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| Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Platforms You are already $7G's into the HRS philosophy, therefore, it's too late to turn back. Drop the extra $$$$ and sleep better at night, otherwise you will toss and turn at night wondering....."what if" | |
| VPI cartirdge alignment? If the cartridge pins are seated all the way to the back the cartridge clips, then re-terminating or cutting back the cartridge clips won't help as the cartridge pins are what are causing the problem. Perhaps SoundSmith can modify your cartridge... | |
| VPI cartirdge alignment? I assume that you are referring to the tonearm cartridge clip tabs that are causing the interference. You can always trim back the tabs a touch | |
| My personal experience with Direct Drive versus Belt Drive Put four musicians in a room and ask them to play on four different consecutive days. They will play a different tempo on each day. Fill them with cappuccino’s before the fourth day playing and see what happens. Humans are not robots. Yes, musicia... | |
| Ethical Help from the AudiogoN Community Your description of the speaker is accurate and is not misleading, therefore, you are in the clear. Heck, a smart buyer may do some homework and find out that a replacement tweet is available to $69 and make you an offer way below market price. | |
| What to do with old LP inner sleeve? If you like an old musky smell along with incubated mold spores, go ahead and keep those old inner sleeves. | |
| Adventures in Table Shopping A good inexpensive cartridge can out perform an expensive one if it is well matched and set up properly. Take the lowly Denon Dl 103. Slight mods, well matched and set up well and it will out perform many much more expensive cartridges. Yea,... | |
| The best coupling caps in power amp ?? Mundorf, Infinicap ?? Do your homework, as you’ll find that one or two expensive "boutique" caps mentioned are very likely just re-branded Solens (which are far cheaper) compare diameter/length/lead length for the same uF and voltage and you will see why. Cheers Ge... | |
| Anyone know what these are Perhaps MIT / Transparent Cable prototypes :-) | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is @ptss wrote "testpilot it's my understanding wire shouldn't be heard... "So your objection is merely with the price and is without regard to performance. | |
| A speaker that looks like a driver or a driver that looks like a speaker? Looks like something that you would pick up at a tacky souvenir shop. Not for me. | |
| 845 You don't need the side nipple but you still need to respect the tube orientation to ensure that you have the right pin aligned with the right conductor. | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is Have you heard it? | |
| Confessions from a VPI owner of some 30 years @slaw wrote...This will be my last post here.Finally, enough of the whining. Your ADS is working correctly. The ADS centre indentation represents 60hz, with your particular pulley, belt and platter combination, your table’s motor needs a frequency... | |
| Anyone Know the fuse size in the Joule- Electra VZN100 and LA-300 pre amp Don't the fuses in the amp and preamp have values stamped into the metal end casings? I would assume so, but the OP does not have the amps yet and wants to pre-order the fuses an advance of the delivery of his amps. |