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| DIY TT @pindac The plywood board has been replaced with a 1 3/4" maple platform spiked to the wall shelf. It had some scraps around that just happened to fit, and was intended to be temporary. The second piece of acrylic was also the temporary shel... | |
| DIY TT I went a different route. I used the motor housing, platter and bearing from a VPI TNT 4 and built my own plinth. I also used a 300 RPM Hurst motor and VPI's one speed pulley. Feet are also VPI for now . The plinth is 21"x16" and 1 1/2" thick. | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl I find it's highly dependent on the source. Some streams I listen to have virtually no dynamic range. They're mastered to be loud, not to sound good. Others can be stunning. Same with vinyl, everything depends on the pressing, and dead wax ... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? I have a friend of mine that was with a moderately well known band. He literally doesn't care what he listens on, he tells me his head fills in the missing details, as he already knows what the instruments sound like. | |
| Favorite Preamps without phono section I have a BAT VK-30SE that's been upgraded to their new Duo-Pak that sounds fantastic with my Herron VTPH-2A. I bought it used around a year ago, pretty cheap, and had the upgrade done at the factory. | |
| Turntable - The Next Step I think you’ll have a hard time bettering the Musical Surroundings Phonomena II at $800. I've heard that phono pre in a few different systems with very good cartridges, and it's quite good compared to anything near it's price point. If it were me... | |
| Great Experience with Feickert Protractor I’m also a former Geodisc user and a current Feickert user. The Geodisc sort of worked, Sighting the pivot point along the ridge was always problematic, and with some arms extremely difficult. I used it in conjunction with a DB Systems protractor ... | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k Oracle Delphi. New or used. | |
| Sota Eclipse packages for VPI tables. @mijostyn On top of the plinth or on top of the outer housing? Machining would probably make the Clearaudio bearing fit? Looking at their bearings, you would have to completely obliterate any chance of going back to the original bearing in o... | |
| Sota Eclipse packages for VPI tables. @hattrick15 Any time. I'm always glad to be able to share my experience if it's relevant. | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers The Herron VTPH-2A is a special phono preamp. I found nothing less than twice it's price that could compare, and to me it wasn't worth spending 10K+ to try and chase something that might be marginally better. It totally changes the diminishing r... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? The VTPH-2A is a special phono preamp. I got mine a little over a year ago. Good luck! | |
| Sota Eclipse packages for VPI tables. @hattrick15 Sorry, I didn't see the question until now. For the TNT, it was a matter of removing the old motor and the old captive power cord, I removed the the switch and routed the power in connector where the switch was mounted. The Sota mo... | |
| The problem with streaming I've warmed to streaming lately using Amazon HD over a Node 2i. However, the quality of the masterings are widely variable. There are some stunningly good examples, and there are also poorly mastered examples that have almost no dynamic range. ... | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. I'm mostly into vinyl, but I have a Bluesound Node 2i that I find to be quite good. I use it mostly for background, but also to check out new and new to me music. I haven't had the urge to go with a separate dac yet, and I dealer I trust very mu... |