eldartford
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| Denon 103? Shure V15? AT OC9? guidance Every phono cartridge sounds a bit different (like every microphone) and people have their own opinions. You should try to listen to several cartridges using the same LP, and form your own opinion.For what it's worth, my experience over several de... | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? Buscis2...Back then there were enough real improvements to be made that people didn't need to get worked up over magic speaker wire and cryogenicly processed wall outlets. | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? 5 grams was the recommended downforce for the GE pickup (Monophonic) that was commonly used in the 1950's. Other pickups were similar. 5 grams was easy to set because a US Nickle coin is 5 grams, exactly. You could calibrate your finger with the c... | |
| General opinion about ADCOM amplifiers I have had a bunch of Adcom amps..I keep buying them because they are entirely satisfactory. The old 535 (100 watts @ 4ohms) may be "musical" (whaterver that means) but it doesn't drive Magneplanars like the 5503 (350 watts @ 4ohms). | |
| Checking Anti-Skate? Skating force depends on a whole lot of things...where you are on the record...groove modulation...vertical tracking force, and more. You can only set it for best overall results. (That's why linear tracking arms were invented).Shure put out a tes... | |
| Cleaning Records 4yanx....Relax!...In a casual way I complement you on the comprehensive writeup about cleaning records. If you enjoy cleaning records that's OK with me. People with antique cars spend more time polishing them than driving.Does music exist to serve... | |
| Cleaning Records 4yanx...Good grief!!!.. I am sure you are correct. That's why I mostly play CDs. | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 2.7QR Jab...When I found that the 2.7 was unavailable I considered the 3.5 model with ribbon tweeter. But I actually prefer the QR tweeter (not to mention reliability concerns) and am quite happy with my 1.6 set. One should listen and decide for one's s... | |
| Cleaning Records 25 percent alcohol and 75 percent water...Sounds like gin to me!... Don't laugh...It might work. | |
| Cleaning Records I'm sure that some LP purists will scream bloody murder, but for really dirty records you can literally wash them under luke warm ordinary water in the kitchen sink. Use dishwashing soap, and some kind of fine brush or velvet cloth to wipe in the ... | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 2.7QR When I decided to buy Magneplanars recently I intended to buy the 2.7 model. It was at the dealer where I discovered that the 2.7 had been discontinued because the 1.6 came so close in performance at much lower cost. | |
| Signal degration over length, source vs. output ? Kr4...Your SFI preamp looks like a nice unit. They confim that the output stage is "parallel tube with feedback" (not a transistorized line driver as I suspected) providing output impedance which they agree is low for a tube preamp. Looks like you... | |
| Harbeth C7ES vs Maggie 1.6 QR A suggestion...Don't divorce your Maggies. Just have an affair with some box speakers. Then you can always come home! | |
| SUPER TWEETERS-anybody heard them? Regarding Low Frequency...In any large hall used for recording there is a very low frequency rumble that is always present even when the musicians have gone out to lunch. It represents the natural frequency of the hall, and is excited by such thin... | |
| Signal degration over length, source vs. output ? Kr4...I didn't know that you could get 50 ohms output impedance with a tube output stage (usually a 12AU7 cathode follower: 600ohms). What kind of preamp do you have, and did they slip in a transistor line driver?sean...Yes: balanced lines are bet... |