dfhaleycko
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| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Sounds like you made a good choice. I like that in the summertime I can pull out half the tubes in my Atma-Sphere amps and still get great music at lower listening levels! We're in the second week of a heat wave here and it really makes a difference! | |
| Preamps w/ polypropylene caps in power supply? There's a whole subculture around caps. Poly caps in the power supply are theoretically "faster" and definitely longer-lived than fluid-filled electrostatic caps. The biggest advantages of electrostats is that they are quite cheap and compact for ... | |
| Anybody have an actively multi-amplified system? Yes, this is how I've been running my Magneplanar 1.6qr speakers for the past 5 years or so. I built a line-level buffer/crossover using the Linkwitz Labs MT-1 board which lets me duplicate the original crossover frequencies for the bass panel vs.... | |
| Build a TT based set up for $5K You've asked a pretty hard question since we don't know enough about the space where you're planning to use the system. I actually just did this for my sister. She wanted a modest-but-good system that would be a minimum of bother (read: no tubes).... | |
| Bah Hum Bug I don't know your equipment, but hum can be a real downer.You might try a different set of phono cables. Some cables have the shield connected to the ground plug at both ends, which can create a ground loop. Other cables have no shielding at all (... | |
| Most important vinyl component to upgrade first ? It's a system, guys, and everything interacts to some degree with everything else. So recommending the best upgrade is difficult without knowing the context. On top of that, many people have never examined specific changes scientifically. I had a ... | |
| Amplifier repair/modifications - New England area Another option might be Bill Baker at Response Audio in Endicott NY. He has done nice work on upgrading/revising Antique Sound Labs amps, and had his own line of Bella Extreme amplifiers. Knows his way around an electronics bench!Oh, and I can vou... | |
| What to upgrade first For your budget you can lift your whole system, or you can think of the upgrading as a continuing process and focus on one thing at time as you can afford it. When I look back at all the "upgrading" I've done over the past 20 years or so, I find t... | |
| What is approx. percentage of your total Actually this is an interesting question. The whole notion of "in rotation" is a bit foreign to me. When I buy new records, I guess you's say they stay in rotation until I have a firm grip on the music, then they go on the walls. Later I'll get an... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. That's interesting. I've always wondered how much potential exists for independent effects to creep in between the base of the tone arm and the base of the spindle bearing. I've never been wholly convinced that independent tonearm pods are a bette... | |
| VPI Scout On the early Scout, the motor pod is roughly 4" x 5" x 2.5" exterior, and is extremely sturdy (steel?) with 1/2" tall cylindrical rubber feet on the bottom. The top plate has a circular mounting for the motor, which appears to be centered in both ... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. I'm still thinking about your question: "So, fellow Audiogoners, what do you think has the greatest effect on vinyl playback as far as only the turntable itself, and what do you think can be done to ammeliorate those effects."I think of the turnta... | |
| Tonearm Ideas for Garrard 301 Rebuild If you really want to optimize for the Denon 103R (a good idea, I think) then I'd recommend that you go for a higher mass tonearm. I've seen a number of people get OK results with medium-mass arms by adding heavier headshells and/or heavier counte... | |
| Empire 498 As noted above, you've got a potential winner here, depending on condition. The platter and bearing and motor are all exceptionally fine, even by modern standards. The tonearm is not well-loved, however as a real heavyweight arm it is a very good ... | |
| Time for a new deck You might also consider a VPI Scout. They have their admirers and their detractors, but for $1,000 or less used, they are hard to beat. A very broad upgrade path exists as well, if you find you like the basic sound. And the resale value is likely ... |