williewonka
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| Cartridge Dilema For New Turntable If you are concerned that you may not be "getting the most" out of the turntable you can always have the 103's stylus/cantilever replaced.Soundsmith does a great job and offers different high performance stylus profiles that will perform up to the... | |
| Please assure me I'm not going to burn my house down. Todd WRT... @williewonka I was using them with a dared mc 7p pre and a class D crown xls1500. Did you happen to observe any drop in operating temperature of the crown xls1500 whilst using the Helix power cables?My solid state source component... | |
| Please assure me I'm not going to burn my house down. Todd - thanks for the feedback :-)It’s always good to get feedback about what components they work well with.I found their benefits were more noticeable on the components with "less robust" power supplies - such as source components. By contrast, ... | |
| Please assure me I'm not going to burn my house down. Todd - I buy the Mil-Spec wire form my power cables from Take Five Audio...https://www.takefiveaudio.com/categories/100-deep-cryo-treated-cablewireEmail Take Five to ensure the insulation is up to codeHere's the design for my power cables...http:/... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? Sunnyjim - not sure if you are aware of the features of the 110 - it has three groups of jumpers - from the 110 manual... There are three (3) types of input adjustments available on the MOON 110LP Phono Pre-amplifier allowing you to configure it ... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? Just to add to the confusion take a look at the Soundsmith "Fixed Coil" cartridges. (anyone know what Fixed Coil is?)Knowing the lengths SS goes to i would have to believe there is not much downside, if any, to their high output cartsThey start ar... | |
| Please assure me I'm not going to burn my house down. The problem with CAT5 cable - it is not rated for mains use - period!!!As another poster commented - the insulation needs to be rated to mains cable levels. i.e. capable of withstanding 600v at 200 celsius CAT5 is OK for speaker cables or IC’s, bu... | |
| Which cartridge should I upgrade to now? Houseofhits - lots of good advice, but here's some additional info related to a couple of the above postsOption 1: A very good "Denon" match for the Rega/Audiomods arm is the Denon 103 or 103R from ZU. - they offer a a couple of different "grades"... | |
| Time to upgrade the old Dual turntable, looking for opinions. Cooper52 - one last thought....Turntables like the Rega - where the belt goes round the sub-platter, require the "Rega Nudge" to get them up to speed in order to minimize wear on the belt/motor. But only if the platter is heavy like the Rega glas... | |
| Time to upgrade the old Dual turntable, looking for opinions. I’ll second those brands/models identified in Alpha_gt’s post - and I own a Rega!Back in 1985 when I bought my Rega Planar II - it was ahead of it’s time, great value and from a performance perspective, it challenged some of the "big names" in tur... | |
| Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega? Greg - even if you don't try the Audiomods Arm - give the KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA's a try on your Project 9ccThey will elevate it to a whole new level of performanceFightin words you say? Take a look at...http://image99.net/blog/files... | |
| Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega? Greg - a comment on the the Audiomods review by 6Moons - it was completed in 2012 - Jeff (Audiomods) appears to have taken note of comments from that review - the more recent arms now come with much better ceramic bearings :-)I have the Series ... | |
| Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega? Rotarius - here's a link that explains some of the advantages of casting. Granted, it talks to steel, but wouldn't the same be true of any metal?http://www.afsinc.org/content.cfm?ItemNumber=6931One valid point about casting..."It puts the metal wh... | |
| Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega? The Rega arms are cast alloy - compared to other arms they are very stiff and by comparison to other materials they are more acoustically inert - that's what makes them better than other arms.Arms that use alloy or composite tubes, are not as stif... | |
| Are USB-SPDIF's relevant with today's DAC USB technology? Here's my experience with USB...- started with the Schiit Bofrost with the onboard USB port- I upgraded to the next gen USB port - which made some SQ improvements- I then installed the Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 converter - significant SQ improve... |