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| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution Hmm, well here it goes.1978 - Technics SL-B20 later upgraded with Ortofon VMS20E1980 - ADC 1600 DD deck with alloy "Black Widow" like arm and ADC QLM 361981 - Thorens TD160/Hadcock GH228 - Decca London Maroon + Ortofon MC10 MC cart - sold ADC deck... | |
| Allaerts MC2 Finish I've heard one several times for a couple of hours each time at GT Audio in the UK. I have a MC1B myself (on a Schroeder Model 2 and Platine Verdier). Certainly in the set up at GT Audio, the Finish sounded very musical - natural timbre, deep soun... | |
| Stirling LS 3/5a? Anyone compare to older........ Ken Kessler reviewed the new Stirlings about 3 years ago in Hi Fi News. He also did a LS3/5a shoot-out in the same issue comparing all the manufactured variants against Pair 001, the BBC LS3/5a prototype. He thought the Stirlings were great and ev... | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Lapaix,where are you ? in France maybe? If so, you can send it to one of 3 places in the UK - Presence Audio (current distributors of the London Decca Carts), Len Gregory at the Cartridge Man in London (who uses John Wright from Decc Special produ... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. The Platine has been in production for almost 25 years now. It is rated as one of the best TTs ever made. The GT Audio battery PSU (www.gtaudio.com) drops the noise floor even further to increase the dynamic range further and enhance low level mus... | |
| Otl's with AvantGarde Duos? Graham Tricker (GT Audio) design his own high end tube amps specifically for the AG horns (he is the Uk distributor for AG and he heled design the AG Model 5 amplifier).With the AG horns, you need a really quiet amp with little noise. I've heard t... | |
| Turntable or go into SACD, Simon Yorke vs EMM Lab Your setup is pretty good at the moment. You might want to upgrade other bits eg phono stage or arm to Schroeder Reference (much better than SME V). However, a SY is going to set you back at least 4k GBP. That buys you 200 new audiophile records o... | |
| Homemade Record Cleaning Fluids?? I bought my Moth RCM from a branch of Audio T (chain of independent hi fi shops) in the UK; In fact it was their shop machine as most people had sold their vinyl by then (early 1990s).They told me to use the following4 parts distilled water to 1 p... | |
| Source & specs for LP poly outer bags If you're in the UK try covers33.co.uk. They do inner and outer sleeves | |
| Ortofon FF15 Any Good? You should be able to fit a VMS 20E or VMS 30 stylus in the FF15 body. In the 80s, Ortofon had a standard body to which they fitted different stylus assemblies to make different carts. The VMS 20 and 30 were fantastic carts in their day - quite re... | |
| OK...I'm getting ready to buy a new Phono pre amp. In response to Raul, 1. the Tron preamps are now available as a one box item as opposed to a separate line stage and phono stage.2. there is a lot to be said for transformers providing they are of high quality and shielded correctly3. remember you... | |
| OK...I'm getting ready to buy a new Phono pre amp. You should try one of Graham Tricker's amps (GT Audio). He has a long pedigree in tube amps and has a small but committed group of devotees. You can find his stuff on http://www.tron-electric.com. I think Jim Smith from Avantgarde USA distributes ... | |
| Ok....Help from the experts... make sure that nothing is catching mechanically. occasionally you see this when the arm tube catches the arm lift or the arm housing catches the bearing housing on a unipivotjust watch the arm and the bearing housing when it's playing | |
| LS3/5A & Pass Labs I bought a pair from Stirling two years ago. excellent service. remember the ls3/5as take a lot of running in, so don't be disappointed when you take them out of the box.They make both standard cabinets and reference ones. The reference ones are m... | |
| Anyone Using A Logic Turntable? I had a DM101, which I sold about two years ago. The trampoline effect was a pain, but I agree it was and still is a pretty good deck. I had an Audio technica AT1100 and Micro Seiki LC80W pick up on it - both had rave reviews in the early 80s.Ende... |