dougdeacon
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| Cartridge break in I'm unfamiliar with the Musical Surroundings SuperNova, but in principle I concur with Downunder. An inadequate phono stage can distort the richly detailed but very low level signals produced by really good LOMCs. There's reasonable debate over th... | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Lew, I've found it easier and less stressful to flip between test records. | |
| I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl John_Tracy - excellent post. Concur with you on all points (and with Wc65mustang).HF ringing and sibilance are different phenomena. Calling the first one "sibilance" is a common misunderstanding and may engender further confusion."Sibilance" is th... | |
| Cartridge break in Agree with Rodman and Mosin. With regard to Pops' experience, I've experienced both. Some cartridges change wildly in the first 25-100 hours, including basic changes in character - particularly at the frequency extremes. Others barely change at al... | |
| CJ PV10A phono section: Repair or buy separate? I concur with Microstrip. My PV11A is as satisfying as anything new I've heard up to several times what it's worth.Other possible culprits include a dirty/worn tube socket or a bad solder joint. Start by swapping the phono stage tubes and see if t... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum Someone will have to prove to me that a cutter head can cut a more complicated groove into vinyl than a modern cartridge can read, given they are normally cut at the same speed they are played. Have there been any definitive tests on that issue?Th... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Why in October 2013 after so many many years of analog audio are we discussing... Where is this we? Who's discussing? The latest 25 posts are but vain soliloquoy. This thread might cautiously ask of itself, "To be, or not to be?"Lest some player ... | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? It's mechanical dude. From the motor herself.So noisy motors are female? Hope nobody tells Elizabeth. | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Raul, you made 15 of the last 20 posts. Are things a little slow down there? ;-) | |
| What Sets Price on Turntables? Czarivey, 355 days later? Really?? Speedy comeback dude!!! | |
| 2013 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet Win,Thanks for chiming in. "Someday I'll wish upon a star..." | |
| no looking back Bifwynne,Can you clean a dirty floor just by dry sweeping? ;-)The fluid collected by my Loricraft invariably comes out scuzzy and with lots of sediment, even when cleaning brrand new/never played records.My own cleaning/listening parameters are ov... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Heh... I was writing my post while Jonathan was posting his. We're saying the same things, though as usual he says it better and with more authority. | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited If the stylus does not track groove modulations accurately, the resulting signal cannot be an accurate reproduction of the original. No argument there.That said, it's conceivable that the ability to track the Telarc 1812's extreme amplitudes, velo... | |
| no looking back ...is my laziness comprising playback quality and perhaps stylus life if I just dry brush my LPs?1. Whether playing inadequately cleaned records compromises playback quality depends on the resolution of the system and the sensitivity of the listen... |