tafka_steve
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| Denon DP3000 DD turntable My experience with a DP-3000 is that its speed regulation was not as tight as on other quartz-locked DD turntables. Also, note that the conical spindle will make it difficult to use with a record weight or clamp. | |
| Best One Country System? What about India? Surely the Audioputra loudspeakers, Banghi amplifier, and Khorana CD player are reference grade.;-) | |
| Earthquakes, speaker stands, and Snell E You might consider using rollerbearing devices (Aurios, Darumas, etc.) under your speakers. From my years spent in L.A., spikes and blutac didn't keep my speakers from being knocked over during the Pico Rivera and Northridge earthquakes. It may be... | |
| Is This Sub Powerful Enough For This Room? Your huge room has roughly 10 times the volume of a medium-sized room. If you need something that plays bass louder than the DD18, consider the Servodrive Contrabass (http://www.servodrive.com/contrabass.html) or bass horns like the Labhorn or Bru... | |
| Whatever Happened To SAE? Actually, Tom Campbell said (big inhale): "Bellflower, Torrance, Long Beach, Costa Mesa, West Covina, Reseda, Van Nuys, CAL STEREO NOW!!!"When I first went to Rogersound Labs (Van Nuys only) in 1973, their top speaker design was a large 4 ft. tall... | |
| Whatever Happened To SAE? Yup, the Bongiorno-designed, Mk IIICM was a nice amplifier (before the black stuff).Didn't they become ATI? | |
| Spatial Coherence Try contacting Ray Kimber at Kimber Kable. He bought one off of eBay a few years ago (he outbid me).Want to know what Richard Knapp (the designer) is doing now? Try this link: http://www.msoracle.com/rktech.htm | |
| What to make of my system? Hard to make valid comparisons unless you're comparing the sound of the LP vs. CD releases of the same recordings. Even then, the recording may be processed differently to release it in the two formats. An example of extremes is Anita Baker's "Rap... | |
| can a RCA switch box be made for 2 pre amps? Radio Shack and Parts Express sell A/V switchboxes for under $30, but my experience with the Radio Shack unit is that it is unacceptable for both quality audio and video. Ditto the Switchcraft rotary unit. You can build your own that would be much... | |
| salk sound HT3, Linbrook Sig, VMPS RM30 Also check with Marbles at the AudioCircle website. He also owned RM40's (fully tweaked), but sold them and now owns Salk HT3's. | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Albert, the Walker phono stage retails for $12,500 sans power cords. And it is excellent. | |
| Krell Amps. Ksa 250,200,Mda300 Interesting about your MDA 300 problem. I evaluated the KSA-150, KSA-250, MDA-300, and FPB-600 on Thiel CS 3.6 and found the MDA-300 combo to give the smoothest, mellowest balance, and the most potent bass. Soundstage was a bit forward and very wi... | |
| Krell Amps. Ksa 250,200,Mda300 Why don't you tell us? | |
| RB300 tweaking problem I bought an extra vial of damping fluid from Townshend back in 2001. He should still have some, as he is still making turntables that use the damping trough (according to HFNRR). If you have no luck with him, I can probably supply you with some. F... | |
| RB300 tweaking problem Honestly, I can barely detect the sonic difference (slightly cleaner transient/dynamic peaks with the Heavyweight). I think the front-end damping paddle/trough of Townshend's arms removes arm resonance colorations (certainly the tonearm/cartridge ... |