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| Increase VTF to help with skipping? rego....forget antiskate..... Jeff....if your floors are causing this, secure your turntable table to the wall. Put a piece of appropriate size wood between the table and the wall to see if it still bounces. | |
| Older Electronics - When to cut bait? Your thoughts? I just got back my Ayre amp back...they did this and that....nothing was wrong with it before, ....sounds a bit better.....good for ever now. | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? ..so who's arguing? | |
| Caster Wheels vs. Spikes I have Vandersteen speakers that weigh 200 lbs each. They came with spikes, but I tried them without...just inquisitive. They are very much better with the spikes. Everyone makes their own decisions.. with wood floors, the results might be deff... | |
| 5A Vandersteen I love my 5A's.....beautiful in the optional Kowazinga wood. A furniture repair guy who I had come over to repair some furniture scratches (not the Vandy's) told me the finish is as perfect as one can get. ...so is the music. | |
| Jelco Easy VTA on the Fly Cleeds....not on MY arm it doesn't... The tracking force is decreased when the rear of the arm is raised. My cartridge sounds best at a particular vtf...to dial it in you have to listen and adjust. Because I have the 2nd pivot attached, the azi... | |
| What brand was better than it is today? No one mentioned Thiel? | |
| Hifiman Ananda Headphone driven with Primaluna HP Integrated To get the best from earphones, get a dedicated headphone amp. | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? My speakers, turntable, amp, preamp work best when spiked. Everyone tunes to their preference. | |
| Jelco Easy VTA on the Fly ...just a bit of a caution.....as you raise the rear end of the arm, you are decreasing the vtf. ...not so easy to listen/adjust/listen/ajust, etc. | |
| Colorado-Based Manufacturers I can't believe no one mentioned the Avalon Speakers... | |
| Kimber 12tc incompatibility with ayre my-r twenty I use Ayre as well....definitely don't recommend Cardas....so recommend Audioquest Yes, Do use balanced cables | |
| New home power protection? I use a whole house protector wired into the mains box after a lightening strick took out an amp......a couple of years ago.....no issues since. | |
| Robb Report Nope geof.....manmade ones can be made better than nature.....there is absolutely no way to tell natural from mademade. Newly cut naturals, are trying to get around this by laser serial numbers on real ones.... its only a matter of time before ... | |
| Robb Report Re: diamonds....there is a process for man-made diamonds to be made large with highest grade of color and quality for very little money. |