williewonka
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| Rega upgrades/tweeks Mark (Mingles) curse you! I thought I was finsihed with tweeks! 8-)If I read it correctly the idea is to sit a small bar across the pivot point with two out-rigger weights to resist only the lateral movement created by the groove pushing on the st... | |
| Rega upgrades/tweeks Added the Michell Techno Weight to my Rega RB250 ArmPurchased from Trichord ResearchOK - so this was the only purchase to date where I thought I would not see much improvement and was prepared to live with the fact that it may only "look better" t... | |
| Tannoy Speakers My A/V surround sound system has the following Tannoy'sFront L/R - Mercury F4Centre - Mercury FCRear L/R - Mercury F1My Bro-in-law has Sensys DC2 - which I auditioned with him.None of these are "Real Tannoys", since they are all made in China and ... | |
| Raysonic SP120 Integrated Amp Tube UPDATE!Well, just after writing the review above, the KT88 power tubes started to show signs of failure on the right channel i.e. crackles and mains humI consulted the guys at The Tube Store (a Hamilton, Ontario web-based store for the Canadian re... | |
| How to flatten Vinyl Albums After giving this topic some thought, I remembered that my wife has an electric warming pad for her back, which should provide adequate heat to releive the stresses in the vinyl in a slow and controlled manner.Combine this with two pieces of heavy... | |
| How to flatten Vinyl Albums In the last 2 months I have been seeking out 180 gram albums at around $45-$55/albumI'd heard that not only were the "recordings" superior, but 180 gram albums were much better quality "finish" compared to the "flimsy" albums of the past.From this... | |
| How to flatten Vinyl Albums Well, thank you all for your responsesI think the Babes are out, I'm married, butt then again my wife has a cute little... never mind.Sounds like a breeze if one lives in a desertAs for the truck - did it have off road tyres? - the big FAT ones?No... | |
| dedicated electrical line From Rf_gumby: I've only heard a few times that conditioners made the sound betterWhen I added my power conditioner to my AV setup I noticed an amazing difference to the picture quality and the bass tightend up considerablyWhen I added one to my h... | |
| Tacet Recordings: The Tube Only Night Music Why can't domestic labels meet this high standard?Money, Demand (or lack of it) & Record Executives - that's whyThe smaller labels like NAXOS, CHANDOS, TACET etc... - seek out the lesser known artists to save money. - attract the best sound en... | |
| dedicated electrical line So, if you cannot install a dedicated line, is the next best thing a power conditioner? It is supposed to filter out all of the noise from appliances - isn't it?I know power re-generation is probably the ultimate alternative, but it's BIG$$$What a... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Not sure if this counts as a tweak...one guideline I picked up off of the Web for speaker placement is the 1/nth rulePlace the speakers 1/nth the width of the room in from each side wall - where n=odd number i.e.1/3, 1/5, 1/7, 1/9 etc...So in a 12... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Oooops - I forgot one...20 amp Hospital or Lab grade power outlet - $7-$10These are sooooo much better than those generally installed in houses and way way cheaper than the audiophile grade for a great performance improvement.Get the 20 amp versio... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Here's a coupleMarbles - if a component has rubber feet with a hole in them the marble sits in the hole (cannot roll off) and isolates it very well - not sure it it works with hard plastic feet - My Rega Planar II performs very wellSquash Balls - ... | |
| Rega upgrades/tweeks Mikkysix - I have to ask - what is PRaT???Thanks | |
| Raysonic SP120 Integrated Amp Tube After reading some other reviews on this forum I decided to elaborate on some of the details within the music that this amp brings out...Vocalists are definately in their own very focused "space"...Andy Bey - has a nice velvety deepness Salena Jon... |