twl
Responses from twl
| turntable location problem Put it on the sturdy homemade shelf in your rack.It costs less to do that, keeps the wires shorter, and the support is less important for the TT at the entry level that the Sansui is. That's my 2 cents. | |
| Nakamichi 505 or the Dragon ? The Tandberg 3014 will easily outperform any Nakamichi deck, including the Dragon. I have compared many times when I worked at an audio store that sold both brands. Tandberg always won.I realize that you only asked about the Nak decks, but I felt ... | |
| Koetsu RSP compatibility I'd say if you have about 15db gain in your linestage, then you'll need about a minimum of 70db phono gain for that cartridge. | |
| Denon, Shelter arm choices Hi Joe, in general, those cartridges like to have heavier mass tonearms with excellent bearing quality and low resonance, high rigidity arm tubes.I'd say that the Origin Live Silver, Encounter, and Illustrious are good choices. Also perhaps a SME ... | |
| Is there a worthy 6922 presently made? I think it is great for as many people as possible to stop buying NOS tubes, and use the Chinese and Russian stuff. This way, there will be more of that "nasty" NOS stuff from the 50's and 60's left for me. And the price will be lower too, when th... | |
| Turntable newbie in need for newbie help Try a Connoisseur(Sugden) BD2A. A nice turntable for under $100. Put a low priced Goldring cartridge on it, and enjoy. | |
| My new Well Tempered and opinions as to Isolation Try some Audiopoints under it, and stay with medium compliance cartridges that don't feed too much mechanical energy back into the tonearm(that means no Shelter 501 or DL103R). Try a ZYX Fuji instead.Disclaimer: I work for a company that manufactu... | |
| cones under your tube amps?? I use Sistrum platforms under my amp and preamp, and Audiopoints under my phono step-up transformer. They work very well for me.Disclaimer: I work for a comapany that makes vibration transfer products. | |
| What is the fastest clamp? Matchstikman, a weight can be just as good as a clamp. Some people even prefer the weight over the clamp. The amount of weight can vary greatly, depending on the design and maker.Just remember the more weight you add over the spindle, the more loa... | |
| EAR 834 and Shelter 501 You only need about 80db total front-end gain with the 501. That includes the gain from your linestage. So, if your linestage has about 15db gain, then you only need 65db from your phono stage. Having the gain up front will keep it as quiet as pos... | |
| Subtitution for AVVT 302b? Hi Stuart.Try calling Bob Ungemach at 262-827-0321. He is the American distributor for Emission Labs. He has them in stock, and has knowledge about what will work with them.I haven't tried their 300B replacements, but their 45 tubes are the best. | |
| What is the fastest clamp? There are clamps that require a threaded spindle. And there are collet-type clamps.Probably the easiest type to use is actually called a record weight. It performs the same basic function as a clamp, but it uses heavy weight to hold the record dow... | |
| cart upgrade My response was aimed at the compliance of the 17D2 Karat, which is 12cu. The JMW9 does not have any of the stablilizing features of the later ".5 series" arms, and is shorter too. My correspondence with JMW users has shown that lower compliance c... | |
| cart upgrade The 17D2 is a nice cartridge, but I'm not sure it would be the best match for the JMW9. Probably a 20X would be a better match for that arm. I'd say that if you wanted to spend the full $1500, and could find a demo, discounted, or slightly used ZY... | |
| TT setup woes This is something that is very hard to diagnose for certain, without being there. I think that you are going to have to make the determination yourself, from your listening and adjusting process. Even though damage to the record is unlikely, it co... |