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Whats on your turntable tonight?
OK ….turning on the TT now that i have > 100 hours on those difficult to breakin Teflon caps in the high pass filters…. Warming up with; Jimi Hendrix Experience: Paris 67 ( RSD Black Friday )   …..what short term memory ?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I still lurk…..ha. Congrats on all the upgrades ;-) enjoy the music  
Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers
Forgot to mention ALL the Vandy filters include DBS with a battery to keep those hard to form caps fully formed…more science…..  
Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers
Let’s cover the facts. There are other less costly options for Vandersteen high pass filters, four in fact. Six if one were to count the built in high pass filters in the M5 and M7 amplifiers. The crowd that thinks a Vandersteen high pass filter ... 
Ideas for an amplifier?
You can look on the Vandy website for serial / model major changes and time periods for production.  You can also join the owners forum there as well…  
Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages
IMO, informed by imagination and. some high ( as in orbital and beyond ) end electronics fabrication experience, you want a designer fluent in: point to point, boards, multi-layer boards..and SMD and integrated circuits. Helps if they have ears al... 
The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's.
In early 80’s saw Albert and BB in Columbus, OH. Never did catch Freddie. Regrets….  
The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's.
Dudes…. Great thread… one reason to not fully abandon Agon….  
Awaiting a 1st impression
high end = esoteric = intended for the discerning FEW I know Jim at Aesthetix and have run his superb Pandora DAC for a decade…excellent service, support, build quality and sonics. I have heard 3 Mimas now, all running Vandy Treo or Quattro….a su... 
Turntable noobie...what advice do you have?
@mijostyn Stay in the dark ages. Ultrasonic + Enzyme on my Nitty + Sweep arm + Zerostat is just better….    For those moving out of pre renaissance age cleaning practices, see Bill Hart excellent blog The Vinyl Press which published @antin super... 
Most Realistic Recordings
Herb may have it .. but the losses and gains w any excellent piano recording STaRT with microphone selection…. Like @bdp24 i made my own with an arsenal of very good ribbons… they all pale in comparison to the towering Bosendorfer… but hey, that’s... 
Turntable noobie...what advice do you have?
@bdp24 @spiritofradio We need to do a Portland record store crawl this Summer !  
Turntable noobie...what advice do you have?
In a pinch a fine Oregon Pinot can be used as a stylus cleaner… just kidding… enjoy your new vinyl :-) I find some real gems on Discogs and bin diving my local record stores … I ran a aerospace grade clean rooms and have been thru a few record p... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
check if it is the GAIN 2 mastering system on the new MoFo ( no vino needed ), i have a 1 step here somewhere…. still in shrink ( long story )…..  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Greg - it’s a plan when I head North !!!! Crusaders test pressing :-)