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| Linn Basik Tonearm - effective mass? If you have the Basik arm, not the Basik Plus, it is a little heavier than the Basik Plus. I don't know the exact figure. However, it is somewhere around 11 grams. The Basik Plus is a little lighter. Sorry I can't give an exact figure, but I am qu... | |
| Is pure class A ss the equal to tubes? Some people may say it is, but it really relates to the particular gear in question. A great SS Class A amp may sound better than a less-than-great tube amp. Or vice-versa.You don't state which speakers you have, which can make a very big differen... | |
| Ultrapath bp Preamp I spent some time at Jack Elliano's place a couple of months ago. He has some very nice circuits. The Ultrapath is a real good unit, and battery power only enhances things. He is doing some cutting edge stuff, and his Direct Reactance Drive amps a... | |
| Phonostage question ... I'd say in a high end system, the phono stage is very important, and a good guide might be to spend at least as much as the cartridge cost, and possibly up to 2 times the cost of your cartridge. At your level, an Aesthetix IO (used) might be a goo... | |
| OL Silver MKII Anti Skate Setting Question I set it by ear. If you have the test record, then you can use that. Anti-skating is only an approximate setting anyway, because the need for anti-skating changes from the outside to the inside of the record. Do the best you can. | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Oh yes. Definitely. | |
| Concrete tubes: hemholtz resonators? tubes? They are not talking about "concrete tubes". They are talking about the hard cardboard tubes that are used to form concrete pillars. You pour concrete into them, and when it dries, you cut the cardboard off, and you have a pillar or piling.These t... | |
| Where do tubes matter most??? I suggest all tube. I use no transistors anywhere in my signal path. | |
| Underestimated, song, artist or group '' gems'' ? I always thought the Joni Mitchell tune "Urge for Going" was a great song that was never on any of her record albums, and released as a single only. Many Joni fans have never heard this song. It is one of her best IMO.Gentle Giant "In a Glass Hous... | |
| Open-Minded or Gullible? I don't think that you need to spend $2k on a pair of speaker cables just because someone says they sound good. But you might find if you try a pair, that you may wind up buying them because YOU think that they sound good. It has happened to many ... | |
| Speaker spikes-worse sound-what gives? It is possible that the additional height that the speaker is raised off the floor by the spikes may have reduced the bass reinforcement that is normally provided by the floor. This could have reduced the bass frequencies by 3db due to the radiati... | |
| Alignment and resolution problem. Well, there are several things that could be going on. Of course, there is tracking error, which is generally more noticeable on the inner tracks. There is anti-skate force that is an approximate setting, and usually needs more force at the inner ... | |
| Acoustic Signature Mambo vs Nottingham, Teres, Etc I haven't heard the Mambo. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Bill, thanks for your impressions. I was wondering if you had the chance to install it yet. Really glad that it is performing well in your system. Now you and the others are really getting the max out of your arms. It makes a difference to get all... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Thanks Doug. I thought it would come around to that. Since the mod simply stablizes the arm laterally and cannot add anything, the cartridge will have excursion only to the extent that the recording modulates it. I knew the anomalies were in the r... |