twl
Responses from twl
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Art Garfunkel's version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" written by Neil Sedaka. Also Joni Mitchell's "All I Want". I also agree with many of the above. | |
| Tonearm Cable Question If you are going to re-wire the phono cable, it is best to do the entire job, from headshell to RCA plugs, all in one run. As Viridian says, breaks in the tonearm cable are bad. There are a number of companies that make full re-wire kits that have... | |
| Newbie Question: VTA and Rega P25/RB600 Oh well! And not one of us even suspected that. Glad you got it working. | |
| Have anyone pics and tech-data for a SU-1 step-up? Well, Paul? Is it really what they say it is? Is it better than a Cotter, or Audio Note? C'mon now, you can't leave us hanging on this one! We must know. | |
| To preamp or not to preamp?...that is the question Zaikesman, I agree. I have made this test with both phono and CD, with my highly modified MFA Magus preamp. There is no doubt that using, in my case, the tape outputs, which bypassed the attenuators and line stage main output, was much more detail... | |
| Best Way to Use Turntable with System Cabinet Yes, Peter, the TT optimally should have its own stand, that is correctly designed for that type of TT. However, I often encounter situations such as yours where the person cannot accomodate the optimal arrangement. The answer here, is that you wi... | |
| Best Way to Use Turntable with System Cabinet Cabinets and racks degrade the peformance of all types of turntables. They generally are not light and rigid enough for suspended TT's, and not heavy or rigid enough for mass-loaded TT's. Neither fish nor fowl. A lightweight rigid stand like the S... | |
| Need help - Set up Helikon using test LP Cp, sorry if I overdid it. Sometimes it seems like I'm not getting through to everyone. | |
| Preamp better than Cortese? I can't comment on a direct comparison, but if you can use a Silver Rock or Bent transformer passive unit, they will be much more transparent than virtually any active line stage. The transformer controls eliminate the impedance problems associate... | |
| Out on the tiles...with speaker spikes. Use coins under the spikes. Only 25 cents each. | |
| Diana Krall Tried "When I Look In Your Eyes" CD, but didn't like it at all. | |
| To preamp or not to preamp?...that is the question Avoid using CD volume controls that do it in the digital domain. Use ones with analog controls, or use a passive preamp with any CD player. This is tricky because of the impedance of the passive preamps with resistive volume controls. If you pick ... | |
| Trying to improve two channel - direct or preamp? Transformer volume controls are different, because they lower the input impedance with attenuation, unlike resistor ladder attenuators or pots. This negates the problems with bass and dynamics that were described above. | |
| Manley 440 monos to drive low impedance ribbons? It's your money. But if you want hard facts, then ask them what the damping factor will be with a 1/2 ohm load. Ask them how they will handle 90 degree phase shifts at that kind of load. Ask them if the amp will tend to be "brittle" sounding at th... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? My first "knockout" experience was when I first went to the Linn/Naim dealer that I eventually went to work for. I listened to a Linn LP12/Vallhalla/Ittok/Asak into a Naim32/SNAPS/NAXO/ and 3 NAP 250's driving Linn Isobarik PMS speakers. This syst... |