridge is properly set up. Also, I have found that many anti-sk... | |
| Anti Cables to join my system, are they enough? I use anti-cables and needed some artwork to soften the wall behind the speakers. I commissioned an artist who found the Anti_Cables so aesthetically pleasing he painted a triptych for me with my Vandersteen 5A Kawazingo wood pattern as a backdrop... | |
| Rega P3-24 & P5 owners.......... Adam 18...try my suggestion...get rid of those rubber feet and Vibrapods. If you don't like it, you can always go back. If you don't want to "invest" in cones or blox, take 3 same size cans from your pantry and try it just for fun. | |
| Rega P3-24 & P5 owners.......... If you think your Rega is good, try using 3 Cardas blocks, or cones under the surround. Use the cones spike up. | |
| B&W Speakers Before you set your mind specifically on B&W's, open your search to other manufacturers as well. Personally, I find B&W's overpriced and underperforming. | |
| Sennheiser HD595 with speaker terminals? Your best bet is to get a separate headphone amp. Look at headphone.com They are very expert at this sort of thing. | |
| Cart option for VPI turntables Benz and Dyna are both good options that work with the VPI arm. I am using the Benz Ebony LP, and Dyna XV1s. They are both wonderful, the Benz being closer to my perception of what music really sounds like. | |
| Balanced vs. Unbalanced - What does it mean? Some electronics are designed single ended with balanced operation included so that the buyer would think that the component is a greater performer. The truth is that those circuits that are designed single ended with XLR options sound the same in... | |
| Interconnects to use Anti-Cables work very, very well for me in my system, but you must listen and determine what is best for you. Size/weight does not matter at all...the sound matters. | |
| Cardas Twinlink Interconnect I've tried lots of cables and any Cardas product with my system is very, very bad indeed. That's not to say that Cardas is a bad cable - only that it is bad with my components in my sytem with me. The same cable can sound excellent or rotten depen... | |
| Which power cord more important? All power cords sound different....and different used with different components. My amp likes Accrolink with Furutech plugs, and my preamp from the same manufacturer likes Accrolink with Oyeida plugs. If I switch the power cords around, the sound ... | |
| Benefits of a record ring Very wrong Chazzbo. I've had mine for a couple of years, and never had an accident with it. What if you had a gas leak and your whole house blew up. Not likely. It does only good things, and Im glad I have it. |