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Do Audiogon members like DIY cable projects?
I'd be interested as well. Please post. You might want to start a new thread to post them - perhaps something titled "Zero-va DIY Interconnect and Speaker Cable Recipes" 
What would happen if we had convenient turntables
I love automatic TTs. I wish some of them sounded better. I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but some of the great Japanese TTs of the 1970s and 1980s had substantial automation - even among the greats. And Raul points out that it's easy ... 
Advice Needed on Mono Phono Preamps
Thanks Pryso. Can you repost your first link? It does not appear to have worked. 
Advice Needed on Mono Phono Preamps
Hagerman has in the past made one but I don't see them on the site anymore. You might contact him and ask him.If you are at all willing to DIY, I am sure this has been done before as modifications to any number of standard phono stage kits. 
Fidelity Research cartridges
Derail away gents! I am familiar with the mag, though I have to say I have never actually seen copies for sale except at that tube thing which used to take place in the rajio kaikan in Ochanomizu in the fall, and maybe at the bookstands at the Int... 
Fidelity Research cartridges
Jonathan, Once again, thanks much for all the interesting information.Good thing about the Micro (that it's interesting) - just took a flier on one tonight (10k) and landed it. 
Fidelity Research cartridges
Jonathan and others, this is off-topic but while we are in the mood for older Japanese carts...Have you ever used/considered the micromini-voltage Micro Seiki MC carts like the LC-80W, which puts out something like 0.0mV? Was it any good? 
iTunes music for home and on the go?
I go with a totally different solution. I do not need thousands of CDs on my iPod. Having access to them over time is great, but I don't listen to all my songs, artists, or even genres every day. I put everything in lossless and keep it in lossles... 
Fidelity Research cartridges
Thanks Jonathan,That table is great. Very helpful. But it shows some ridiculously low impedance for the FR-7. I am at a loss at how to even think about dealing with a 2-3ohm impedance cart. Anything special required? My phono stage has the ability... 
Fidelity Research cartridges
Thanks Syntax. Which 'Big Thread' is that? Based on the FR-7's performance, I will try to grab an FR-7f if I see one. Any idea how any of them are different from each other? The only explanations I have seen have been quite generic for each (taken... 
LP eccentricity, spindle hole center,The fix??????
Ken, another question for you about the 308 you are using... do you go through the line-amp directly out to amp? or did you unplug the arm outs from the board and run those to an equalizer? (And if so, have you tried the line amp and phono stages ... 
No phono input on Jadis but want to buy tunrtable
I agree with Tom_hankins about output. Rather than buying another gadget (head amp or step-up transformer) in order to be able to use a low-output MC cart, I'd go for a higher output cart. Having never tried a HOMC of any kind (to my recollection)... 
No phono input on Jadis but want to buy tunrtable
Thought you got a table off ii Bei... In that case, I would find a cart to go with your arm and phono stage and concentrate on just spinning tunes with the AR XA. It's an all-manual table, and I am sure there are people who can help you set it up.... 
Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ??
Lewm, the space really isn't there for a second tonearm on-plinth, and if one tried, THAT would require major surgery on the plinth. If one wanted to put one on a pod behind the plinth, that might work, but it would have to be a loooong arm. Accor... 
US only sales WHY???
Ripn64, I feel for you. I think some organizations are just plain unpleasant to deal with as a customer. I think slowing down the process until you at least get pictures would be a good thing.