nsgarch
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| Best 6550 regardless of price Guidocorona, I think you mean "Sovtek" and you are right!The Svetlanas to get are the ones made in St. Petersburg, and are generally identified as such by the retailer. | |
| Cartridge Break-In Onhwy, if Raul says:"Just play records, forget about break-in and enjoy the ride."You should remember that is the "Gospel according to Raul", but not necessarily the gospel Truth!Please remember that Raul and others have personal opinions which th... | |
| Cartridge Break-In Onhwy61, what kind of cartridge is yours? I ask, because if it's a MC, then 47K ohms is WAY too high a loading and will give you "tipped up in the treble and the bass is uneven" no matter how long you break it in.A good rule of thumb (starting poi... | |
| BEST TONEARM CABLE PURIST VENUSTUS GRAHAM IC 70 Speedy, you're right, I don't think I've read anything about the IC-70? The IC-50, yes, but not the 70. Is it something more recent?Not that I'm about to give up my Venustas, or if/when I do, it'll be because I scored a killer deal on a Dominus, i... | |
| Ceiling acoustics Fairley, what I meant is that (from your description anyway) the duct crosses the room's 12 foot dimension leaving 15 feet of room on one side and about 9 on the other + 3 ft W duct = 27 ft.I was suggesting you place the speakers under the duct fa... | |
| BEST TONEARM CABLE PURIST VENUSTUS GRAHAM IC 70 Actually Speedy, there is a thread somewhere here (if I'm not mistaken, you were a participant) in which the Purist, Hovland and Graham were compared. See if you can find it. I'll look too. | |
| BEST TONEARM CABLE PURIST VENUSTUS GRAHAM IC 70 Speedy,If everything's right with the arm/tt setup, then the Venustas should give you flat response top to bottom. If it doesn't, then it may be you need to adjust the cartridge loading in the phono preamp to a slightly lower value, to compensate ... | |
| Cartridge Break-In I enjoyed reading some of your proposed alternatives, especially the one about the subwoofer ;~) I think the best way is still playing records as Steve said. However, you can break in a cartridge while you're away by using the Cardas sweep/burn in... | |
| BEST TONEARM CABLE PURIST VENUSTUS GRAHAM IC 70 Speedy,Either DIN termination is electrically identical. The choice of rt. angle vs. straight DIN connector is purely a function of your tonearm configuration and/or how the cable has to exit the turntable itself -- as you indicated ("the ninety d... | |
| BEST TONEARM CABLE PURIST VENUSTUS GRAHAM IC 70 Speedy, I have a couple questions and one comment.The questions:Were the Purist and the Graham cables both broken in? Same amount? >100 hours (Cardas test record makes this easy)Were you using a separate phono preamp? If "yes" then were you usi... | |
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| Reel to reel deck -Talk me in or out of buying My buddy just scored a MINT Technics r2r on eBay because his step-dad who is a retired recording engineer said analog tape is the end of the movie.The problem is, the movie ended about 30 years ago -- and tape doesn't age well like vinyl can. Plus... | |
| So You Think You Know Your Mozart? Tire -- please, please! I wasn't implying youngsters shouldn't expect to score well, especially if you enjoy listening to the music. It's just that many of us past the 1/2 century mark have become familiar with it as much through osmosis as from a... | |
| Ceiling acoustics Actually, irregular ceiling heights help to keep standing waves from forming. The beams won't have much effect (unless you hit your head on them) but I'd recommend you center the speakers under the 3 foot wide duct facing the longer side. You also... |