viridian
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| Anyone heard the Micro Seiki DDX1000? Good decision, but there are some unbelievable values in DD tables since they have been out of fashion for 20 years or so. Psychicanimal uses the Technics SL-1200 with some of the enhancements available and he believes that it is competitive with ... | |
| Anyone heard the Micro Seiki DDX1000? Well I have owned one and currently own the Micro Seiki MR-711 so I will speak from experience. The DDX1000 does not use quartz lock so I don't think that "hunting" is an issue. Micro made a subsequent model that looks quite similar called the DQX... | |
| Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking Yes, experience, though I did not own the SL-10, it was a friends, and yes, it did recut several records. He asked me to come over and have a look at it. My impression was that the carrige did not have tight enough tolerances to keep the arm tange... | |
| Good Sounding Inexpensive Phono Preamp? I have owned both the Creek OBH-8, Acurus P-10 and the Musical Fidelity X-LP. The Creek and MF are commonly available on this site for under $150.00 used. The Musical Fidelity is the much better phono preamp, allows use of MM or MC cartridges and ... | |
| Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking You should walk over to Goodwill and buy a better turntable. Should be less than the cost of the manual for that groove chewer. | |
| Arm Differences ...... ,etc. Hey, 4yanx what are you running? I am always interested to learn from owners of linear trackers as they have such unique requirements. | |
| Arm Differences ...... ,etc. I would take issue with the superiority of the linear trakers. The drawbacks are quite different than in fixed pivot arms and ones musical preferences would probably dictate which set of drawbacks one prefers. In solving some problems, others are ... | |
| Arm Differences ...... ,etc. Tom's suggestion is just great. I believe that the table was designed around the SME arms which can be an important consideration as far as synergy is concerned, so a model V, or better yet, a IV.VI may prove to be a viable alernative. I'm an old ... | |
| Arm Differences ...... ,etc. Theory first. An arm should remain at right angle to the groove no matter what direction it is traveling. Only in this way can the channels be read properly by the stylus. This must be done with maximum rigidity and minimum friction. Energy put in... | |
| Another Time and Phase thread Plasma drivers! Ionovac, Hill Plasmatronics, Nelson Pass protos, are there others? You guys are the most esoteric audiophiles I have ever heard of. I thought that the dudes here in Portland, OR in the Triode Society building SE amps with archaic t... | |
| Another Time and Phase thread Sean, your knowledge is just amazing. I always learn so much from your posts. Keep it comin'. BTW, have you ever heard the Ohm As? I had the pleasure in NYC once and my impression, from casually listening, was that both strengths and faults were m... | |
| Hum with Gyro Dec/Lyra Helican/RB300 incognito You might try floating the ground on the wall plug of your phono preamp. | |
| Another Time and Phase thread Bigtee, one of the reasons that electrostats measure poorly, is the conventional setups used for measuring them. Speakers are usually measured in the near field in a room or out of doors. Usually the former. Unfortunately, you are measuring a larg... | |
| Cables - When Did it All Start? Sean, you are absolutely right! They were called Cobra Cables, the memories just come rushing back. Marty | |
| Cables - When Did it All Start? I think that the Polk speaker cable came out right around the same time as the Fulton stuff. The highly capacitive Polk fried a lot of amps in it's day, but a few still swear by it. |