viridian
Responses from viridian
| What cart should I go for Audio Technica ART7 or ART9. | |
| Your ship just came in! time to buy new gear..? I would like a couple of Brook 12A amps and a pair of Electro Voice Patricians. The models with the 30” woofers, of course. Have just the place for them.Can I spend the rest on music? | |
| Beware of counterfeit GE 6550's on eBay Russian for sure. | |
| Music I would succumb to under torture How about those Swedes playing Dixieland jazz. Ugh! | |
| Why Sinatra??? I prefer Sinatra by a wide margin. But my taste remains highly suspect. | |
| Phono Preamp Settings/Question - Help Please The manual is not so good:https://www.musicalfidelity.com/uploads/catalogerfiles/mx-vynl/4_MX-VYNL_manual_issue_1.pdf....but it looks like you can set it for MM with the added 6db switch on and that yields a sensitivity of 2.5 mV for full output, ... | |
| Phono Preamp Settings/Question - Help Please That’s only half the story. What is the sensitivity, and full output of your amp and the sensitivity of your speakers? | |
| Quiet Enjoyment: right of audiophiles neighbors to NOT be annoyed Elizabeth, I thought that, with most of the residents over 75 they would be appealingly hearing impaired to begin with. If not, a judicious wad of chewing gum inserted into the throat of their ear trumpets should do the trick.After all, those are ... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? I like it that way..... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Portland, OR. Don’t tell.... | |
| Music I would succumb to under torture Oh, not Sinatra! Say it isn’t so. I’m sure Dylan will not be far behind. Besides all of the jazz lite vocalists, Krall, Cole, Monheit, Barber, et al, Yoko Ono is not to my taste. I think that I would give up all of our most treasured secrets to st... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Chak, I once bought a SOTA Star Sapphire as salvage. It had been separated from the vacuum pump/power supply very early in life and looked like it came out of a time capsule. I didn’t think that I could get it going, but bought it for the original... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Chak, paid $50.00 for mine. The question was "What is your go-to cheapie cartridge?", not what cheapie cartridge should I buy, or what is available used. I can only answer the question that is asked, not the one that I imagine in my mind is being ... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment That should say, ...707, 727 and 747... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment And what of expensive tonearms that omit anti-skate like the Schick. Are those better?I owned a 714 and it worked best with low compliance cartridges, for me. The 704, 727 and 747 mated best with the F9e, etc. IMHO. So I did not see it anywhere; I... |