tketcham
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| Record’s physical design properties Hi, kalali,Here are two web pages that include "Personal Notes on Record Specifications". (I’m not exactly sure who the author is.)http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yosh/recspecs.htmhttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yosh/vta.htmThe pages are somewhat difficul... | |
| My turntable hates Cat Stevens I have experienced resonance distortion with Dynavector cartridges. I've had a DV-20XL and a Karat 17D3, both installed on a Pro-Ject 9 (aluminum) tonearm and a SME 309 tonearm, and with certain LPs with high energy vocals they seemed to have trou... | |
| gain switch and volume control position Hi, Mark,Sounds like the gain is just about right either way.Regards,Tom | |
| Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB leemaze, Good to hear your Loki mini is working out. I moved my Loki mini to the main stereo system for a week just to see what it can do and when I put the Loki back into the smaller system it was a night and day improvement. Sometimes it takes a... | |
| Reducing Background Noise On Records Hi, cspiegs,I don’t know anything about using a DBX expander but reading the manual it seems like a sophisticated tone control. You may be able to reduce the volume level of the frequencies associated with "noise" but you’re also reducing the outp... | |
| Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB I second wolf_garcia’s suggestion; the Schiit Loki Mini would work really well as a "loudness" switch. Set the desired attenuation/gain for each tone control level for quiet listening and then you can use the bypass switch to go "straight wire" wh... | |
| Somehow I've got myself a "WTF" dilema with my newly setup Turntable. HELP! Hi, markj941,The JD9 uses dip switches for left and right channels for gain; check to be sure that the dip switches are set to the correct position for each channel.Regards,Tom | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? Hi, madavid0,You don't happen to hang out at the HydrogenAudio forums do you? Regards,Tom | |
| What gain should I have? Hi, titus1,As mofimadness says, the 41.5dB of gain should work well with your setup.If you want some numbers to see why:4mV output of AT150 into 41.5dB of gain in R32 gives you approximately 475mV output.Using 46.5dB gain setting in R32 would give... | |
| Thoughts on the new Sutherland KC Vibe? Hi, gritter2,I don't have direct experience with the KC Vibe but do own a Sutherland designed phono preamp (AcousTech PH-1P) and have been enjoying it matched with a Gyro SE and SME 309. Sutherland's phono stages consistently get high marks and wh... | |
| Tonearm or Turntable... Hi, perkri,I agree with inna, hold off until you can afford new speakers, although depending on what you end up with, that Cary amp may not have sufficient power to drive them.You didn't mention which cartridge you're using but you might find a no... | |
| JOLIDA owners Hi, dill,That chart is one I made years back and is applicable to the earlier version of the JD9, vintage 2006. It appears that the latest version, the JD9 II, has a different configuration for gain so the chart no longer applies, at least for the... | |
| I Find Primalunas Ugly. How about You? Is there an alternative? defiantboomerang, you must be new to the audiophile hobby. You complain about the looks of PrimaLuna products and they’re basically borrowing the same aesthetics as used by a number of high end manufacturers. For decades! And then you declare that... | |
| Any Pro-ject and/or Music Hall table owners out there? Hi, pivetta,I have a Music Hall mmf-7 (with Pro-Ject 9 aluminum tonearm) that is 11 years old and still running strong. The Pro-Ject tonearms are relatively easy to set up and accommodate a range of cartridges.If I was upgrading my mmf-7 'table to... | |
| Best combo Given all the caveats needed to qualify an opinion (stereo system, setup, and room acoustics), here’s my take on the combination of PrimaLuna Prologue Premium preamp and NAD M22 power amp. I had been using a Musical Fidelity A3.5 integrated amp (s... |