wrm57
Responses from wrm57
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? At least in theory, I like MMs for daily drivers, using a Grace F-14 with with the top Soundsmith stylus for the F-9, which is perfect for the F-14, too. I stocked up on these, so I don’t have to worry. I also have a Nagoaka MP50, predecessor to t... | |
| Turntable Mats for Technics Grand Class, "G" Series For users of the Boston Audio/Sakura graphite mat: no concerns about/experience with the mat scratching your records? I used a Sakura for years on an SP10R with no scratches. Not something to worry about. I recently replaced it with an Origin L... | |
| Amp suggestion for Merlin TSM speakers For the past 12 years I’ve used a Manley Stingray II with my TSM MME. They mate beautifully. | |
| Cornwall iv Two years in, I still love my CW IV. They’re mated with a Luxman MQ-300 via Cardas Clear Beyond in a strongly vinyl-centric system. I rotate several amp/speaker combos through this system. I got the CWs because I wanted a horn/SET option. I’m very... | |
| Any phono preamps with volume control? Since you appear to be streamer-centric, another approach would be an Auralic Altair G2.1 or G2.2 streamer/DAC. Both have phono inputs to a decent-sounding MM phono stage, a line level input, and of course the streamer function. The volume control... | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions Modding the Kallax, as others suggest, results in a stable unit. I screwed a long 2-in tall strip of wood across the middle of the openings on each row. This provides plenty of sheer support and a back-stop for LPs, too. QED. | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers As others have suggested, Soundlabs and high-watt OTLs or solid state, or humungous horns with low-watt SETs. Either way, you’ll be in bliss. Permanently single, but in bliss. | |
| Do you prefer tall speakers @asvjerry , she puts up with 4 systems and a near-constant barrage of weird-ass jazz, so it’s the least I can do! 😄 | |
| Do you prefer tall speakers My wife is short. She likes speakers that are not taller than she is. I like my wife. Ergo, I like short speakers. | |
| What are you using to clean LP album covers? @lewm +1, same here. | |
| Tweaking Your Speaker Placement @tony1954 , perfect! Like aesthetic graph paper! | |
| Tweaking Your Speaker Placement Herbie’s Giant Gliders make it easy on hardwood. My flooring boards run parallel to the front wall, giving clear points of reference for front to back and toe in. I put a piece tape on the center axis to measure side to side placement. All three p... | |
| MoFi "Mobile Fidelity" Master Phono. @superhonestben I had essentially the same experience. I let it burn in for 100 hours using the Granite Audio inverted RIAA CD, as always, before I listened critically. Then I returned it. Like you say, nothing especially bad, just nothing much to... | |
| What preamp with both line stage and phono? +2 on the VAC recommendations. The upper models (with 12 db gain) all have essentially the same phono circuit (6 x 12ax7, transformer coupled with top Lundahls), albeit with varying refinements in execution. They are genuinely excellent phono stag... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Were I looking today my first stop would be Coda. That said, I’m a tube guy (with 5 tube amps) who lives happily with two SS class A amps for variety: a Plinius Sa-103 modded by Ralph Abramo at Plinius Repairs, and a 25 yr old Reference Line Silve... |