terry9
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| Direct Drive How does it sound? Well, I can HEAR the noise from the plastic sleeve bearings on that 1/500 HP motor! Only faintly audible as a slight grainy brightness, but audible nevertheless. Paired with my DIY air bearing tonearm and higher end Koetsu (dia... | |
| Direct Drive @pedroeb My turntable is built around a New Way thrust bearing, an air bearing in all three dimensions. This right away puts you in rarified (6 figure) company. Next is inspiration from the late Tom Fletcher, who reasoned that a tiny motor coul... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dover I think we are seeing that logic is not someone's strong suit, whatever his pretensions. | |
| Direct Drive Yes, tangential tonearms sound better. But they are a higher end thing, and you probably won't hear the benefits until you're spending a fair bit. How handy are you? It's not hard to make a DIY belt drive table that will be far better than anythi... | |
| Opinions before purchasing I've tried a bunch of things in my HT, and the best is a Magnepan system (current). I use MMG-W mid-treble units for everything but the centre, which is a Quad, but the MMG-W would work for that too. Add a DWM woofer for L and R channel (as I do)... | |
| To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs? Yes, V=IR sounds simple, but it's really not about V (voltage) but about voltage DROP, which equals current x resistance. The real power of Ohm's Law comes when you can accommodate reactance in addition to pure resistance (reactance encompases cap... | |
| To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs? To actually do anything, you will need some stuff called ’test equipment’. Can’t go wrong with pieces from Fluke, Hewlett / Packard (now Agilant), Tektronix. I prefer the old stuff, 30-50 years old. Better built, mostly repairable, great ’feel’ to... | |
| To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs? @adambennette is right. 'Art of Electronics' by Horowitz and Hill. Three editions plus a lab workbook were published. I have them all, and you can pry them from my cold dead eyes.. It was the first mainstream source to recognize that all compone... | |
| Great classical pianists Gieseking for Beethoven. Most especially his 1944 'Emperor' with anti-aircraft cannons breaking through. Did not fully appreciate 'Emperor' till then. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @rauliruegas "that was a stupid " statement " just to hit some one" Sorry, I forgot that you are the only one allowed to mention someone else’s error. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? The Hell it’s a silly question. @mikelavigne Mike has told us about the DaVa and Etsuro Gold cartridges and why he values them above all others he has tried. If I value liveliness, I buy the DaVa. If I value refinement, I buy Etsuro. @atmasphere... | |
| Amp Internal Wire Be aware: when teflon insulation is heated beyond about 475 F, it begins to decompose into highly toxic fumes. When I solder wire with teflon dielectric, I use a fume hood and a respirator rated for HF (hydrogen fluoride), at eye level if possible... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Oh, and don't let anyone tell you that digital is the standard. If digital were perfect, then all digital products would produce that same perfect sound. They don't. QED. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @arro222 Well, the distributor wants his cut. So does the dealer. When they say 40% markup, they mean 40% of the selling price, so it’s actually a 66% markup. To be fair, each has his own costs and it’s not all gravy, especially the retailer. T... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Thank you! |