twl
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| Help with selecting Replacement Cartridge The 501 is not a "cool" sounding cartridge. It is well balanced, with good bass, and very musical. It is on par with the Helikon, but a little more "Koetsu-like". It is not quite as revealing as the 901. It sounds to me like it could be a good mat... | |
| "simian" rock/pop songs?-a survey "I'm an ape man" by the Kinks | |
| Best Isolation Device for Speakers? First thing is, you can't "isolate" the speakers. The speakers are a strongly vibrating component, and they cannot be isolated from themselves, ever. If you think the cabinets are "dead", the driver baskets and cones are vibrating like mad anyway.... | |
| Help with selecting Replacement Cartridge A Shelter 501 would do just fine for $800, and sound great. Very musical cartridge, with quite a bit of "Koetsu-like magic" and excellent at detail retrieval, without sounding analytical.The Shelter 901 is better at detail retrieval, but loses som... | |
| How warped can you get? It should go in the phono stage, and many phono stages have them built in. However as any filter network, it has a "knee" with corresponding rolloffs. If the filter knee is set high enough to cover everything below 20Hz, it will have an effect up ... | |
| Upgrade Path for Deck The generally accepted order of importance in an analog playback system is: turntable, arm, cartridge.When you improve the turntable, the existing arm and cartridge will provide a higher level of performance than they previously did on the old dec... | |
| How warped can you get? Doug, I tried the heating the record between plates thing when I was in high school. Yes the record was flattened, and all the groove information was too. Totally non-playable after the heating. I then used it for a frisbee. It was a first pressin... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps I made the switch to tubes quite awhile back, and I have found my tube gear to be just as reliable as my SS stuff. I have changed tubes, but not because any of them went bad. I just wanted to get better tubes for the sound quality. I have never ha... | |
| How warped can you get? I have an otherwise excellent copy of a John Klemmer Direct-to-Disk recording, that is warped like a potato chip about 3/8". Even with my record clamp, it is a nightmare. I can track it, but at the outermost groove, at the lead-in, it sometimes ca... | |
| Turntable adjustment question I don't think that azimuth is adjustable on that table. You can check it for vertical, but if it is out, you may have to shim the cartridge where it mounts to the headshell. Hopefully, that is not the problem. | |
| I have dedicated lines, but why is this happening? When an air conditioner cycles, there are relay contacts that are actuated. These relays commonly arc when they are actuating, whether opening or closing. The older they get, the more they arc. This arc throws wideband hash into the air and onto t... | |
| OK, I said it... Yes, Pbb, I have to say that I applaud you for being open minded and trying things to get better sound. I think that it is a very good example to set for others here.I'm very glad that you are enjoying your new turntable, and it is living up to wh... | |
| Could the transformer be eliminated? Not enough voltage for most electrostats.There are direct drive electrostats that are sort of like what you are describing. But not using the 45 triode. They are using very high voltage transmitter tubes. I've heard of some Beveridge that were don... | |
| Turntable adjustment question First make sure the cartridge is properly aligned, using a cartridge alignment protractor, and then tighten up enough so that it can't move. Try not to break it while doing this. Re-check after tightening to make sure it didn't move when you tight... | |
| Audiogon Abbr. Dictionary IMNSHO- In my not so humble opinion. |