twl
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| Which phono preamp? I agree with Kana813. Get an MFA preamp. It's killer. | |
| Cartridge For Origin Live 250 Silver Arm Johnny, I have an Origin Live Silver 250 arm. I think it is a super tonearm, with excellent design. I use a Denon DL103 cartridge with it. I am still breaking in the cartridge, but I am playing records about 7 hours a day, so I am making quick pro... | |
| How to fight dirty power - I need your help I went the other route. I generate my own power. I use battery power supply whenever possible. My turntable and power amp are supplied by battery. I am working on converting my preamp to battery power supply. My MC step-up is a passive transformer... | |
| What should I upgrade next? I think you should buy a good turntable and some good records. Then, after you have improved the source, continue with upgrades down the chain, in the order of signal travel. I have heard some pretty low end speakers sound quite amazing when they ... | |
| Nottingham Space Deck, or wait for something else? John, I recommend getting the very best sounding turntable that you can afford. My philosophy is to maximize the source component, so you can get the most information into the system. If the info gets in, then you have a chance at getting it out t... | |
| DIY speaker pictures site? Try the Single Driver Website. | |
| Thick or thin speaker & interconnect cables ? I use 30ga. single conductor unshielded copper IC's and 22ga. single conductor copper spkr. wire. Both are in oversize teflon or polyethylene tubing for as much air dielectric as possible.Speaker wires are bare wire terminated. I use all tube elec... | |
| Ear Plug/Hearing Protection Poll Yes, I wear them when mowing the lawn, riding the motorcycle, shooting, etc. Also, I don't play my music really loud either. In fact, I even set up my system with a low power configuration to keep me from turning it up to ear damaging levels. It i... | |
| What about the Teres Turntable? Gumby, I have gotten everything now and have it set up and breaking in. The set-up is as follows: Teres Model 135 turntable(all acrylic), Origin Live Silver 250 Tonearm, Denon DL103 cartridge, MA Cotter MK2 Step-up Transformer, MFA Magus Hotrodded... | |
| CD Player Connected Directly to Amp Check with Rick Schultz(EVS) about his outboard inline attenuators. This will open up your CD player options to the ones without an attenuator. | |
| Differences between MM or MC/Recommendations? There are quite a number of very good cartridges now in either MM or MC configuration. Or even moving iron. I am sure that you could find a good selection in either category. Many purists will say that a top MC type will give more detail and quick... | |
| New Lowther whizzer cone design. Herman, you can bet I will, but in the meantime, you have provided me with some very valuable information that will help me make my decision. Thank you. | |
| cartidge recommendations needed I don't know the effective mass of the TQ-1, but it is a very short arm, so it is probably quite low mass. The bearing system is somewhat slack for the linear tracking movement. I would recommend a high compliance type cartridge to mate with it. A... | |
| What is the best tonearm at about 3000 budget? The AirTangent arm is one of the best ever made. They can be found sometimes in the $3000 range used. Cartridge compatibility is a major issue with any tonearm, and I would recommend choosing a combination of arm/cart as a system instead of a grea... | |
| New Lowther whizzer cone design. Another new thing I saw was the addition of the "Big Fun Horn". A back horn loaded design with a corner load into the room. The specs show a flat response to 32Hz. The reviewer said it was so efficient that he drove it to ear-covering volume level... |