viridian
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| Favorite phono stage in the $500-$800 range? Having tried a bunch, I'm partial to the Lehmann Black Cube. The Musical Surroundings Phonomena ll is very nice for a softer presentation. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Heat is the enemy of electronic circuits so, all things being equal - and they never are - class AB solid state amps should be less trouble prone than valve or class A solid state amps. And it would seem to follow that class D amps would be more r... | |
| what type of cartridge/ stylus should i buy The EVG is a bonded elliptical stylus on an aluminum cantilever. The SAS is a bonded radical cut stylus on a hybrid boron/aluminum cantilever. You pay your money and take your choice. | |
| what type of cartridge/ stylus should i buy Jico makes a common bonded elliptical replacement stylus for the type 3 which is available for around $12.00 on ebay. It is referred to as the EVG stylus replacement for the Shure V15 type lll. Needledaddy is a good vendor as is needle lady. Avoid... | |
| Remove musty smell Febreze is your friend. | |
| Books on Tube Rolling You need a tube substitution manual. SAMs made them as did others. You should be able to find one at Antique Electronic Supply or ebay. You might also want to pick up an RCA Receiving Tube Manual so that you can see the actual characteristics of t... | |
| Need recommendations.. Solo acoustic guitar CDs Kaki King's "Everybody Loves You". | |
| High end cartridge made in USA? No Rob, I believe that Soundsmith uses the European stylii, not the Japanese. | |
| Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid Preamp upgrade I have one. Because it uses feedback tube rolling does not make as large a difference as in preamps that don't use feedback. The original output coupling caps are not very ambitious and that is a great place to start tweeking.Another option is inc... | |
| Turntable sibilance IMHO you have a fairly low compliance cartridge and a medium mass arm. You will need to add mass at the head shell to eliminate the sibilance.As a quick, and dirty, experiment blue tak or tape a nickel on the headshell, being sure to rebalance the... | |
| inherited Barzilay teak cabinet So how did that work out for you; what was the end price for the cabinet? | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Phil, I believe that Peter and I use the same approach, starting from approximately 90 degrees to the groove we fine tune by ear. Peter characterizes this as a "technically correct point" and I would describe it as a "convenient starting point", b... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Peter, I have only the greatest respect for you and your achievements, but I believe that the modern theory is that an SRA of 92 degrees is not a starting point, but the correct end point. YMMV. | |
| the difficult second Lp Interestingly, "Second Winter" was not Johnny Winter's second album. The first being "Progressive Blues Experiment" followed by "Johnny Winter", "Second Winter" being his third album.Speaking of second Winters, Edgar's debut was a stone mash up of... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope So interesting, for eons we set VTA/SRA by ear on the theory that sound should be the arbiter of sound reproduction. In the last few years it has become fashionable and attractive to those that prefer an empirical solution to the issue rather than... |