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Removing Morch DP-6 tonearm wires from cartridge
"Craft stores such as Michaels sell small needle nose pliers that have plastic noses that come in various shapes. They are what I use as they are intended for jewelry / earring assemblies that require precision and that won't gouge the wiring."Ple... 
Tonearm for London Reference
Add Well Tempered Labs to the list. Must be a well damped arm to perform optimally. 
Just ordered a WT Amadeus and Dynavector XX2 mk2
Take care and time to get things set up correctly. Listen a while then go back over it all again. At that point it should sound considerably better than what you've been listening to, if not do it again till it does. ;-)Doak 
Any Well Tempered Amadeus Users Going Mat-less?
Have done A-B-C of WTA w/stock/A23/no mats.Prefer A23 by a substantial margin.Doak 
Decca London Gold cartridge nightmare
The Decca London Super Gold works beautifully on my Well Tempered Labs Turntable/tonearm -- like a marriage made in heaven. 
Anyone have/ordered the Job 225?
Real audiophiles do not use banana plugs. ;-) 
DSPeaker Anti Mode 2.0 evaluation
"All such products diminish absolute definition/clarity - no exceptions. They must, as they are not necessary devices inserted into the signal path. It is to be expected that the system will sound cleaner without any non-necessary device inserted.... 
Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home
Infinity IRS Betas.The least compromised speaker I've ever heard, much less owned. 
DSPeaker Anti Mode 2.0 evaluation
Listened carefully to DSpeaker in a friend's system. IT sounded better when we switched to by-pass. Then the system sounded MUCH better when we removed it completely.It literally sucked the life out of the music. 
Review Almarro 318B
Thanks for your perspective on this amplifier. You have put it in context for me by delineating what others you have owned and compared to it. I've recently acquired a pair of Coincident Speaker technology Total Victory II. Was thinking of a high ... 
Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion
HAhahahaha.....Think you guys may actually be Terrance and Phillip from the "Southpark" TV program. 
Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion
Sad to see this thread hijacked by a couple of jackalopes. 
External DAC For Oppo 105 At What Cost?
Very entertaining thread! :-)Hi Ric. ;-) 
Well Tempered
"I wish to purchase to Australia"It may help if you restate your objective. 
Oh no , not another phono stage rec
"However, if your tastes run more to Ella Fitzgerald and acoustic jazz in general, and depending on the rest of your system, you might find the (Liberty) B2B-1's sound a bit too surgical, and not quite liquid or "fleshy" enough."This does not desc...