twl
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| Absolute Best power amp, tube ss I will make a prediction. I predict that the custom amp that David Berning is building for me will be the best sounding amp. My instructions were to build the "best sounding 45 amp on the planet". It will be a 12vdc battery-powered, Hand-wound Cho... | |
| Moving coil cartridge advice needed Same problem with low compliance except worse. The Shelters are both around 9cu, which is not borderline. It is a true low-compliance. If you guys want to stick these things in a unipivot, then go right ahead. The Lyra may work. Forget about the S... | |
| Death of Vinyl? Nah I love vinyl. If vinyl was not possible to use anymore, I would have never gotten back into audio. I was out of it for years, and decided to get back in with the new digital formats, in a combination player. Within a month, I could no longer stand... | |
| Will your cables live FOREVER? Nothing lives forever. Ends will break off, metal will oxidize, plastic will get brittle and discolored. Proper maintenance and repair will get you through your lifetime though. It is probably a moot point though, because no audiophile can go very... | |
| Turntable rookie It is possible that your lifting rack(the arc-shaped part that contacts the arm tube) is bent or loose. See if it wiggles up-and-down. If it does, there is a small allen head set screw that holds it on. Position it properly and tighten it up. Mayb... | |
| Moving coil cartridge advice needed Sayas, this is what the Lyra webpage says about the Helikon:The cantilever compliance has been tuned to 12cu which is a comfortable level for most tone-arms (typically medium mass) available on the market today. Compliance is a measure of the cart... | |
| Matching Royd Speakers I knew a guy who had the Hemors in the rear, but he didn't particularly like them there. | |
| Moving coil cartridge advice needed Hi Doug. You have some nice cartridges to pick from there. IMO, the Shelter 501 and the Lyra Lydian Beta, are the 2 best carts on your list. Unfortunately, neither of them is suitable for a unipivot tonearm like the JMW. If I were going to pick a ... | |
| VTL Transformer Up-Grades, Worth It? While I haven't heard the VTL Signature upgrade, I can say the the output transformer is one of the most critical items in that type of amp. It is the component that is most prone to compromising the frequency extension, and phase coherence of you... | |
| Someone just dropped cash into your lap Way to go, Chaskelljr2001! You'd really love that analog rig. | |
| Review: Denon DL-160 Cartridge What? You can't see the reflection of the gold line in your record? You have to put on your glasses! Seriously, that was a very enjoyable review. Thank you. I am also a Denon cartridge owner and lover(DL103). What I think is really cool about your... | |
| Trying to Enter the "HiFi" Bizz What you have to do, is make several sample pairs for demo and display purposes, that exhibit the same quality levels in sound, fit, and finish, that the production models will have. Then, you become your own rep. You rent exhibit space at the maj... | |
| How old is too old ?.... Will, just for clarification, I was suggesting that Clueless build the Lowther Voigt Pipes, since we had talked about that at one time. I was not drawing any sonic parallels between the KEFs and the Lowthers. I guess I got a little off topic. | |
| Match the phono-pre to cart., or arm? The brand is not that important, just the sound quality and the match. You have a nice cartridge that is low output moving-coil. It has .23mv output, which is low. You will need about 60-70db of gain for it. Few tube units will have anywhere near ... | |
| What percentage do you spend on each component? Oh,yeah. I forgot to put in power conditioning. I have a large solar power generation system that keeps a large battery bank charged for all my daily uses, including my audio system. None of my stuff runs off of street power, since I'm not hooked ... |