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| How do I set anti skate on Nottingham Anna arm???? It sounds like you are trying to use a blank disc to set the anti-skate. I never was able to get that to work either as the weight to neutralize is MUCH too high (this method ignores the friction of the groove). The simplest way to start IMHO is t... | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener I question if you are really "non-anal" or you wouldn't be bi-wiring. If you can do without bi-wire go for the Goertz speaker cable. The 13 ga basic Cu ribbon cable with rhodium connectors and Teflon insulation should be about $160. Be sure to get... | |
| Unused balanced outputs Do not short your outputs! You would probably blow up your preamp. In addition I would be amazed if anyone can actually verify any benefit to short balanced inputs. | |
| speaker stand height for "floor seating" usage..? You might want to try some of the Mapleshade stands or have somthing similar made. Go to their website and you will see what I mean. | |
| Anyone Heard the McCormack UDP-1? Is no one bothered by the test results in Stereophile which show that the MCcormick is not capable of hi-rez decoding? I guess it would not be a problem on the many discs, both DVD-A and SACD which don't contain hi-rez info anyway! | |
| Electric power in Europe Contact your manufacturers to see if it is easy to change to 220V, especially for your amp as high current transformers are expensive. Buy a high quality transformer for all your other equipment. The 220v is single phase (hot, neutral and sometime... | |
| Only three manufacturers? Dunlavy, out of business also made speakers meeting this criteria, and Green Mountain Audio continues to make speakers with first order crossovers, and in their Continuum series also physical adjustment of the mid-range and tweeter with respect to... | |
| I'm totally confused about Hi Rez formats By now you have gathered that you are not the only one totally confused. Most consumers are confused, myself included. Sony appears to be not supporting SACD by not issuing them as hybrids, and of course DVD-A discs (unless they are the new dual d... | |
| Vandersteen Quattro If you are interested in phase coherent speakers, you must try to listen to Green Mountain Audio before you decide. The Continuum series uses quality drivers with really good first order crossovers and mechanical adjustments for the midrange and t... | |
| Biasing a Threshold The bias procedure on a Threshold amp is a little special.As I remember it involved removing a screw near a heat sink and inserting an accurate thermometer, letting the amp cook until it is stable and setting the bias for a given temperature. It t... | |
| BAT VK5i 6 pack capacitor upgrade The capacitors from Sonic Craft cost about $80 + shpg. The 3.3mF caps lowered the output impedance & increased the bass slam while the 0.33 caps gave better detail in the highs. Jeff recommends to keep the existing 1mF oil caps in the system s... | |
| BAT VK5i 6 pack capacitor upgrade Go to the soniccraft.com website and contact Jeff for his advice on soniccap capacitors for the BAT preamps in place of the 6-pak. I did this mod myself and he will ship overseas. Please note I did not compare this to a 6-pak mod, but you should b... | |
| Phono stage / Preamp Question Typically you should be able to connect your preamp to the tape in of the integrated amp which should at least bypass its tone controls and maybe the first stage of the integrated amp. You can then use the preamp for all the input connections for ... | |
| Vinyl Old timers: HK's and Rabco's Hello Sean,If you are still interested contact me as I have an original Rabco SL-8e in the original box with all paperwork and instructions. (i had slightly trimmed the arm to decrease mass.) I put in a C battery and both the vertical and lateral ... | |
| Ohm question One of the best stereo demonstrations I ever heard was in the home of a DIY musician in France who had removed the internal resistors on 2 pairs of Quad ESL speakers and had them wired in series for the left and right channels.For your specific qu... |