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| Newbie Question - What is "Overhang" When you have set the correct tracking force, and place the stylus on the alignment gauge, the stylus should be directly on the cross-hairs. If it is over or under, you will not have correct overhang, and it will affect the tracking performance of... | |
| Next upgrade for vinyl rookie Trip, If all you are stepping up to is a P3, then I don't recommend it. The main difference between a P2 and P3 is the cost of the arm. You may not even hear any difference between those 2 tables. Moving to a P3 could hardly be called an upgrade f... | |
| $500 total to get into vinyl, what would you buy? If you need to buy a phono section in addition to the analog rig, you'll need to consider at least $100 for that.I think a Planar 2 with a lower cost Goldring cartridge and a Parasound or Sumiko phono stage, could be gotten for under $500 for all ... | |
| Matching Sumiko SHO and Pass Labs Aleph Ono The SHO is designed to work into your MM input on the Ono. The MC input is far too high in gain for it. This is why you had the terribly high volume output when you used it. Unfortunately, it seems that the SHO output is too low for the gain in th... | |
| Help with set-up The chances are that the cartridge is not properly aligned in the headshell. I realize that the MMF turntables come with them already installed, but nothing is foolproof. The cartridge alignment should be checked with a tool.The anti-skating could... | |
| Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus? No, don't worry about it. Just be as careful as you can, and if it slides around a little, then that's the way it goes. I have done alot of cartridge alignments, and VTF adjustments with scales, and never had any cartridge damage.The major concern... | |
| VTF Question/Opinions It depends on the cartridge. Some like it a little heavy, some like it light. You have to play around with it, to see what sounds best for you. | |
| Best of the Best: High Fidelity, True Classics For movies I love the original Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.Also love most of the Bogart movies, especially the African Queen.Dracula with Bela Lugosi, Frankenstein with Boris Karloff, and The Wolf Man with Lon ChaneyIndiana Jones and the Raiders o... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Just to be clear, I didn't make the statement that mods are a waste of money. I don't believe that, and make alot of mods myself. That statement can be attributed to another member, not me. | |
| what tonearm for sota/shelter 501 ? I am using an Origin Live Silver Tonearm with my Shelter 501, and it is a great match. The OL arm is alot like the Shelter, in that they are both really great values for the money.I personally think that there is no arm under $1k that can touch it... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Ernie, did you buy this player used from an Electrocompaniet dealer in this country? If so, that dealer should handle this situation.If you had this player sent over here from Denmark as a demo, or whatever, in order to circumvent the markup that ... | |
| Best of the Best: High Fidelity, True Classics Hi CW. I'll nominate Madonna's Immaculate Collection, for the image and soundstage.Also, Rickie Lee Jones' early albums for overall emotional content and recording quality. Makes for superb demos, and just plain enjoyment.Best of Bread, will knock... | |
| Backing Away from Stereophile Class A Stereophile rankings are little more than marketing tools for the major audio manufacturers. It doesn't take much more than a decent product, and some advertising money spent in the right place, to achieve a Stereophile ranking. I have seen some r... | |
| The best Carl Orff Carmina Burana? Nate, the Parliament PLP(S)161 recorded in the 1960s is a very awesome version. Carl Orff "Carmina Burana" with Vaclav Smetacek conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Singers Choir.This LP has it all. It has fantastic miking, wh... | |
| Alternative to Avantgarde Uno? Maybe try some Oris Horns? |