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| GMA Europa vs. Soliloquy 5.3? You'd do well to heed Seandtaylor99's advice to wait. In my last move my listening room went from 14x16 to its current 10x10. I was convinced my beloved New Advents were ready for the scrap heap - they were absolutely overpowering the room. Some o... | |
| Shure V15VxMR to be discontinued Last week I managed to pull the diamond and cantilever clean off my V15Vmxr, sheer stupidity, of course. I sent it back to Shure with my tale of woe, and they called today offering to replace the stylus assembly for $50 including return shipping. ... | |
| Computer interferance-how close is too close? The computer and monitor that I use to digitize my vinyl and stream stations from the Internet sits in the same cabinet as and directly below my amp and CDP. As long as the monitor is asleep, things are fine at low volume. However, if I turn up th... | |
| Large/New Advent crossover schematics Thanks Rich,That's a better schematic than I was finding, provided the Advent "Utility" uses the same crossover as the Large/New Advent. I searched their discussion forums and links for recommendations on rebuild parts and saw only that electrolyt... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Okay, I got the Advents out of the corners and up on stands, and I'm beginning to remember why I fell in love with them 25 years ago. My next question is about spacing and toe-in. The only general rule I can find is that the distance from the spea... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? How much room do monitors typically need? I can only get the Advents about 6 inches from the wall due to their size and my room constraints, but smaller monitors could be 12 inches or more from the walls. Would that be enough, or would monitors ne... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Rich,I'm already working on the stands. I agree that physics works against smaller speakers, but obviously the room is part of the physics too. Isn't that balancing act part of why we all love audio and spend so much time debating it here? :-)One ... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? I love Audiogon. No matter where you're going, someone's always been there before.I'm definitely going to experiment with the Advents first. Rich, those sound like beautiful stands. If I can get the Advents to sound right, glass stands would be gr... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Ritualistic audio hoohah? Maybe I need some of that. :-)Rockvirgo: Getting the Advents up on just any old platform, at least for experimental purposes, is a great idea. I don't have any shelves or dressers in this room, so the Advents or any other... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Plato,I agree with you, and I wish I could get the speakers out of the corners, but in a room that size my options are limited. I do have a very absorbing futon couch opposite the speakers. I'm sure that most small monitors don't do much below 60h... | |
| Home brew cleaning solution Has anyone used the RRL fluids with the Allsop Orbitrac? I'm generally happy with the Orbitrac until I can afford a vacuum cleaning machine, but I'm about out of the OEM fluid. If the the RRL fluid is a suitable match I'd go that direction, given ... | |
| Tonearm recommendations for TD 150 Why is it that Rega arms are considered a bad match for Thorens tables? Is it because Regas aren't good for suspended tables in general? What if you do a suspension mod like is outlined here?http://www.theanalogdept.com/spring_alternatives.htmWoul... | |
| Tonearm recommendations for TD 150 Much great info about the TD 150 at The Analog Dept. - thanks! But still not much info about suitable tonearms. Most show SME series I or II arms, although there was a 160 with a Rega. Any other tips/personal experiences would be appreciated. | |
| VTF Scale My cartridge is MM but yes, it goes right on the scale. On my Music Hall I have to remove the platter to make room (the scale is about .5 inch thick) but that's a small sacrifice. If it's important you could put something under the scale to bring ... | |
| VTF Scale I tested mine with a thin steel strip, known to be magnetic, balancing it like a tonearm over the scale surface. I couldn't detect any magnetic attraction at all. The scale is basically a plastic platform sitting on a strain gauge - there's not mu... |