wrm0325

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Tonearm recommendation
Halco and Nandric,Thank you both so much for your advice. It is greatly appreciated and listened to. Your ( and others ) experience far exceeds my own.Halcro,I can assure you that your original assessment of my intent is completely correct. A litt... 
Tonearm recommendation
Another example of Raul's inexhaustible supply of EGO.You seem to have ALL the answers.The rest of us should just go home.For the record, I find my FR66s to be the easiest tonearm to set up that I have ever used. AAMOF, I don't see how it could be... 
Best budget DAC
Second the IFI recommendation. Only one of their products uses the Sabre chip though, the Micro idac, and it's no longer in production. It's been replaced by the Micro Idac2, which, like the rest of the line, uses a TI( Burr Brown chipset ). I hav... 
Tonearm recommendation
Hello John Tracy,Feel free to add your two cents any time you want. Any advice is always welcome.First, you didn't state which SF phono pre your friend brought over, or how old it was or how tired the tubes  may be ( or type of tubes for that matt... 
Tonearm recommendation
Wow Raul,You are quite the PIECE OF WORK. And that's not a compliment.First:  "Are your ears trained in a specific way to discriminate subtle distortions ". No. Of course not. Are YOURS ? And if so, who trained you and what are their qualification... 
Tonearm recommendation
Hello all,WOW !!!First, thank you to all who have offered advice, opinions, or fact to this mix. I truly appreciate it.First, since Raul questioned what my phonostage is, let me state my entire system so that everyone will realize that it is not l... 
Tonearm recommendation
Hello all,First, sorry it took so long to get back. Still, don't have any time to stay awhile now, so I'll be back later. Thanks to all who responded so far. I will fill in some missing info on my system later, and add further thoughts and questio... 
Tonearm recommendation
Sorry, should have stated that my two cartridges are both low compliance( Koetsu Rosewood and modded Denon DL103r, so a heavier mass tonearm is needed. Must be that second martini !! 
Top ten DD turntables of all time?
Hello all,just found this thread looking for something else, and just have to throw my 2 cents in.Back in 2000, I purchased an Aries MK1,JMW10,SDS Motor Controller, and a Grado Statement cartridge, and lived with and loved this set-up until two ye...