wlutke
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| Cartridge Change Overhang Difference-Fixed Headshell The Mint LP target is specific to the pivot to spindle distance. Since that distance hasn’t changed, use the target. If long or short of the target, be aware that the Mint’s null points and their alignment grids will no longer apply. | |
| Pass Labs Int-25 vs Int-30A With the Herron, yes. MUCH better. Gobs of potential the Int-25 ignores. | |
| Pass Labs Int-25 vs Int-30A I did have the xa-25 with a Herron 360 pre, then a Luxman and now an Int-25. The Int-25 is an xa-25 with a bare bones pre and is very enjoyable. The xa with a decent tube pre is another league - or two. I haven’t heard the Int-30A. | |
| Cartridge mounting woes Could you mount the new screw in a Dremel and turn the the head down against a file or grind wheel and turn down the shaft so no threads engage the Hana threads? | |
| Luxman 505uxii Class A/B operation See post #4 here | |
| New streamer evank, Yes, it's easiest to use Tidal connect. In the Lumin app utilities options, set Tidal connect to on. From the Tidal app choose U2 mini as player. | |
| Best Neil Young Vinyl Recordings Live at the Cellar Door | |
| New streamer I have both the Node n130 with LPS and the U2 mini. After the intuitive simplicity BluOS, the Lumin app was very frustrating. You may hate it at first. I know I did. With familiarity I find it great. Powerful and solid. No regrets. | |
| Audio Mirror WAVE tube based line-stage is one of StereoTimes 2023 Most wanted Components I have his DAC 4 Tubadour and no complaints. Klunky stock looks (eye candy factor in reverse) so I installed new knobs and it looks pretty good (see the knobs I installed under my "system" page). The WAVE may be worth every penny by sound and va... | |
| New Phono Cart with Character Needed My Apheta 2 / RP-10 combo was dry as well. I tried a DV XX2/2 and a Soundsmith Zephy and neither sounded special on this table. Then a Goldring 1042. It needed a 2 mm (arm base) shim and careful alignment. Crosstalk checked to within 10% it sings ... | |
| Are luxman integrated amps truly balanced? @mspot Thanks for the link. I stand corrected. I now see the difference between xlr cable compatible components and truly balanced AES48 compliant ones. Apologies to @paqua123 | |
| Are luxman integrated amps truly balanced? When i use the XLR connection from the DAC to AMP its 6DB louder than SE. Was my first clue that the Luxman wasnt truly balanced. XLR carries a hot signal on one conductor and an inverted hot signal on another conductor. A diff amp compares ... | |
| Audio Research SP9 family It's been a while since I owned both the MK 2 and Mk 3. The 3 had gold plated socket pins and I believe both the 2 and 3 had upgraded caps over the previous model. I thought the 2 sounded better with ECC88 Tele's and the 3 with the E88CC. Both ... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Some familiar pop, easy on the ears, nap to, wake up to, go crazy and dance to on an outdoor concert system. The Concert at Central Park - Simon and Garfunkel. | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? The Siren call of convenience and limitless availability has converted many a vinyl junkie, myself included, but “Let’s talk about digital” doesn’t stir my soul the way tubes and vinyl did. And that’s 90% of the posts these days. |