photon46
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| phono preamp crackling The GCPH preamp he has is solid state. Tubes aren' t the culprit here. I'm not sure you're telling us enough to be sure of the problem. Are you saying that if you move the phono stage different distances from the turntable, that change in distance... | |
| Power cords with inductive Aloia power supplies Your observation about hum is interesting. Power supplies on both my preamp and amp hum ever so slightly. The hum can't be heard from more than three feet or so away in a dead quiet room, so I've not let it bother me. Before buying, I listened to ... | |
| Top notch speakers with their own sub I'm not aware of any speakers that are constructed like that anymore. I bought the last of that breed, the ACI Talisman SE, a couple years ago. ACI was ceasing production as production costs were rising and they weren't sure about marketing it at ... | |
| Ravel's Bolero I can't lay claim to having heard all releases by any means, but among the probably 6-8 versions I've heard over the years, the MFSL Minnesota Orchestra/Skrowaczeski release is a sonic overachiever. Great dynamic range and beautifully recorded. Fi... | |
| Which attenuators do I want to use? When you consider the cost of your fine system, why quibble over the $30 difference between Harrison & Rothwell Attenuators? Your speculation about use of attenuators and future hearing loss is off base in my opinion. First of all, most of us ... | |
| Sarode Mastreo Ali Akbar Passes away A great musician has passed, he'll be missed. I saw him in Orlando, Florida several years ago and will always remember that night. Even though he seemed tired and wasn't at his best that evening, it was an honor to be in the audience. He left many... | |
| whats the best way to reglue record covers Wow, I can't believe how much time we can spend talking about glue seams! It's no wonder non audiophiles consider us strange. Of course, paper conservers have week long conferences debating this stuff. In any event, Rubber makes a good point about... | |
| Garrott P77 MM Cartridge Thanks for the review and sharing your experiences. Your review was well written. As I'd mentioned in another thread, Garrott (under new ownership) has released a new sapphire cantilever Optim for $1350 U.S. dollars that can be ordered from Austra... | |
| whats the best way to reglue record covers Albert, I prefer to use a white PVA adhesive like Elmer's and there's a trick to keeping errant glue from wreaking havoc. Cut a thin sheet of cardboard sized to just barely fit inside the jacket and wrap it with wax paper. Or, you can use silicone... | |
| VPI Dust Cover As the first poster said, it doesn't really do a great job of keeping dust off. I do use one constantly, but it is more for protection against errant knocks than dust. I keep a fan shaped artist's badger hair "blender brush" by my turntable to bru... | |
| Best way to store a cart Semi, Oxygen is a reactive gas. It and Ozone (O3) are what causes rubber to harden and degrade. If it is removed from the container, the atmosphere is inert and no oxididative degeneration can occur. | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? I've also got a Grado Reference Sonata and find it has some occasional problems tracking highly modulated inner grooves with my VPI JMW9 arm. Not a frequent problem, but it is annoying all the same. Admittedly, the Grado does have a very relaxed a... | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? Axel, there's an abundance of disagreement about this topic, as you've no doubt noticed. Some listeners think the Shure V15mr was the apogee of MM technology. I'm among the other camp that was never particularly enchanted by it. To my ears, it was... | |
| some hybrid SACD do not play? My Marantz Sa11S1 plays every hybrid I've tried. It does sometimes have a hard time accessing a track deep into a disc with many tracks. For instance, if I try to access track 21 on a disc with 30 tracks, it will just click and click while it trie... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I noticed recently that Garrott Bros. have introduced a new top of the line MM cartridge, the Optim Ruby FGS. As i'd mentioned in an earlier post, I have the Optim FGS and think quite well of it. The new Ruby FGS is only available from Austr... |