viridian
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| How to bid on an item Hey, you, I'm a cave man! If we didn't invent the wheel you wouldn't have any of your precious British belt-drive record chewers to coo over. | |
| How to bid on an item I just don't get this thread. You bid on an auction, you make an offer on an ad. If you can't even understand this basic distinction, how can you give advice on buying? | |
| good old tuners going obsolete I agree with Armstod (Armstrad made some pretty good tuners in the UK, BTW), but I believe that commerce will play an important role. Radio stations can barely hold on to listeners as it is, it would seem that they would be reluctant to diminish t... | |
| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity CW:It will certainly be heresy to say it here, but most of the people that I meet that are young and really, really into their music, are into rap. That said, I can, without reservation, recommend "Straight Out Of Compton" by NWA. A touchstone of ... | |
| Drifting tonearm/cartridge weight This is completely normal, the anti-skate applies a force in the direction of the outside of the record. If there is not enough friction between the bottom of the arm and the surface of the arm rest, the arm will float outwards. The answer is to i... | |
| good old tuners going obsolete Most current broadcasters, both here and in Britain, are broadcasting at very reduced bit rates, kind of the radio verson of MP3s; very compromised sonically and way less data than a good FM broadcast received by a decent analog tuner. Arcam's CEO... | |
| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers Larryrx7 I would respectfully disagree; I mentioned power management in the very first post in the thread. This covers both power delivery and conditioning. | |
| One TT, 2 arms, 2 cartridges for $2,000 used? I will answer the actual question that was asked. A really nice setup would be a Micro Seiki DDX-1000 with Grace 714, SAEC WE308, Audiocraft (Ultracraft), Lustre GST801, Micro Seiki MA-202L, etc. Price should be around $1200.00 or less, with a car... | |
| Simple stereo receiver? How about this:http://www.harmanaudio.com/search_browse/product_detail.asp?urlMaterialNumber=HK%203480-Z&status= | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good Being nude refers to not being bonded to a piece of metal. In a bonded cartridge a very small diamond is bonded to a piece of metal, a holder of sorts, and this piece of metal is then affixed to the cantilever. A nude cartridge uses a larger diamo... | |
| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers This is very subjective, however my vote goes to the preamp being the most important. The reason I would put electronics ahead of loudspeakes is that, though loudspeakers change the sound to a greater degree, that change is often euphonic and cons... | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good I believe that would be nude, square shank, stylii. The Denons have elliptical cuts and the AT is a Microline. Pretty much all of the better cartridges use a nude square shank at the mounting end, the exceptions being some of the Grados and the Or... | |
| Ringing amplifier Check out what this overzealous modkateer did with his amphttp://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1177738039When my amp rings, I answer it. | |
| Review: Denon DL 103R Cartridge Effective mass of the Basik arm, and others can be found herehttp://www.vinylengine.com/tonearm_database.php?make=Linn&sort=manufacturer&ascdesc=ASC&type=1&pass=null&Search2=Search | |
| Review: Denon DL 103R Cartridge Does your Axis have the Akito or Basik arm, and are you using any method to increase arm mass to match the compliance of the cartridge? |