terry9
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| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage Pani, that Lundahl series is a superb transformer. I just upgraded to a pair of 1931's (lower gain), and recommend them highly. Rather to my surprise, they need no Sobel network, just a good clean loading resistor (I use nude Vishay). Every add-on... | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? The TF/NAS tonearm that I had from 1997 was the Mentor. One "set" the VTA by shoving the arm tube up or down in its socket, and fastening a grub screw. It was crude, and not repeatable. The tonearm may have worked well in theory, whatever theory t... | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? Hello Inna. I have no opinion on that - I have neither the experience nor the theoretical framework. | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? Set-up is probably more important than any other variable, because it's critical and invisible. Hence easily manipulated to maximize retail profit.I can make a good MM sound far better than my big Koetsu, no problem. Just run the Koetsu 30 minutes... | |
| Quad ESL Cap mods Sorry, I'm across the pond. | |
| Would you go all 1 brand for electronics? Absolutely one brand: DIY. | |
| Turntable Recommendation 15K budget Avid Acutus, Brinkmann, Oracle, Nottingham,, Dias, Dias. Sorry, I meant Dais. | |
| Turntable Recommendation 15K budget Avid Acutus, Brinkmann, Oracle, Nottingham,, I have owned Nottingham Analogue for 19 years now. I bought one of the last Mentor tables, now replaced by the Dias. Same bearing. I recently upgraded the motor and power supply to top Dias standard. I also replaced the weak point, the plinth, wit... | |
| speaker and interconnects, how nice do I need Make your own, make your own.I would go SUPERcheap - the cheapest you can possibly buy. A few bucks. Then try more expensive cables, and see if they make a difference. You may find that cabling is the least cost-effective way to improve your syste... | |
| MQA - One Filter to Rule them All? Any electronic device still needs passive components (LRC). That means lots of room for quality or lack thereof. So yes, there will still be an opportunity for costlier units to sound better. | |
| Type of flooring in a listening room? An engineered floor can be problematic on a concrete slab. For my basement music room, my builder's supply store recommended against any type of wooden floor, even hardwood. Condensation issues, flooding issues, etc. Don't know if that could be a ... | |
| cleaning liquid for LPs I use a lab grade detergent from Fisher Scientific: VersaClean. It is specially formulated for plastics, and is ultra-sound compatible. Plus distilled water. Scientific supply houses have to provide the real goods - audiophile not so much. Hence F... | |
| Help Picking a turntable Another vote for Nottingham Analogue. Not well known, perhaps, but the quality is superb. I have used their equipment for 19 years now, and built my all-ESL system around it. | |
| Amps and Preamps has standby, but should I turn them completely off? I think it is a little complicated for a categorical response.Semiconductors do not like to be switched on and off. Neither do they like to run really hot, and some heat sink compounds can dry out.Electrolytic caps (aka power supply caps) do not l... | |
| Individual International Seller Scam Elberoth2, I thought those were such good ideas that I used them this morning. Thank you. |