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| AT&T to cap broadband usage. Streamers beware Marty is absolutely right about privatization lowering the cost of bandwidth for everyone. I'm old enough to remember when a 56K frame relay circuit was $500/month and a T1 (1.5Mb) was $2,500/month! And the reliability stunk on both. I now get 10M... | |
| help me to understand the gain Less power output won't solve your issue - gain is separate from power. According to Stereophile, the DNA-1 has a gain of 32dB! That's really high, and a big part of your problem. I would investigate either a passive preamp or, if you like the Pri... | |
| Vincent PHO-8? Jolida JD-9A,? Phono Pre's $350-500 My current phono preamp is the Jolida JD9, having started with the built-ins in my Advent 300 and NAD 7140 and moving through a Hagerman Bugle, Monolithic PS-2/HC-2b, and Vista Audio Phono 1. The JD9 was slightly better than all of them until I up... | |
| td-01 chinese tonearm? I'm not sure I'd agree that it's a similar concept to the Well Tempered arm. There can't be more than a drop or two of damping fluid in the well of the TD-01, and the contact area of the ceramic ball is very small. The amount of damping would be m... | |
| Is centerclamp like TT Weights as good as TT maker Weights and clamps work differently and are made for different applications. If you're going to use a weight, you need to make sure it won't adversely affect the suspension of your Townsend. If it will, you'll need to use a low mass clamp.David | |
| Jolida JD-9 and Dynavector 23RS Question I own the JD9, and unless the rest of your system has extremely low gain, the JD9 should accommodate just about any cartridge. Mine sounds great with every cartridge I've used. What leads you to believe it won't work with the Dyna 23RS?David | |
| Do I need preamp? Yes, you'll need a phono preamp.david | |
| relationship between rec. and the other tubes? Rectifiers can definitely alter the sound, but as always, it's system and circuit dependent. I agree that the 12AT7s will have the most effect. My 6SN7 preamp is also tube rectified, and a good NOS 5AR4 made a noticeable difference over the new pr... | |
| long range wireless mouse suggestions I'm guessing you have a way to get cabling from the room the PC is in to the room the TV monitor is in, as you must have a cable running from the PC to the monitor. As long as that's the case, get a USB wireless mouse and run a USB extension cable... | |
| Phono Pre Kit Builders:Thoughts & Recommendations I built a Bugle and it was terrific at 40 dB but pretty noisy at 60 dB, and Jim Hagerman said it really wasn't designed for high gain. I didn't have any medium output cartridges like your Grado, so I never tried it in the mid 50s. It might work, b... | |
| how to change the tonearm cable? Sumiko MMT has a DIN plug, so just take the bottom off the table, unplug the DIN to RCA cable, and plug in the DIN to XLR cable. Replace the bottom and you're done.David | |
| Well Tempered Turntable Specifications I've owned a WTRP and agree with Lewm that the bearing design makes rumble a non-factor. However, that same bearing design makes it difficult to achieve speed stability as the table has to be absolutely level and the belt tensioned very precisely.... | |
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| Music Reference RM Mono? I think Roger is a scholar and a gentleman, having owned one of his EM7s at one point. However, I'm guessing that amp designers don't necessarily have the same priorities as we crazy audiophiles, hence his very practical answers to your and Clio09... | |
| Music Reference RM Mono? I have no experience with the RM10s, but I had a similar situation when I went from a single Monarchy SM-70 Pro to using two as monoblocks, driving 90dB Von Schweikert VR-1s in an 18x14 room.The monoblock configuration was better in every way. The... |