dgarretson
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| I Dislike new format This was the most important feature of the old forum layout and a significant loss. | |
| How much difference if the tonearm is mounted 5mm The db protractor finds correct null points from pretty much any pivot-to-spindle distance within the range of your headshell. | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game JohnnyB53, thanks for this thread. Today I mounted a $327 AT33MONO ebayed from Japan to a SME 3012R. Very impressive sound, even at zero hrs. Next step was a complete sort through the jazz collection to extract all mono LPs for further listening. ... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Some have trouble with thick cables lying naked on a living room floor. The best rationalize a man's hobby interests as benign relative to womanizing. | |
| Anyone Attend RMAF? I went this year. Consumer attendance seemed at least 25% lighter than my last visit in 2013. With the large headphone show in a separate dedicated banquet room, it has really become two different shows of markedly different demographics: one youn... | |
| Does alcohol impair appreciation of sound? I had an uncle who when under the influence, liked to switch to eyeglasses of a different prescription. He called this special pair his "drinking glasses." There is probably an analogy for audio... | |
| Best Rock Album of 2015 It's a strange band and certainly not for everyone. I group them with The Flaming Lips and The Eels, though better than the others when they're(sic) at their best.BTW I totally agree with your prior recommendation of Kintsugi. I had lost track of ... | |
| Best Rock Album of 2015 +1 Star Wars, but topped by Mercury Rev 'The Light in You.' True to their lyric "psychedelic rock and blue-eyed soul." When they're not too Peter Pan, they hit a long ball into R&R."The tone arm moves, the vinyl cracklesAnd suddenly I'm not al... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... I was considering ART9 for comparison to my ART7, but decided instead to test the AT value proposition against a more expensive LOMC. An Accuphase AC-5 just arrived. It seems an apt choice, as both cartridges are obscure and rather low output offe... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George & Al, Thanks. I'll revisit the Theta. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Georgelofi, do you recall if the Theta Gen Va is an R2R? I can't find a spec, but there are some on the forums who believe so. I have one in storage that I haven't listened to in years. If it's an R2R then I'll dust it off for comparison to K-01X. | |
| XP25 vs Reference Phono 2 SE I've only heard this ARC unit at shows, where it sounded very good. I've lived with an XP-25 for a year and a half. Its higher 76db SS gain setting is very quiet--which has been useful in handling LOMC cartridges down to .05mV and .06mV without a ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Ottoman78, I have a NOS MF-100 that I haven't listened to in awhile, as well as an SME 3012 as referenced in your photographed OEM doc. I'll mount it shortly for comparison to my current reference Ortofon MC2000 and AT ART7 MCs. | |
| Techinics Sp-10 Mk2a break-in period Peter, Does your replacement PS sound better than the original?Rgds,Dave | |
| Tubes from Russia block Jim Mcshane Audio is another good source for vintage tubes and for tested & matched NOS Russians at reasonable prices. I've had no issues with the Tung Sol reissues from him and their quality seems to have improved in recent years.Schubert, II... |