terry9
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| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? I tested this hypothesis, and found that isolation transformers work better, for less money. | |
| What is best sub to match with Magnepan? LS, you seem to have a case of the planar bass blues. This is caused by your having discriminating tastes, being able to appreciate what planars can do for you from mid-bass to treble. The fact that you find your sub to be too slow is just further... | |
| Multich stereo w/ combo electrostats & reg cones? I use all Quad ESL's of the same generation. This provides a coherent sound, in which a 32Hz C clearly differs from a 36Hz B. Not much bass below 30Hz, but everything above that is sublime, and that's 99% of the music. I suggest that you try it so... | |
| Burn-in and Equipmemt Value IIRC, a leading cartridge guru says that a few hours is sufficient for mechanical "break-in" of a cartridge. The next 50 -100 hours is necessary for the cartridge's guts to be bent into the shape required by poor installation, which accounts for t... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner My US cleaning process is:1. ultrasonic bath, 15 minutes2. reverse osmosis rinse3. distilled water rinse4. air dryA simple frame with slow motor provides for the cleaning of 4 records at a time.Total cost: a bit more than 2K.Suteetat, the fact tha... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? It's turning into Monovember for me.Oboen-Konzerte, by Handel, Telemann, Dittersdorf; Philips A 02233 L . | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner I second Wntrmute. DIY for less money. I spent half the potential savings on an industrial grade 80 KHz machine, which puts more energy into tiny crevasses (like record grooves). The improvement over the 16.5 is huge - one Archiv record went from ... | |
| Your Favorite AC Outlets Have you considered an isolation transformer? Plitron sells good ones; see the Medical Isolation line of transformers. For $500 or so, you can do yourself a lot of good. It might have been Absolute Audio who did an article on this 10-15 years ago.... | |
| Second Cartridge With Transfiguration Phoenix I have been living with a Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum with diamond cantilever, for six months now. Wonderful.I was a little apprehensive after hearing and reading that the diamond cantilever "destroyed the Koetsu magic", so I was primed to ... | |
| input for a Vinyl newbie I agree with the above - spend what you can afford to spend - but with some caveats.For analogue, set-up is CRITICAL. A very costly analogue front end, if poorly set up, will be much inferior to a cheap but carefully set up one. I suggest that you... | |
| Tonearm Upgrade for Miyajima 'Zero' Mono Cartridge Hello again, G. Another thought - ultrasonic cleaning.After reading many DIY posts, I built a platform for a rotating spindle which cleans 4 records at a time. I am using an industrial grade ultrasonic machine, an Elmasonic (German), which can cle... | |
| Ideas on table/arm combo for Miyajima mono cart I am using a Trans-Fi Terminator air bearing with the latest fixed head arm wand, and extra brass weights to increase wand mass. Works very well for the Zero. | |
| Tonearm Upgrade for Miyajima 'Zero' Mono Cartridge Hello G. Better late than never?I am using a Zero with a Trans-Fi Terminator, with the latest fixed head arm wand. I also use 4 x 1.5g weights and 2 x 4.4g weights, which I had machined from brass rod to fit the holes in the arm wand. Vic (of Tran... | |
| Nottington Ace Space question, motor placement. Hello Zeal.I'm rather a perfectionist, and that colours my judgement. Most sane people would think that one power filter of the Wave Mechanic's quality was enough.As to your Tice filter, I'm afraid that I don't know the brand. But I do know and re... | |
| SUT advice Hello Sunnyboy.Sowter transformers about 200 GBP for the pair (directly from Sowter), $100 for the resistors and caps. I use Eichmann female RCA's at $50/pair. The biggest advantage is flexibility: you can build in alternative resistances with a s... |