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| Shunyata, Kimber or Nordost? "Nordost SPM"At least consider their latest iteration. SPM is a 15-20 year old model.The Heimdall II is starting point for their latest design. You have top gear. I wouldn't consider less than Frey/Tyr II. | |
| Setting anti skate on a VPI for Soundsmith cart You may drive yourself crazy determining if AS is correct on your VPI.On my Classic,1 or 4 orings doesn't seem to affect the speed of arm moving toward the center of a record.HW says don't bother. I never "heard" a difference either way.Unless you... | |
| Audio Research PH7 My personal experience with a weird/intermittent tubed equipment problems-its rarely/never the tubes. It is however, easy enough to pop in a known good tube if you have spares or just switching like tubes.A dead channel in my tubed phono, had tech... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question yyzsantabarbara-I suppose if I lived in an area with no reception, I would rig something up. Getting a handful of stations (including the awful rock stations) is a luxury. Our Classical station has been doing the pledge drive and I've heard "movi... | |
| Ortofon Quintet Black S Cartridge-Looking for opinions Coincidently, a Prime owner is considering the same cart, on the amp forum. That cart appears to be one of those "can't go wrong"models depending on your personal tastes.As far as a "music genre specific" model, I think some carts are simply more ... | |
| Manley Chinook or Zesto Andros 1.2 I've heard both with my tube amp, the "value" goes to the Chinook.The Zesto is nice for the 2 arm setup. Aesthetics goes to the Zesto as well.Adjustability nicer also, since knobs are all on the back. Both were quiet and straight forward as far a... | |
| Onzow Zero Dust - cleaning the cleaner A wash with your favorite dishwashing liquid revives the Onzow.Other than removing the obvious dust, I find Magic Etaser @ $4.95superor for a more thorough, complete cleaning. ZD will not bring back the new diamond look , which ME does. A couple ... | |
| MRI grade vs Hospital grade electric outlets Kavakat1No personal experience with outlets, other than replacing existing one that seemed fine, with another generic, but "hospital" quality that was a couple of bucks more.I figure the show rigs at hotels are plugged into a generic outlet no bet... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question karl_deschunfortunately, that's one of the ways to acquire a nice 10B.I couldn't get my wallet to open enough for the minimum $25-2700 decent units are going for.I'm curious if demand continues to decline, just how low 10B's will eventually drop to? | |
| Losing Touch I lost touch just about when the Cars released that album. Clearly remember transferring that record to a fresh TDK cassette for the car.Their debut album was fantastic at the time. Very "new" since LZ,Stones,Who...were essentially done.Gave up re... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question "I could even go into the subject of quality of movies audio reproduction between the up to early 1950’s mono, but tube driven, to today’s surround, high definition and solid state driven electronics."alanholvey-Somewhere in the early 90’s Sony ma... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question alanholvey-your insight was an interesting read.Until I acquire an Rel, my tuner lust just won’t be satisfied. Something about the look just speaks to me-besides the obvious sonic attributes.Im quite fond of the MR71, but gimme the REL, Marantz 10... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question "Depending on your local FM fare, it can really be worth the trouble."florida71-Its comments like this that rattle my cage! Just to see a "10" on the tuning meterkeeps me thinking about going to the hardware store and getting the ladder out!I get ... | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question "I can report that a Magnum Dynalab ST-2 yields great results here in NYC. Just tossed it under the credenza, hooked it up to the MR71 and I’m pleased as punch."tommaster-I have always been curious about the ST-2,but put off by the cost.I shouldn’... | |
| Looking for a new cartridge- Dynavector Karat 17D3 or Sumiko Blackbird I can speak for the Bird on my Classic.As long as you’re CAREFUL, it a great cart in the $1K category.There wasnt a low output version offered a few years back, so my experience was with the HO model. The low version may be nicer.At least in my al... |