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| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Just because two amps can be made to sound identical, it does not follow that all amps sound identical.For example, I can cripple my class A amps and make them sound like any number of indistinguishable mid-fi offerings. I doubt if Walker would fa... | |
| Another amateur in need of advice Cables. In a $5K system, I would spend as little as possible on cables - like less than $100 all in. IMO, you will get more bang for your buck anywhere else. | |
| LP Cleaning Jrpride, I rinse heroically with pure water, and the water cascades off a clean record like water off a freshly waxed fender. I have never considered photo-flow - I don't want to risk a residue. | |
| LP Cleaning I bought a VPI 16.5 25 years ago, and it served me well. Four years ago I got into ultra-sonic cleaning, and a whole new world opened up.Vinyl Stack has a nice wet-cleaning method which protects the labels by placing each record between two nylon ... | |
| My music sounds brighter Just a guess, but have you added any big power guzzling appliances lately? Has a big power draw come online in your city?If so, the solution may be an isolation transformer. Trouble is, they tend to growl when working, so they should be sited in a... | |
| VPI Prime or Scout or ??? What bdp said.A modestly priced, well set up TT will outperform a poorly set up high end unit.I suggest that the order of priority should be: turntable (doesn't wear out), tonearm (aligns the cartridge to the vinyl, and doesn't wear out), and cart... | |
| How do you store and catalog your vinyl? A few thousand LP's, sorted by speed, then mono, stereo or quadrophonic, then by genre. Sorted within genre chronologically.Also, a special category for 100 of my favourites. LP's rotate into and out of that category, but it stays around 100. | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? @cleeds @tls49 Although we do not seem to agree about ground loops, nevertheless, thank you for the discussion. | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? @cleeds "we can say a "ground loop" is formed whenever two or more grounds are at different potentials"I don't think so. From Wiki, "A ground loop is caused by the interconnection of electrical equipment that results in there being multiple paths ... | |
| Is It Possible? The Quad 2905's are a minor evolution of the 63's. They can be much improved by changing the step-up transformers and delay line capacitors, but the biggest improvement of all is cutting out the circuit protection (which must be done with great ca... | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? Craig, I'm sure that you will be pleased with the result. My first suggestion was predicated on the possibility that you might be in a radio-rich environment. Since it seems that you are not, unshielded may be a better solution.If these work out, ... | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? @cleeds "Almost all components today have a separate ground. If not, you can always run a wire from the chassis to ground."Agreed. But for those which do not ..."If you always ground at the source end, it’s easy to maintain star grounding. That he... | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? @tls49 The problem with connecting the shield to the source end is that if a source has no ground connection, you will end up with an ungrounded shield. Many turntables and tonearms are like that, especially vintage ones - think two-prong plugs. | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? @cleeds By 'robust' I mean a solid connector and heavy gauge ground line. Unlike some pieces from the old days.Agree with everything you say, except using the preamp instead of the amp.Oh, I get it - if one is using mono blocks. Yes, in that case,... | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? Taww, teflon is bad stuff to get hot because it decomposes into seriously bad compounds starting about 470F. Think HF (hydrogen fluoride), the stuff used to etch glass. Some modern non-stick uses a high temperature variant, or so I understand.But ... |