t_bone
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| Kenwood KP-990, anyone familiar with this model? Enjoy your "new" table. If you are really up for something DIY-ish, you might try destroying the plinth. :^)Something which some people with a DIY bent do in Japan is get rid of the plinth. People say it resonates, and the support structure of the... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S DC,Congrats on the A90. I'd love to hear one. The Feickert table is a looker too - a bit like the Clearaudio Concept in looks except the dark and light are switched around, and the arm mounting is more flexible. Gotta say that if I were a fledglin... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Dcarol,In pointing out where you were from (i.e. a "wee bit south" of Linn), I am pretty sure Thom was saying you were from England, and was not trying to identify you as being from the Southern Uplands or Northumberland rather than Yorkshire or p... | |
| Experienced audiophiles best speaker Jim,The problem is simply that you should disclose. It will not make you look bad. Proud of and loyal to the lines you represent? Maybe. Sneaky and untrustworthy? No. Saying that "they sounded pretty good at RMAF last year" when it was actually yo... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Despite having never heard either cart, I am still inclined to agree with Thom Mackris and Audiofeil. I'd be shocked if you are getting enough out of your arm to make the difference profound. If it IS profound, the difference can probably attribut... | |
| What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup? Thom Mackris and others have it right. One can get respectable vinyl sound at several hundred dollars. Good looks cost more than good sound.I find that Absolutelytopnotchblowmeawaywitheverylisten sound costs more, but that kind of thing isn't usua... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? Jferreir,As to isolation being a final tweak or a basic setup issue, it depends on your environment. It is not only speaker noise which matters. Buildings have resonance. Some of it is earthbound, some of it is how buildings react to outside eleme... | |
| Uesugi vs Shindo Luxman Air Tight Yamamoto Here is a small selection of their products. Uesugi is a well-respected brand of tube gear (mostly press, amps, phono stages) which has been sold both as finished products and as kits. They can be purchased new through a number of brick and mortar... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? I will agree with Audiofeil (I must be coming down with something - this is at least the second time this year) that spending $1000 on a used setup can get you a goosebump-inducing sound (though as others have said, it takes more to get all the wa... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? Bill,If it has been bonified, it must be good. | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films Also try Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" and "School Daze" | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Downunder,The 407 has a pair of screws set at a 90-degree angle to each other, which tighten at the base (they go horizontally through the mounting collar). It's not terribly difficult to change VTA but it is not as easy as it cold be. | |
| What Is This Hobby? Onhwy61,I thought that you had specifically read "this hobby", which to me is slightly different than saying "our hobby." I was certainly not suggesting you had picked up a George-ism. I admit the passage you quoted, from "King Richard II" is one ... | |
| What Is This Hobby? "This X" is a way of defining something which sounds a bit stilted to many people over the age of 30. It seems to have come into popular use in the first few years of George Dubya's presidency when George, and many politicians (mostly conservative... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? I think a gyro is a sine qua non for the gimbal platform, and the trick would be having the platform mounted so that the gimbaled supports to that platform were not rigid (I expect something like a linear bearing might work here, with the gyro kee... |