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Just a kind word of thanks

Back in early June I posted a response to a reader requesting feedback impressions of a particular table / arm combination that I just happened to own. While responding to this post I mentioned that I was running my Benz Glider cart. at 47K Ohms. Another Audiogon member "Zaikesman" replied that this setting was not correct for this particular cart. We then went off line and over to direct e-mail for some detailed discussions. After several pages of pleasent detailed education I started to experiment with my C-J EF1 phono stage. I finally became satisifed with 500 ohms at 52dB of gain. The wonderful thing about this experience was that a fellow Audiogon member took the time and energy to help educate another member in incredible detail. This is the reason why I love this site, and continue to buy / sell from this site. Good people with a love for high end equipment and music, willing to share knowledge and experience in a unselfish fashion!
quincy
lugnut
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Dougdeacon summed it up for me. Zaikes is knowledgable and informative through the threads. Twl is very giving of his time and expertise too. Great guys both. There are so many unsung heroes here.
gunbei
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This IS a great sanctuary, isn't it?

Over the years I've received great personal help from many forum members, some even in this thread!

I'm such a nuisance, always asking questions!
wwwrecords
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Tom aka TWL, you are welcome and deserve many more cudos than I am able to express. I am glad to see the helpful members on this site get their just recognition for service above and beyond.

I very seldom post here, but I can assure you, I have visited this site daily since I found it approx. 6 months ago. I still know very little about analog HiFi, but I will keep coming back and learning. Hopefully someday I will be able to give back some of what has been so graciously given to me.

Great thread Quincy! Thank you!
zaikesman
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Gosh, I'm glad I spotted this thread before it dropped off the radar! Quincy, you're most welcome, and I'm glad I could be of any assistance. Believe me, I've tapped many of those on Audiogon possessing much more knowledge than myself, and it just feels good to be able to ocassionally pass that spirit foward.

Steve, you sly dog, I didn't know Tom had gotten you into a Teres. I just got the KAB outboard power supply for my 1200, a big improvement. I'm emailing you - since we live close by, we need to have a throwdown sometime soon, so that *you* can teach *me* what a real TT sounds like!

Can't let this thread go any farther without a shout-out to Sean, who has knowledgeably advised so many here, both on- and off-line. And just to prove what a bunch of swells we are around this place, Rcprince is hooking up with me next week to hand-deliver some of his spare power tubes to me all the way from NYC, so's I can borrow them for a while to find out if I should be thinking of switching types - you da man, Russ! (Audiogon is the place!)
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quadophile
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0.003 percent of Audiogoner may be snobbish (this much distortion is even acceptable in amps) but the rest 99.997 are not. That is what my experience is here anyway!

This by far is the purist audio community that I have had the previlidge to have been associated with.

Last but not least, I have learnt a lot.
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