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| Any turntable / tonearm setup experts near Chattanooga / Knoxville Tennessee Robmag; you and Greg will hit off. You have a lot in common. Greg is a self-reliant kind of guy who repairs his own cars, home, you name it. He is 65 or so and looks like he can beat just about anyone's ass. But most important, he knows how to set... | |
| Any turntable / tonearm setup experts near Chattanooga / Knoxville Tennessee Not particularly close but 2 hours away is Greg Metz of Classic Thorens who is an expert on turntable set-up but may not be interested in setting up a modern era table-he focuses on vintage. You can find him on FB under "Classic Thorens". | |
| Devore Nines vs. 0/93's I highly recommend giving Don Better (dealer in Cleveland OH) a call. He will tell it to you straight. I bought my O/93's from him. I did not listen to the 9's. I love my O/93's. They are not perfect. They have compromises I am happy to live with.... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? You are like the guy who walked into the psychiatrist's office wearing nothing but Saran Wrap. I can clearly see you're nuts. | |
| Vintage Turntables compared to modern? I have ditched modern decks for vintage but with modern arms. I am using a totally hot-rodded Thorens TD124 mated with a 12" Reed 3P and I have a mint grease-bering ivory Garrard 301 being worked on with a 10.5 Reed 3P. The Thorens has a much more... | |
| Phono Stages with External Power Supplies...Worth It? fsonicsmith, I am surprised you would place the AR Ref6 above the Steelhead, but if you are a "solder slinger", like me, I can suggest some very small changes to the Steelhead that make it sound worlds better. Either PM me or indicate here if you... | |
| Phono Stages with External Power Supplies...Worth It? It all depends. With both preamps and phono stages, separating the PSU from the line circuitry is in theory optimal. Let me emphasize in "THEORY". This is because there are phono stages and preamps with built-in transformers and capacitors (PSU's)... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? Simple test-do you grind your own coffee beans? If you do, you've experienced coffee bean grounds clinging to the catch-basin. Practice with your Milty Zerostat. If you don't see the clinging grounds drop off like dead flies, there is something wr... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? To add to what Lewm said above, you need to learn how to use the Uncle Milty correctly. It does work. You hold it a foot away from the record and squeeze the trigger as slowly as you can and then do the reverse (releasing as slowly as you can) whi... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Huy; again, I am not in your room. Everything matters. The flatscreen in between the speakers has to go. It is not about being on or off, it is about that highly reflective surface where you need a sound absorbing surface. If it can’t go, you mus... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Digital has a natural sound. It’s the sound of paper mache. This just goes to show that talk with someone enough, and some commonality can be found 99% of the time. To anyone who posts with a specific model or brand of loudspeaker to the OP, yo... | |
| Schitt turntable anyone? Moffat looks like he was dying to scratch his balls. That seems to be pretty much a metaphor for the Company and it's products. That is not necessarily bad. We [men] all scratch our balls now and then. But not in polite company. So in all seriousn... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Ralph; I hope my DeVore O/93’s are on your list of the speakers that meet your preferred characteristics. But be that as it may, I want to add that I made timbre my number one pursuit when I had my last go-round with equipment upgrades. Based on m... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Well, I do have the dedicated listening room with sound treatment on the walls and ceiling at the first reflection points and corner traps. I have sound treatment on the front wall between my DeVore 0/93's. My speakers are positioned for best soun... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? IMHO, Audiokinesis has added more useful insight into the attainment of true timbre than anyone else. Sure, it helps to have a "rich timbre" speaker to begin with, but despite all the evidence and professional agreement, the average audiophile ref... |