tomic601
Responses from tomic601
| Sometimes, things go right with impulse purchases. lost in the vanishingly low noise floor….. the Fosgate is pretty good and typically very affordable - so interested in the long term impressions…. or retube trauma…. but seriously good on ya !,,,,,, enjoy in great health | |
| I Cried Today ah Peter you are such a great soul. Peace and grace to you and to the Hoffman family. Godspeed to John. | |
| Which Would You Choose? yep…. especially IF you get a nice monoblock pair with SHORT speaker cables… As noted the Quicksilvers can astound ….. Have fun, enjoy the music and the journey | |
| Who do you recommend who you have had experience with making custom fabric dust covers? Digital deck covers….. amazing prices…. cover for Degritter < $40 delivered… custom work also | |
| AVM 8.2 or Ayre MXR Twenty? Ayre and ARC all the way ;-) I ran a REF5se > VXR-20 for 4 years | |
| TOP TEN replies you don't want from your spouse .. FINE,,,,,,,, | |
| Tonearm set-up sorry my one phrase answer attempted poke at antiskate debate missed the mark… i am in the less camp but not zero. i agree w Lou on cue arm being the prime reason and perhaps that arc range was also what worked w the various plinth and armboards ... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER @dcevans you running signal thru the preamplifier AND the ( purposefully vague on the specifics ) unique NAIM analog / digital volume control. i use it in a similar way w outboard power amp and agree for the $, footprint and streamer/DAC function ... | |
| I need a phono pre amp for my ARC VSi75 Dick aptly pointed out you will need to add a SUT to the excellent TPAD 1000. You might also consider a Hagerman Trumpet and of course as mentioned the best ARC phono you can get your hands on. | |
| Tonearm set-up and that is a lovely arm BTW | |
| Tonearm set-up antiskate,,,, | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? @fsonicsmith yours is always the question when $ is involved…. the hard and fast rules seem to come and go IMO… for example Jelco supplied a vey competent tonearm that was capable of much…sadly they are no more. Yet we have Hana with scale / volum... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? @inna I didn’t want to rewrite volumes as your question contains the life work of many a deceased and living master… they are many… For me anyway it starts with mass and compliance matching. i am an advocate of using the Korf calculator, which in... | |
| Belles 20A Tweaks--Tubes Any more recent thoughts ? | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Part science, black art, and luck…. along with an exploratory spirit |