viridian
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| "head" amps?? Both Quicksilver and Ear make excellent transformers for the step-up of low output cartriges. There are a number of sound technical reasons why a passive transformer is superior to an active head amp, however, as with all things audio, execution i... | |
| Arm suggestions for my Basis 1400 TWL as the resident Rega expert have you had the chance to audition the RB-1000 yet? I can't find one to audition here in Portland OR and am quite interested in how it stacks up. | |
| Arm suggestions for my Basis 1400 Why not get Origin Live to mod the RB-300, sonically at least, you'd be ahead. If you have a little more scratch, the Basis Vector or Graham arms are excellent matches. | |
| Why vinyl? Thanks for the kind words Judit. Marakenetz, I was speaking of archival tape recording and 30ips is commonly used in this application as well as in many studios. It is a superior alternative to 15ips assuming the caveat that you identified of redu... | |
| New to tubes-what the heck does NOS mean? Many prefer the descriptor "new original stock" to the above definition avoiding the oxymoron. | |
| Why vinyl? To answer your question from the viewpoint of someone who still uses open reel tape as a source in his system, the problems are as follows:1)Commercial open reel tapes are copies, not original masters. In this sense they are removed several genera... | |
| Use 4 or 8 ohm output on amp for 6 ohm speakers? The four ohm tap will have twice the damping factor of the eight ohm tap in a properly designed output transformer due to it's lower output impedance. In many instances the four ohm tap will yeild tighter bass response into all speaker loads, howe... | |
| Anyone have 'stereo blend' control experience? Not obscure at all Z man. The Dyna Pas features a four position stereo blend control. I found it useful on older jazz recordings that were mixed with instruments hard left and hard right with a hole in the middle. I better shuttup before mentionin... | |
| What is the most difficult component to upgrade I'm with Unsound, hands down it's the room. | |
| Members without scruples- a continuation It's worked great for me. I'm just about done; will start fleeceing suckers any day now. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Cool stuff Z and T; an even quicker way to lose money than the stock market. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Zaikesman, your observation is on the money, however realize that the vta/sra with the Dyna arm will be changing continuously with the rise and fall in a warped record. Even in the case of a pinch warped record where the change in vta would be ove... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Twl, your inquisitive and experimental interest in the hobby is so reminiscent of the 1960s and 70s. The gear was not so well made back then; more art than science, or, some might say, the perfect balance of art and science. All audiophiles had to... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long The problems with the design of the Dynavector tonearm are twofold. First, the short end of the arm that is attatched to the vertical bearing causes a much greater change in VTA/SRA when tracking less than flat records. The other problem is the se... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Good show TWL. The idea is to get the most mass below the pivot point of the arm. In a unipivot this certainly increases stability. Interestingly, the Express machining counterweight for pivoted arms functions in much the same way. The teardrop sh... |