tomic601

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Record Store Day 2024?
mixed emotions for sure…. blessed to be able to go and buy or not buy…. as i choose… possibly it has outlived its founding purpose. Carry on. @bdp24 We got to hang this year. i’m hosting a gig during Pacific Audio Fest. Do be in touch. Some great... 
Rick Beato's Latest Interview:Warren Haynes
Awesome Dude - caught him at a small venue in the low country… perfect swamp :-) My Avatar photo…. The ravages of the road…. thanks to OP for sharing   
Considering Revising My Tonearms. Input On This Option Considered
A many dimensional puzzle… teasing out the impact of changes when you can’t do a single variable test. The SOTA is a formidable table but the noted arm well certainly limits things….  Im inclined to agree w Lew.  Very curious about culling the T... 
Mobile Fidelity Settlement Update
 there is this thing called a stamper…… suggest the soapbox ignorant do a whisker of homework about the process…  
How you know your system is improving?
For those looking for improvements and a frugal way  to make the “ investment “ consider a used copy of Jim Smith’s book on getting better sound ( and enjoyment ).    
Record Store Day 2024?
To each his own. A Portland buddy and awesome dude @spiritofradio was gracious enough to pick up the Dead box and L George for me as i toiled in line in California sunshine at Lou’s in Encinitas…. Fun…    
SUT help
To the OP..no worries…. beehive is where the honey is. Somebody said pick the distortions you like… i add nothing ( so far )  is free …. I have in one system a highly modified vintage tube amp w what i consider to be some of the best output tran... 
SUT help
Thx Ralph… hence my play on words….  
Tonearm resonance
put same cartridge in 2 different arms and listen to highly modulated grooves… easy to hear difference… arms are not just about better bearing / geometry but also resonance dissipation, damping and conversion….  i am not in the enabler camp… trad... 
SUT help
interesting theory…. this straight wire transformer…… i shall notify all those transformer engineers they have been doing it wrong all these many years…. except for @atmasphere …who for some crazy reason has worked very hard building amplifiers th... 
New Pass Labs Go To
Best to Mark in a well earned retirement   
SUT help
;-) Then i would recommend an Entre w Tamura transformers… $400-550 ish… u can flip it for about same…  
SUT help
@billstevenson is 200% correct, but use bad A fantastic low capacitance cables and keep connectors very clean… which is also why the OP should contact the MOD at Modwr@lewm good idea. As to a cartridge as a consumable…. yep, no kidding as are all... 
Audio Research Pre-Amp advice
i realize upon reread my comment about CJ could be taken wrong… i hold anything they make or made in high esteem   
Audio Research Pre-Amp advice
@tonywinga Right on man ! i was a CJ guy until i wasn’t…. I bought Brooks Berdan  “ museum “ SP-6 C from Sheila…. no remote… i resemble OLD… also… I will look into the Pi series tubes…. i wish Modjeski was still around screening and grading tubes...