folkfreak
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| Synergistic Research Tungsten IC... any experience List for a 1m RCA is $2000 (prices per the cable company). If you have the UEF bullets (silver and grey with grooves) figure 35-40% of retail so $700-800. If with the older bullets (silver, grey and black and no grooves) then 25-30% or $500-600. M... | |
| Synergistic Research Tungsten IC... any experience joey -- congratulations on getting this nice interconnect. There's a lot you can do to tweak the performance of this model actually. Firstly if you have an older model you have the original tuning bullets (which are smooth all round and do not hav... | |
| Options to inspect a cartridge from below - mirrored loope, endoscope? Good luck Tom, it does sound like you have some room to work. If you search my use name (FolkFreak) on Vinyl Asylum you can find my documentatiom and experience with using a USB scope to set VTA if that helps (sorry it seems AudioGon won't allow c... | |
| Options to inspect a cartridge from below - mirrored loope, endoscope? I would like to order a device to look at the underside of my cartridge without pulling the cartridge off my tone armUnfortunately the problem you are likely to have with any USB microscope is getting enough room to mount the scope under your tone... | |
| UPS and FedEx freight shipping reliable? My recommendation would be to use a local independent shipping store. They can box and pack for you and then help you select the best shipperIn Los Angeles where I used to live I regularly worked with Box Brothers and shipped many items larger and... | |
| Equipment Rack agear -- good question but the answer is not as simple as thatFirstly I have come to recognize that the limit on what is the "right" volume for a track is not loudness per se but in fact the impact of distortion and noise -- to whit resonances and... | |
| Equipment Rack The opinions of the engineers who have worked on this study throughout our history stated all along that the geometry governing the tip of the Audio Point rejected low frequency from the floor surface . Our newest associate in science flew in for ... | |
| Equipment Rack To be fair, no manufacturer has provided such data. I personally am unconvinced that isolation from the boogey man of seismology has any real relevance. Maybe but at least there is ample and readily accessible data on how springs can be used for s... | |
| Equipment Rack You shoved earthquakes and inaudible frequencies up our rods and we agreed to review, measure your advice and sought out a highly educated seismologist to evaluate both sides of the coin.Robert -- Geoff and I both asked for a link to an independen... | |
| Magico and Symposium I'm using the Super Plus with copper spikes on a carpet/wood/cement floor I'm getting better bass detail,better specificity of images with much more detail.Sounds like you are having good results. My experience with the Townshend podiums under my ... | |
| Equipment Rack Where does the vibrational energy from the speaker itself go?In my system it stays in the speakers. At least for the bass range. Before the podiums (Magico spikes to floor) i felt the bass through my floor (wood on concrete) after the podiums i do... | |
| Equipment Rack If you still own the Monitor Audio PL500 these have an absolutely ginormous footprint (20"x25") -- bigger than the biggest stock podium so the quote may be for a custom jobLikely the Seismic Isolation corners may work best for you -- two sets of 4... | |
| Equipment Rack Try here for in-situ measurements, Townshend do the demo in place by jumping on the floor around the speakershttp://www.hifiplus.com/articles/townshend-audio-seismic-podium/ | |
| Equipment Rack Robert -- thanks for your response. I get what you are saying about Airborne resonance and am personally getting very good results with the Marigo Mystery Feet F8 Extreme to control this effect.My main question was regarding the other issue that o... | |
| Equipment Rack Robert. Still hoping for a link to a reference showing how a mechanical spike can act as a mechanical diode to filter out seismic interference? You claimed this was "common knowledge" so would love to hear moreAlso I’m a tad confused as to how a m... |