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Can Vandy's get along with cats?
What are the Vandy's going to do the cats? ;) 
Turntable speed accuracy
Doug, what was the nature of the Teres fix? Did they increase sampling or resolution of regulation or something else? 
Parasound JC3 or Ayre P-5xE
I too had the P5x, (not the e) for me as my primary phono pre for several years and kept it around through my upgrades. I was very neutral sounding to my ears.As I upgraded TT, arm, cart, AND my ability to set it all up, so-so recordings that at o... 
PSU upgrade for TW AC 1
How much each for the PSU and motors? 
Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others..
T-Bone Burnett's "Proof Through the Night" is one of my most prized albums. Out in 1983 it is classic IMO. Its not Synth pop. One of the better sounding recordings that I have.I would call Gary Myrick's "Language" synth pop. Big spacious sound sta... 
TW Acustic 10.5 and Graham Phantom Supreme II
Phib7777, if it true that the XV-1s had a phyisical issue mounting on the 10.5 that is unfortunate. But as has already ben said I don't think you could go wrong either way.I have not heard the Phantom.But, I have the Raven AC and the 10.5 along wi... 
TW-Acustic Raven 10.5 or DaVinci Grandezza??
Lbelchev, I have had the 10.5 for over a year and I am verry happy with it. Still have the a Triplanar VII and took it off my Raven AC several month ago (was running two tonearms).I have not heard the DaVinci but it was on my short list. They show... 
Phono Pre-amp with XLR
Atmasphere, nice explanation of the cable and connector issues. And I agree that using RCA connectors with a balanced input is to be avoided.Lets assume a phono pre has RCAs with the inverting lead grounded and only the noninverting signal feeding... 
Phono Pre-amp with XLR
Atmasphere, with a true balanced phono pre amp, does it make a significant sonic difference if the pre amp is designed with RCA inputs where the inverting signal from the cartdrige is grounded at the RCA jack leaving only the noninverting signal g... 
Phono Pre-amp with XLR
Prochk3, I looked at the phono pre ad and saw it claimed the unit was fully balanced input to output. But it has RCA instead of xlr inputs.If the RCA is grounded as it usually is, the noninverting or plus signal is still going to the noninverting ... 
Big upgrade
Take a look at my system pics. The two acoustic panals leaning on the screen make a significant difference with the soundstage in the room. The front of the speakers are five feet in front of the screen!Actually I think I could do better.Having a ... 
From high end digital to beginners analog?
Mike60, you have received a lot of great advice above. IMO it might take closer to the $4K number if you are looking for a table and phono pre. But who knows, there is a lot of good used stuff hiding out there.When I jumped back into vinyl 7 years... 
CONUNDRUM
I am confident Stringreen is correct in that if you call ARC, there would be an option to replace two or four fixed resistors that would change the gain by at least 12 db (I don't know if that would be enough but its a fair amount) if not more. Th... 
Vinyl composition effect on noise floor
I don’t avoid colored vinyl but I did not seek it out either. Of the 6 or 8 colored disks that I have I can’t make a case for or against.I can remember some things from older posts but I decided to to do a little googling with some interesting stu... 
Motor Controller ugrade for Raven One Turntable
Dev, Lewm sorry to have misled by my response to a poster who takes every opportunity available to make snide posts on TW Acustic threads. TW topics bring out a dark emotional side in these people. Sometimes I think its a “anything to get attentio...