tonywinsc
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| Great systems in butt-ugly rooms In the late 80's, I had a buddy who's hifi would fit the title of this post. His listening room was in the basement which had some acoustical treatment. He had taken the grills off of his Quad ESL's and mounted these speakers into rigid wooden fra... | |
| Other than music, why are you an audiophile? I have been fascinated with this hobby since I played around with my Uncle's Pioneer Quadraphonic receiver in the early 70's. Music is my thing because I played instruments growing up. I am also an engineer and so I like the technical side of it a... | |
| Speed Stability We are well beyond eccentric platters here. The experiment is based upon matching the noticeable to unnoticeable eccentricity of the source (the record) to the wow and flutter and surely the unmeasurable runout of the turntable platter. The theory... | |
| Speed Stability Then it would stand to reason that the position of the record relative to the platter can affect playback quality. What I mean is, if the turntable has a certain rhythm (wow and flutter characteristics) then it must be possible to turn the record ... | |
| Speed Stability I noticed while playing records over the past week that the European and Asian pressings seem to be punched true-ie. no visible swaying of my tonearm. US pressings however, seem to be a mixed bag. Some records are true and some I see the tonearm s... | |
| long term components I have had my Sota table/SME arm for 17 years. It was a lot of money in 1992, but the sound blew me away then and it still does- even as my amps/speakers/cables have changed over the years. I haven't bought a record, new or used, in over 10 years,... | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? I notice my favorite brand seems to release new models with pricing tied almost directly to the CPI when looking all the way back to their prices for top of the line gear in the late 1980's- early 1990's. | |
| Speed Stability I want to think that some labels did a better job of centering the hole in albums than others. I am almost curious enough (but not quite) to measure the hole position of a group of records to see just how far off they are and how much they vary. M... | |
| Movies that featured High End equipment The best episode of Mr. Ed ever: Wilbur buys his wife a HiFi for their anniversary. (Of course his wife is not impressed.) It is the single long cabinet variety common in the early 1960's. Mr. Ed comes in during the night because he can't sleep an... | |
| VPI Scout - Cartridge Issues Check out my virtual system for info on how I solved my Denon cartridge mass problem. | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Effective mass is not the same thing as the mass of the tonearm. It seems people are confusing these two terms. My SAE tonearm, for example has an effective mass at the headshell of 9.5g- according to my owners manual. The entire tonearm and count... | |
| Speed Stability After reading these posts the last few days, it got me curious to see how stable my Sota turntable speed is based on listening tests and using the strobe disc. I have a stereo test record so I put that on the platter and then my Sota strobe disk w... | |
| Measure My Turntable Speed "it worked great and cost $20, with an accuracy of +/- 0.05%. Plus you want you can play an LP for stylus drag while you measure. This is the only way to go!"+/-0.05%? Unless it has a calibration sticker traceable back to the Bureau of Standards- ... | |
| Measure My Turntable Speed It seems the old mentality of must spend lots of money in order to get good results has overcome logic again. Get real here. The powergrid line frequency is very tightly controlled to 60 Hz. Just google it and you can learn how accurate it is kept... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? I mounted a new phono cartridge last week. It is a MC with about 0.3mV output. I am using an ARC pre-amp with 100 ohm loading. I suddenly developed an occasional popping noise like a static discharge. (Consistently in the left channel). My room is... |