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| Headphone adapter for Ayre Codex Cardas will make anything you want. | |
| VTF gauge ..just be sure to have the platform of the scale at exactly the same height as the playing stylus. Anything else is not accurate. (Then too the vtf will vary through any warp.) | |
| Your thoughts about an upgrade I have Vandersteen 5A's with Ayre electronics .....and a terrible room. Richard himself did the setup. Not until I got rid of furniture was I able to lock the sound into place. The room is very much a part of the sound and it should be addre... | |
| Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android. I just got a pair of Grado GR10E....yes they are a changing. Also, bass depends on the fit. Although small and med. tips fit, the bass is very different. When first out of the package, they were lightening fast, and clean....now a bit stodgy, ... | |
| Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android. Its often true you get what you pay for. If you have a good source, it would be a shame to devalue the sound with a headphone that might not be up to the job. I know Grado, Shure, Sennheiser in ear models...all good. | |
| Turntable dealer/set up percon I set it up myself... I think few pros will take the time and care necessary to do a proper setup. | |
| A Surge Suppressor Story I had a whole house surge protector installed in the main box after a spike took out a Vandersteen amp.....reasonable repair cost and now I'm sleeping well. | |
| **The Official/UnOfficial Audiogon Head-Fi System Thread** I'm using a hi res Sony Walkman...just got Grado GR10E earbuds for it. The sound is absolutely exquisite. My "big" system cost about 70 or 80 thousand dollars.....why oh why did I do that..... | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide Jaytor.....I'm using Neotech as power cables with the top Furutech ends. Very satisfied. | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. You should ask the manufacturer for the original packing material. They spent lots of research with pros to design the right boxes. | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide Im using long XLR interconnects as well.....tried a few......they all sound pretty much the same. That's the joy of differentially balanced circuits. | |
| Help - Scroeder CB-9" tonearm - anti-skating setting issue recheck all your adjustments. My arm tracks any record with/without any a/skate...or anything in between. | |
| Integrated amp choice. Ayre AX5 Twenty vs Mark Levinson 585 never heard the AX5.....but I've had an all Ayre system for years....never a problem. | |
| Bluetooth Buds? Tomorrow, my new Grado buds should be delivered....will let you know. | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should I will tell you, the issue is not with anti-skate...even if adjusted poorly, the cartridge should sing. |