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| New FedEx Ground and USPS Arrangement Aside from the additional delivery time, the issue of insurance should tell all that Fedex Ground should never be used. While UPS ground is never perfect, the claims processing of UPS is far better. If you have damage, the receiver can go online a... | |
| VPI Super Platter - where is it? Harry is up to his old tricks again. The aluminum platter will in no way blow away the Aries I platter or the platter in the high end VPI players. The Super Platter never did. Guy's, it is all about the physics of 'mass'. Under normal conditions, ... | |
| DVD/Turntable Dilemna Time to visit Monoprice for a long HDMI cable, very inexpensive. If it does not work, back it goes. The Monoprice quality is exellent and the price will make Kimber look like a bandit. | |
| Best, or ideal record clamp sota's | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... Cost, pure and simple. If tubes are involved, the catch would be that 'used' would need to be put into the spec's. With exception of speakers, the 'burn in' is a myth to get you into the rituals of the hobby. Double blind test, the only true way o... | |
| Proac D38 owners driving the d38 with anything less then 200 watts will not give you power you need, assuming your room is average size (13x16). | |
| Accuphase &Proac Yes, the amp's low power will be a problem. The D38's are hard speakers to drive. Something in the Krell would be more appropirate. | |
| Educational materials Toole's book 'Sound Reproduction' is a must read. This book nails everything you must know on the speaker/room end. Without Toole's knowledge everything else will not make sense. | |
| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit Yes, but only trained listeners seem to be able to advance their enjoyment of sound over time. As for the 'older' folk, they are fighting a drop off in hearing ability that makes it harder to appreciate 'difference'. | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? All the comments remind me of the endless discussion of speaker drivers and the material science that relates to it. As many have suggested, whatever sounds best to you, is the best. That goes for all the links in the chain. In the meantime, the c... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? The flaws in the way most vinyl was mastered will far out weight what 'perfection' that you chase in the TT design. Once you arrive at the 'perfection' design, it will be time to move on to a base that is no less than a $10K electron microscope ta... | |
| New TT Design: The Linos Portable Sony made a portable unit, still very much in demand on e-Bay. Back to the future? | |
| Platters: acrylic v. aluminum. What's the dif? Only Harry can answer this question. As all know, VPI has moved on to aluminum. As with all things high end, it appears to be change for the sake of change. Better said, profit for the sake of profit. I skipped Harry' all acrylic era. Felt the Ari... | |
| Best Integrated Under $3000 Best to find a dealer that will accommodate 'loans' otherwise you will truly not know what your present system signature will create. | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? Yes, you will benefit from an upgrade to tubes. Suggest you look at the Cayin VAS line. They have mono blocks. I have two pairs of the VAS units and I have been very happy with each system I use them in. I also have a vintage pair Sound Valves tha... |