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| Tickled Pink. Make that Aquamarine Judit, I have no personal experience with Discovery Cables, but I have read alot of good things about them, and I believe that one of the major high-end TT makers is using Discovery in their tonearm wiring.Glad you are enjoying them. | |
| What is a "transmission line" speaker? Agree with Sean on virtually all of his points. I also never heard the Steve@HiFiFarm definition of Transmission Line.In response to a few of the others' questions above, the original true Transmission Line was a cabinet design to "get rid" of the... | |
| Inexpensive,ugly and wonderful sounding..... Warren, even though I have no experience with Lat cables or your gear, it seems to me that there have been some significant advances is cable designs over the last 6 years. It is not unreasonable to try out some newer designs and compare for yours... | |
| Marble or Granite shelfs in a hifi rack? Mknowles, I mentioned that Granite has that ringing. I didn't say that marble does. I think that marble, being a sedimentary rock, has more in common with limestone, than with granite. Therefore, I would guess that marble would not ring much, or a... | |
| Turntable Set Up Questions again? Generally there is an increase in bass and a decrease in treble, as you lower the VTA(lowering the pivot end of the arm). You can only do a certain amount with this, and is not intended really, as a tone control. It is a guide to show you how to "... | |
| How to Judge an LP Pbb, I find it highly unlikely that I am not aware of exactly how prevalent these defects are, and exactly how objectionable they are. I have owned more used records than most people have ever even seen. I have played used records for most of my l... | |
| Anyone bought Speakers from outside U.S.A.? I bought a reciever from England, and the shipping cost just about killed me. It cost just as much for shipping, as it did to buy the reciever. | |
| Marble or Granite shelfs in a hifi rack? It depends upon which frequencies you wish to isolate. Different materials have different characteristics. I know that marble cracks very easily, and that could be a problem. Granite "rings" if it is not real thick. Actually, a very dense wood lik... | |
| Best cartridge for an MMT arm Given your particular circumstances, I would go with as much Dynavector cartridge as you are willing to spend.The 10x4 is a very nice sounding cartridge around $400. You could go higher to a 20x, or a 17d2 Karat. The compliances of these cartridge... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Betcha, yes the Teres TT is better with the lead shot-filled platter. It looks better and it sounds better, than the one that I have. I will eventually get that platter upgrade for my Teres. However, I did talk for a long time with Chris Brady of ... | |
| Which of my cartridges is best for my setup? Continue to use the Benz. The Dynavector is a better sounding cartidge, but it's broken. Never use a cartridge with a bent cantilever. | |
| Got a Thorens TD-147.. Questions?? Comments???? Just as a note of caution, being that you have always listened to CD, you may be a bit sensitive to some of the record noise that you will encounter on used records. You will get used to this as time goes on, but it can be minimized with good clea... | |
| How to Judge an LP Hi, Peter. I have been record collecting for 30 years, and the first thing you'll need is a way to clean the used records, because many will be very playable under the coating of dirt that is commonly on them. When people are selling records, they... | |
| Upgrading VTL 2.5 pre-amp to: CAT, BAT, or ARC? If you can go by a large number of members on this forum, the Supratek Syrah, or Cortese, is at least as good, or better than any of the units you mentioned. Check out the thread, "Preamp Deal of the Century" with over 300 posts. Many feel that it... | |
| You never know what today will bring Yes, Judit, the balanced connection has a +6db difference, if I remember correctly. |