wrm57
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| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? @billstevenson I had that turntable, too! I think I used the multi spindle a few times but never took to it. Got a lot of mileage out of that old Dual. | |
| Graham Phamtom III Reference tonearm Hi @dover , yes, no doubt this its true. I have experienced it with tonearms like the Tri-planar VII u2 that have counterweights of different sizes, allowing one to locate the weight near the pivot or farther from it to achieve the same VTF. But w... | |
| Graham Phamtom III Reference tonearm Late to this thread. I have both a Phantom Supreme (that began as a Phantom II) and a Phantom III on a Artisan Fidelity SP10R. The Supreme is a 9-in; the III is a 12-in, although I used it as a 9 on a Brinkmann Oasis for 4 or 5 years. And before t... | |
| Opinions on a Grace F8c for a freshy Boron cantilever with Micro-Ridge stylus - LIMITED EDITION $999 Has anybody tried this one? | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? If I could one only have one amp, then yes, a great PP, class A, preferably with just one pair of power tubes to keep things pure and simple. Flexibility would rule the decision. But a great SET with the right speakers is a special experience that... | |
| VAC Pre-amp to roll or not to tube roll... In my Phi Beta, predecessor to the Sig IIa, I much prefer the 8416 to any of the many 6922 types I’ve rolled. For the phono, my favs are actually Sovtek 12ax7LPS, the only Sovtek tube I’ve ever liked. They are balanced throughout the spectrum. Tr... | |
| Opinions on a Grace F8c for a freshy I think SS offers 3 levels of Grace replacement styli, but I don’t know if they fit the F8. Even the middle model beat the unused stock stylus on the NIB F9 I bought some years back. These SS styli are a true gift. I use the top OCL on my F14 and... | |
| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? Were I a serious record collector like @whart and others here, I’d use outer sleeves, too. Truth be told, I don’t have many LPs that are all that valuable in my 1500+ library. Lots that I love but few worth more than maybe $50. I’m fastidious abou... | |
| Old SS amps @devinplombier , deal! :) | |
| Old SS amps I’m still using a Reference Line Silver Signature amp that I bought new in 1999. Class A, so it runs hot. Still sounds fantastic, although it did blow out a couple of transistors over the years. Fortunately, Roger Modjeski (RIP) lived nearby and g... | |
| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? Outer sleeves bug me and take up space. I toss ‘em. | |
| Class of operation for Tube Power Amps FWIW, Aric Audio makes some lovely PP tube amps that run exclusively in Class A, like his Transcend Push Pull, which I own and love. | |
| Tannoy or Volti @sns +1. Differences in presentation are precisely why I swap in and out 3 different speaker/amp combos in my main system. One is high powered SS, class A, driving 89db cones and fabric domes; another is 65 watts of class A KT150 coupled with 92d... | |
| Tannoy or Volti As a CWIV owner, I’ve definitely been intrigued by Volti, all the more following this thread. Like a few others on Agon, mine have been upgraded with the Don Sachs recipe of caps and resistors, along with better binding posts and dynamat damping o... | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time Two sides before critical listening. |