nsgarch
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| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Thom, I don't think anything is gained by taking an extreme opposite position just to make a point. Some examples you cite, the 400 hour speaker or the 20,000 mile Porsche break-in, the NUMEROUS? van den Hul trips across the ocean ;--); these are ... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Raul this is a little bit off-thread, but it's my thread, so what the hell?!But I've been wondering: you try many many tonearm-and-cartridge combinations. So how do you remember from one to another so you can decide what you liked best? Do you mak... | |
| Older Bryston 4B Question Now that you mention it, all my old Brystons (2B, 3B, 4B)chirpped, one channel at a time, when I shut them down, but only, if I recall correctly, if the preamp was still on with the volume cracked open a bit.It would be easy to call Bryston and fi... | |
| Antiskate issue. My memory is that when tonearm manufacturers began adding antiskate to their tonearms, in the form of springs or strings with weights, their instructions always said to set the antiskate (force) to match the VTF. The reason I put "force" in parent... | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. If your phono preamp (or phonostage in your main preamp) accepts balanced inputs, then by all means use them. Not so much for hum and RFI resistance (good cable shielding and proper grounding should take care of that) but because a MC cartridge is... | |
| Cartridge selection Ketchup -- that combo would be on the dividing line. If you have reasonably efficient speakers and the .48mV cartridge is spec'd with the JVC test record (3.54 cm) then it would be a definite yes. Otherwise, you might want a phono preamp with more... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? Thanks D. So glad someone was able to clear all that up for me. Very impressive system BTW. | |
| ML CLS IIz's and 2 Descent's ....a Sonic Match? 1985tqc: Please read the blurb on my system page for my CLS/subwoofer evolution. If you have questions, email me.Neil. | |
| old vs new You are making sense, but to take advantage of this realization, you need to do a hell of a lot of research.After which you will find that the truly great older items (as good as or better than the new stuff for half the price?) are just not comin... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Thom, I'll raise you 20 and call it 100, but basically I think you're correct. Whether it's 80, 100, or 125 really depends on the cartridge's suspension material, the ambient temperature, and the VTF.Speaking of VTF, I now recommend breaking in ca... | |
| Antiskate issue. You probably didn't hurt records or cartridge at "close to the tracking force" but you don't need anywhere that much. It's a "hangover" rule from the days of elliptical styli and low VTF MM cartridges.The L2 has a high enough compliance (fairly sq... | |
| Anyone familiar with Straightwire Black Silc Tim, you need to use a sniper site -- it's the only way to do eBay IMO. Here's the one I use, but there are lots of 'em:http://www.auctionsniper.com/default.aspx. | |
| Anyone familiar with Straightwire Black Silc I have a cast iron electric solder pot that someone gave me (complete with solder ;--) It looks like it's from the 1940's or earlier. But it works just fine!. | |
| Anyone familiar with Straightwire Black Silc Tim, I was suggesting you have Straightwire do the reterminating primarily for maintaining the resale value.Wow! I didn't realize the pots were THAT expensive now. And don't forget to factor in the cost of enough silver solder to fill it up (check... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Ed, very interesting blog. Seems that for now, the vote is still out. The RIAA says you can't sell your CD if you retain your copy, but,Thay have no legal backing for making that statement, and,So far, there has been no test case on the matter.. |