forrestc
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| Threshold Stasis 2...Worth a rebuild??? The Stasis II is great sounding reliable amp. By now, all the electrolytic caps, which aren't many, need to be replaced. Most likely, one had gone totally bad on the affected channels driver board and needs to be replaced. I recapped, my Stasis II... | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? I never know about this book until today when I browsing though Audiogon's tweak section. Normally I would be reluctant to purchase another good-sound type book, but when I saw that it was written by Jim Smith, I placed my order without giving it ... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? I will second the Audio Technica AT33PTG cartridge (from page one of this thread). Not sold through regular channels in the USA, but with a little looking, it can be found from a reputable importer at a very reasonable price. | |
| VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS? To answer Emorrisiv's question above, the SDS not only controls the AC voltage to the turntable's motor, allowing full voltage for startup then changes to a reduced predetermined running voltage once the platter has stabilized, it regenerates and ... | |
| What cartridges under $800 outperform DL-103R? Thought I've never used a 103R, I've been very happy since I bought an Audio-Technica AT33PTG for my ET2 tonearm on my VPI HW19 Mk4. Though not imported to the USA, it can be found through channels on the Internet for less than $400. | |
| Harwood Flooring Information For Dedicated Room Nothing beats the look and solidness of real 5/8" or 3/4" hardwood nailed or glued down. Either way, you will have a nice soild floor. On the other hand, floating engineered or laminate flooring tends to be noisy (just tap on it) since it is thin ... | |
| Quality Cheater plug?? Someone posted the following on Audiogon a short while back on this very subject. It's worth a read prior to un-grounding your system.http://www.aes.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2005/whitlock/whitlock_pnw05.pdf | |
| Thrift store finds? Pair of KEF 103.2 near mint at Goodwill for $25 and apair of Magnepan MMGs also near mint at the same Goodwill for $40 all within the same week three years ago. Nothing else but junk there since. | |
| amp colume control If you are half decent with a soldering iron, you can modify your volume pot circuit as shown in the folling link:http://www.goldpt.com/mods.html | |
| Isolating CDP from weak wood floor If your system is on the first floor with a crawl space below, your best bet would be to buy some screw jacks or house jacks and place them between joists in question and the ground. | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect Also, Square D and others make good boxes and breakers; however, I have found that I have replaced more bad Square D breakers than any other brand. | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect My lights would momentarily dim when my neighbor's AC would kick in. I called the power company one morning and the were there by the afternoon and found a loose connection on the drop to my house. When in doubt, give you power company a call, it ... | |
| Where to get FM/AM antenna? Folded dipole antennas should still be available at Rat Shack | |
| Low Hours Phono Cartridges? . . . and what is exactly "low hours" anyway? Less than 50?100? or? . . . and how does one measure those hours? By counting sides of LPs played? Or do you just take good guess-tamate? | |
| Installing Apogee Divas w/ribbons to the outside If you haven't already, you may want to pose this very question at the Apogee Acoustics User Group forum. There are some seriously knowledgeable and friendly Apogee users there that I'm sure could shed some light on this question.FWIW, I've only l... |