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| Alternatives to Psvane KT-88's ? mid40sguy, I like ’em well enough to have bought eight quads, just in case. Yes, I’m a little nuts. I sourced my GLs from Jim, too. I should add that I'm not dissing this tube. There's a lot to like in it, and I'm clearly an outlier in my opinion.... | |
| Alternatives to Psvane KT-88's ? I really like the Preferred Series KT88 from The Tube Store, in Canada, in my VAC 300.1a. These are identical to Shugang KT88SC, like the original stock tubes (which VAC stopped being able to source, I was told by Brent) but are far more dependabl... | |
| I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it? I have a Bent Audio AVC passive and a VAC Phi Beta tube preamp in my rack, along with a high input gain tube amp (VAC) and SS amp (Plinius). The Bent sounds great with both amps but I always go back to the tube preamp for the bigger, more solid so... | |
| Rega Owners - Alignment Tool / Protractor Hi Brad,I think Wally is out of business, though I might be wrong. Some years back he became undependable in delivering product, according to threads that appeared here and elsewhere, and I've heard nothing about him in quite a while. I bought pro... | |
| Rega Owners - Alignment Tool / Protractor I have MintLps and Wallytractors for several tonearms and prefer the Wallys, finding their inscription on mirrors to be superior for parallax offset and their super-fine lines on the surface of the protractor (rather than under a layer of glass) t... | |
| The Palladian-A step beyond Looks very interesting. And any cartridge that tags itself with that Blake Proverb of Hell automatically has my vote and maybe my money. After all, as the man also says, "Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity." | |
| What is Technics thinking? I want to bump this thread to see if anyone has an update on the SL-1200G. Is it available yet in the U.S.? Any online sources? | |
| Record weights My current favorite is the Oyaide STB-MS, which allows you to vary mass from 200g to 440g in increments of 40g. I stay light at 200g on my Lenco, in part out of concern for its bearing, and in part because too much mass can damp dynamics on that t... | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons Tom, thanks for the link. This approach to adjusting azimuth looks excellent, though my Fozgometer probably gets me pretty close.A frontal look via microscope at my ART9 shows (or seems to show) the stylus mounted off-axis slightly. This may accou... | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons I just examined my ART9 with a digital microscope. The magnets do not appear to be misaligned like yours. I have a pic but no way to post it. Happy to email it to you if you're interested.Bill | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons Thanks for this data. I don't read German but the problem seemsto be with azimuth. That's interesting, as azimuth readings on my ART-9 are also off via Fosgometer. I can get the channels close through a rather extreme adjustment, and the cartridge... | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons That's very interesting, ninetynine. How did this misalignment affect the sound? | |
| How Do Left & Right Brains Like AT ART9 vs Dynavectors 17D3, XX2, XX2mkII vs Ortofons The ART-9 is a remarkable cartridge, easily holding its own against others in my stable costing multiples of its bargain price. | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? This thread has strayed far from its original usefulness into what is tantamount to BS-ing in the barbershop, which is fine but not really on topic. One last thought on points of diminishing returns. Unless you dedicate a lot of energy to the enti... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? I just don’t want to spend more time preparing to listen than actually listening. Me neither. Who does? I typically clean an album once, use a brush before each play, and keep my styli clean. But you will want to fine tune your set up, play with ... |