viridian
Responses from viridian
| several routes to take to digital heaven? Digital heaven is an oxymoron. | |
| RB300 maintainance... The horizontal bar of the arm lift which contacts the bottom of the arm to lift it out of the plane of the record has a soft rubber strip that is seated into it. The purpose is to cause friction with the bottom of the arm preventing the anti-skati... | |
| Reproduction of acoustic instruments with tube amp I prefer tube amps but why would you want to mess with the whole tube thing if you prefer the midrange veracity of solid state? Makes no sense to me. | |
| Which phono preamp? If you go for the internal phono preamp you have the benefit of not having to purchase an interconnect cable. That money could purchase a whole lot of albums and that what it's all about anyway. | |
| Got a Thorens TD-147.. Questions?? Comments???? If you don't like the sound of the Grado try the Shure model that sells for $100.00, I forgot the number, the drugs must be wearing off. The sound is the polar opposite of the Grado and quite good, equal in fact in it's own way. | |
| I turn the big Half-Century today Maybe the RCA .5 series would be appropriate. | |
| Paragon 12 preamp; need to know tubes in linestage No, not a good idea to run a preamp without all of the tubes in place even for a moment. They present loads within the circuit. You wouldn't run without a resistor or cap, would you? Damage can result. Any tech should be able to look under the bon... | |
| I turn the big Half-Century today Ernie, great choices. What time should I come over? | |
| Got a Thorens TD-147.. Questions?? Comments???? Well played, Charles. The next stop is one of the inexpensive Grado cartridges. Don't even use the one that comes on the turntable unless you can find a dealer with a stylus microscope and determine that the stylus is not an ice pick. For the $50.... | |
| SOTA Sapphire Upgrades You have a really nice table that is certainly worth keeping. Start with a new belt. While you have the belt off check the bearing by rotating the platter without the belt attached. It should spin freely and for quite some time. The least expensiv... | |
| Aren't passive radiators out of phase? The Dayton-Wright Electrostatic speakers were filled with carbon hexafluoride gas. The gas is commonly used in welding. Nothing would impress audiophile friends like breaking out the tank of carbon hex and filling up the speakers. On the days that... | |
| What is the difference between a Marantz 7 and 7C The 7C is a vacuum tube model. The 7T was an attempt to copy the 7C with transistors, and although it looks visually similar, is quite a bit less desireable to the collector. | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? The Beveridge electrostatic speakers were one of the most amazing products ever, ditto the preamp which was designed buy Roger Modjeski, also his OTL mono amps for Counterpoint. The Rappaport electronics were super great as was the Mares phono sta... | |
| technical explanation for cable direction? I do not see it that way. As I said in the original post if the shield is connected at both ends it can act as a second ground path, a true recipe for hum and RFI/EMI can be shunted to the input of the amp where it will be amplified. | |
| Regrets Lovesmusic, please e-mail me with details regarding your next yard sale. |