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What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?
Several years ago I knew two audiophiles that both played vinyl, and they also had the same speakers and amplifiers. We'll call them #1 and #2, and #1 sold his entire record collection to go 100% digital. Several months later #1 was over # 2's... 
Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound?
Turntables are for real audiophiles, My dealer who has both a great quarter inch reel to reel tape machine and also a great turntable claims that his 45 rpm jazz records sound very close to his tape machine jazz recordings.   With classic music, ... 
How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system
Other than my home audio, I do believe you can never have too many grounding rods for exterior equipment.  In the past I have driven an extra grounding rod for my exterior a/c condensing unit, because children played barefoot in that area.  You ca... 
How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system
To Cleeds,You said above " because a fault on the ground wouldn’t trip the breaker back at the panel"  What I said was ANYONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER  would think that the breaker would never trip.  All we are talking about here is a piece of ... 
How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system
To Almarg,Ok, so you proved my point, because your illustration only shows a 5 amp current draw on a 20 amp circuit breaker, there in not any way 5 amps could trip a normal 20 amp circuit breaker.  Your circuit illustration defective equipment  wo... 
How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system
To Cleeds,Your response that me using a ground isolation receptacle and running the ground wire to an outside grounding rod does not sound logical that the circuit breaker could never trip.My first house did not even have any ground wires, and I b... 
How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system
Several years ago I drove a new ground rod directly outside of my dedicated listening room, and connected an 8 gauge ground wire to an isolated 20 amp receptacle. That receptacle feeds my Pure Power 2000 a/c regenerator and also my APC S20 power c... 
Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl
vv32bl,Back in the mid 80's I started collecting classical records, around the same time cd's became available. French Deccas were being blown out at bargain prices. There were also Phillips, RCA, London's, and a few other brand records still avai... 
Psvane 300-B Tubes ? ? ?
Charles1dad,My system is presently also using the Coincident line stage that uses the 101D's.  Is there a dealer here in the U.S. for the Psvane WE 101D replica?  My experience with Grant in Canada was very bad.  After paying extra for tubes that ... 
Can you help me in my search for my first turntable?
Look for a turntable that has a tonearm with a VTA micrometer that permits you to adjust the VTA while the record is playing, and don't settle for anything less, or you will be sorry. Some of the tonearms that allow this are VPI Memorial arm, Grah... 
Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP
Last year I had to have my VDH GLA III Grasshopper rebuilt by AJ. Because I have a better sounding turntable than the one the Grasshopper is on, I don't play it much.  It has around 45 hours on it total.  Top and midrange sound fine, but the bass ... 
FEP Supersound Teflon Caps
Neal,Are these the blue 1300 volt .82 uF capacitors? 
SOTA Sapphire Turntable setup - how much lead?
sounds_real_audio answered this question on 03/21/2009. If you don't have a digital scale, Bed Bath & Beyond has a $20 scale that reads grams or ounces. 
Cheap Interconnects from Hong Kong
It looks like the very same companies that moved their manufacturing to China are the ones crying counterfeit.Last year there were a lot of Square D counterfeit circuit breakers being sold in the U.S. Well, I also went know for a fact that after S... 
I want to talk to Wyetech Topaz's owners
To my wife, my audio buddies & myself my Wyetech Topaz B with Svetlane SV572-10 output tubes is much better in every respect than the Art Audio Jota amplifier with KR VV32B output tubes.In 2001 I purchased the Art Audio Jota based on a rave re...