twl
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| Linn Ittok Arm Adjustments Cpdunn, the knowledge of what cartridge likes what VTA setting is one of the "black arts" of the analog world. I only know some of them. It comes with alot of experience with different cartridges, over a long time. I haven't used any of the newest... | |
| Vinyl and slurring S'es I don't have anything special in the way of phono cables, and my highs are crisp and clean as a brand new dollar bill. Not even the slightest hint of sibilance. And I don't think any masking is going on with a quality tube preamp, OTL amp, and 100... | |
| OT: History / slang terms and what they all mean Fatparrot, they may not have had tubes, but they had tubas! And at that time, I think transistors were bands of people trying to stop migration across borders. :^) | |
| What do you think Audiogon does right? or wrong? I enjoy, and have participated in, just about everything that is on this site. I have bought equipment and sold equipment off the classifieds. I have entered posts into all the forum pages. I have bid on auctions. Sold music on the music classifie... | |
| Smooth, "Film Like" Treble: Happiness At Last... Back in the 70's, it was common for speakers to have adjustable tweeter attenuators built in. This fell out of favor when audiophile practices moved toward reducing components in the signal path. Some speakers may be designed "hot" to entice buyer... | |
| Replacing cable from tonearm to phono stage Cp, I can tell you that the cable routing of the tonearm cable through the P-Clip in the base of the TT is paramount to the proper operation of the suspension of the Linn TT. The correct amount of slack under the tonearm, and tight clamping in the... | |
| Heard of Nestorovics? I am only aware of his speaker designs from the 70's. | |
| OT: History / slang terms and what they all mean Good fun, Sean. To add a little to the English archer story that Wstritt started, I heard that the wood of choice for the long-bows was "Yew" wood. And what they were saying when they held up their middle fingers was, "Pluck Yew!" | |
| Who Are You? or should I say "who were you?" I'm the same hard-line, hard-core, Lp spinnin', low-power tube amp runnin', single-driver speaker playin', SOB that I was a few months ago when I answered the last thread like this. Except maybe more so, now that I've totally ridded the household ... | |
| coupling monitors to a stand I used to have a set of Linn Kann mini monitors with metal framed stands. I made clamps by cutting a 1" thick bar of MDF that went across the top of the speaker, and another that went under the platform of the stand. I drilled holes near the ends ... | |
| Is Remote Control Important? Now hold on, guys. Before you put me in the ivory tower category, please realize that I thought that we, as audiophiles, were striving for the "ivory tower" of audio. I agree that if we can get the performance we want, with a remote control includ... | |
| I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" In my opinion, the beauty of an album like Kind of Blue, and that genre of expressive jazz, is the ability of the musicians to "lock" onto a flow that they all have in their minds. They are all improvising, yet they seem to know where each other i... | |
| Alternatives/improvements to VPI Aries Scout I'd recommend the Teres 135, in the finished version, if you don't want to fuss with a kit. Add a Rega RB250, and a Denon DL103R. This will put you at just over $2k. You can mod the 250 later, or just get the modded version from the start for a co... | |
| Here, there a Chick, Where else a Chick Corea ? Yes, the Romantic Warrior album by Return to Forever. | |
| Linn Ittok Arm Adjustments Cpdunn, yes that's right. When the record is playing, the arm tube should be level with the record surface. But this is only the starting point. From there, you must tune it in by ear, using the method I described above. Some cartridges like a sma... |