swampwalker
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| Feickert Adjust+ Tool "The future of analogue is here today!"So the future of analog is digital? | |
| Phono pre amp Art Audio has one, but beware of the issue Mingles brought up. | |
| Cartridge setup revisited My bad; what was I thinking! Of course they are sealed! Must've been a senior moment. Sorry. | |
| Cartridge setup revisited Since a wooden arm would not be dimensionally stable at typical range of residential temps and humidity, I think a Mint might be overkill. | |
| Who sells lead shot pellets to fill an equip.stand Krell1- For disposal I would look to a metal recycler, otherwise you are talking hazardous waste! One of the reasons to use steel or a substitute. Since the lead shot is 100% lead and the action levels are in the parts/billion range, you can see t... | |
| Suggestions for preamp compatible with Pass X250? What are you presently using? | |
| kt88 base temperature What you heard was microphonics. try tube dampers rated for output tubes. | |
| Dynavector coil repair Try Soundsmith, who will rebuild many mc carts. | |
| How to hook up Pro-ject Headphone Amp insert into tape loop is preferred; if the headbox has a loop out, it can between the CDP and the pre, also. | |
| Connecting low-end DVD player to Bel Canto Dac3 Yes, if the co-ax out you refer to is a digital out. the player needs a digital output. Then you need a properly terminated digital cable and analog outputs from the DAc to a pre, rcvr, or integrated, and you are good to go. | |
| starting from scratch almost , need advice A good place to start might be the Music Hall receiver/dac (forget the name) but I've heard it and its a pretty decent piece. You would need to add a stand alone phono stage. The rcvr is about $700 used, I think. A decent phono stage would cost yo... | |
| HD Music downloads vs CD purchases. for now, yes. If/when more popular titles are available as a hi-rez download, then there will be more to it than a storage/selection/ergonomic issue (w a high end DAC you will get superior reproduction, but not likely from an iPod unless you get o... | |
| No deep bass or highs: VTF or VTA issue? Yes to VTA vs. overhang. | |
| HELP I need help finding a pair of headphones Another option would be Eytmotic ER-6s which can run off the ipod w/o an amp. | |
| Best SS amp for Zu Druid Mk IV speakers OK, thanks for the clarification, Warren. I feel much better now ;~) |