tfkaudio
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| Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise? Art Dudley of Stereophile has, on several occasions, poked fun at the Rega "philosophy" of letting the cartridge stylus clean the record. "May your purgatory be a restaurant where they don't wash the plates, but rather let the forks clean the plat... | |
| Feelings on the Music Hall MMF 7.1 Hi, Yes, I never meant to imply that the MMF and VPI were the same price. I was suggesting that the price gap had closed to the point that I would consider the extra few hundred bucks for a VPI to be a no-brainer. However, I did forget that the MM... | |
| phono preamp crackling I would first try grounding your table to the phono amp. Also, make sure you're not using the moving coil setting with a moving magnet cartridge.Cheers. | |
| Feelings on the Music Hall MMF 7.1 It was the Stereophile Budget Component of the year several years back. Since then, a lot more competition has shown up and the price of the MMF7.1 has gone up. I no longer think it's a "best in its price class" table any more (if it ever was). Th... | |
| Suggested entry path into vinyl... I agree with Buconero117. Buy something that's consistent with your income/buying power. You'll soon find that records are the expensive part of the hobby, not the gear.Cheers. | |
| can you play a gold record? How many of these do you have and where do you live? ;) | |
| Record Cleaning Machine RCM Check the age of the posts you have read. I can't remember clearly but I believe earlier versions of the VPI 16.5 had overheating issues, but were resolved (or at least reduced) a long time ago by VPI.I've had the 16.5 for about 7 years and have n... | |
| Looking For More Detail Lyra cartridges are well known for their detail retrieval, and they match very well with the JMW9 tonearm.Cheers. | |
| Analog System to Beat Digital - - for little$$ ?? Yes, I agree with your budget mix. Watch out for deals on the PS Audio GCPH. It's a well regarded and very flexible phono stage that can often be found new for $700. And even less on Audiogon. Others that, found used, may fit your budget are an EA... | |
| Analog System to Beat Digital - - for little$$ ?? Can you bypass the turntable's internal preamp? If so, just buy a new phono stage. That will put you over the top vs. digital all by itself. I assume you have a decent cartridge already? Cheers.Tom | |
| battery powered stage - replacing PS Audio All the RFI and line noise will still take the ride along the interconnects to and from your battery powered phono stage, since it will still be connected to components that are plugged in. I would recommend a home audition to ensure that it does ... | |
| 6 ohm speakers with 4/8 ohm amplifier I think the correct answer depends on the impedance curve of the speaker. 6 ohms is simply the nominal impedance. Without knowing the particulars of your speaker, I would say that the 4 ohm taps are the better choice, since the impedance will be l... | |
| Clueless Analog Newbie, Looking to Buy Just read this thread for the first time... Congratulations on having the perserverance to take the vinyl plunge in spite of all the stuff written in this thread. But count me as one of those people who thinks a dirty record played on a crappy tur... | |
| Beatles covers: better than originals? One of my favorite Beatles covers was one that I saw live. Frank Zappa and band playing "From Me to You" with Sting on vocal. My favorite recorded cover is Peter Gabriel's "Strawberry Fields Forever". I always disliked the Joe Cocker Beatles cov... | |
| Ortofon/Ear 834p I looked over the specs of the Ortofon, and it should be an excellent match with both your EAR 834p and your VPI tonearm (I'm assuming its a JMW9.) The EAR in MC mode has enough gain for any cartridge (approx. 68db). The Ortofon is a heavy cartrid... |