williewonka
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| A Not So Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Tonearm.... @stew3859 - RE: Steve has encouraged me to make additional upgrades to the table including re-wiring the tonearm, polishing the unipivot and switching to a ceramic bearing. He assures me that it will elevate the table exponentially and I believe h... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? @nonoise RE:...I ordered some of those Ikea tea light holders from Ikea and am getting 12 for $11I like your style - I went to the Dollar Store and bought a couple of sets of children’s wooden Alphabet blocks - $6 for two sets of 15 blocks. - I st... | |
| Upgrading my beginner setup and not sure how to allocate funds. New cart, table or amp? @knotgreen - just to tease you even furtherAudiomods makes a special mounting plate for their arms to fit the 1200 TT perfectly. http://www.audiomods.co.uk/I have the Classic series three Arm (Frosted Finish) and it is the last arm I will ever buy... | |
| Upgrading my beginner setup and not sure how to allocate funds. New cart, table or amp? @knotgreen - If you are looking to spend $500 on a new cartridge, one thing to consider when looking at cartridges, is the stylus profile or type e.g. spherical, elliptical, shibata, contact line etc.As you move towards the higher end i.e. Shibata... | |
| Upgrading my beginner setup and not sure how to allocate funds. New cart, table or amp? Personally, with your setup - I would recommend one of two approaches…#1. an external phono stage and replace the cartridge...Something like the Simaudio Moon phono stagehttps://simaudio.com/en/product/110lp-v2-phono-preamplifier?v=3e8d115eb4b3htt... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? I’ve just read through this thread and it would appear there are people in both camps.I am not surprised some people hear a difference and others do not, because we are all using different cables The one omission throughout the thread was - NO ONE... | |
| Cable septic @mmporsche - sorry to be a bit late to the party here, but to answer your original post question - which cables will make a difference - any cable from KLE Innovations will improve sound.I have used/reviewed several models, from entry level to top... | |
| Affordable cables @millercarbon - re:...Wait, I got a better one: how is this even slightly controversial? Just assume, for the sake of argument, it really is possible to assemble some off the shelf parts and get truly outstanding performance. Your DIY cable, (sorr... | |
| Turntable mat options RE: ...On the subject of Rega TT's, is there a clamp preferred for the short spindle of the subplatter on these? I use one of these...https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=thorens+stabilizerSeems their popularity has soaored since I bought my some 2... | |
| Turntable mat options Many years ago I ditched the glass platter in favour of an acrylic platter.I would have to guess that ditching the very heavy platter from the RP8 might not be a good idea, so I would recommend you try an Acrylic mat.There are many out there, so t... | |
| Affordable cables @unfairlane - just to clarify my post...RE: You are wrong there Steve. My simple diy ic`s are cheapI was actually referring to my DIY cables being a bit pricey, not all DIY cables :-)As for...but I can guarantee that you`ll never find anything be... | |
| Affordable cables Since DIY has been mentioned - here's some advanced DIY cables that uses a slightly different approach...http://image99.net/blog/files/54c02c12532d31f960ee85a6ed674b01-83.htmlThey are NOT what many people would consider "cheap", but then again not... | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner @benjie - what machine are you using?How many watts?What is the vibration frequency?There seems to be a few "variables" and would like to get an appreciation of these attributes of your machineMany Thanks | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner WRT cleaning Time - with this combo I have only used 10 minutes, but time is something I plan on experimenting with - also I plan to experiment with % of Alchohol as an additiveFor the most part just plain distilled water removed greasy fingermark... | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner @effischer - RE: The rotisserie is higher quality too, but isn't powered. Mine is :-) - it came with a Wal-wart power supply and there is a small button-switch on the top of the motor unit.You can see the socket for the power supply from the rea... |