armstrod
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| Ground Loop Issue 427 Since you can short the amp inputs and the hum goes away, have you tried a different preamp? If the hum goes away, you know it's some sort of incompatibility between the preamp and amp. You've already tried the preamp with other amps and it was fi... | |
| Need to replace my Totem Acoustic Arros I run my Zu Druids with about 25 watts (First Watt F4 clone) and dynamics is one of the things they do best. I would call them "organic" if not the last word in "refinement", but the new '08 drivers are certainly refined enough for me. They do a g... | |
| What gives with my Monarchy SM 70 pros? Larryrx7,I had the same problem with my SM-70 Pros, but hated the idea of hanging a cheap crappy cheater plug off the end of my nice power cables. It's a pretty easy mod to take the top off the amps and disconnect the ground wire internally, so th... | |
| Belt stretch I don't think you even need high quality equipment or perfect pitch to hear the effects under discussion. I owned a Well Tempered Record Player (belt drive), and now own a Technics SP-15 (direct drive) in the heavy Technics base. I definitely don'... | |
| what do you do now? Here's fun thread from last year, started by a guy who claimed to know something but had no evidence:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1175530039&read&keyw&zzdigital+fmAnalog FM isn't going anywhere in the near future. ... | |
| Well Tempered Turntable help needed I can send you 2 or 3 different manuals via PDF if you email me. As far as getting in contact with George, that can be tough sometimes. You might try these guys:http://www.turntablebasics.com/silicone.html They probably know the viscosities you ne... | |
| LP shipping 04rdking,Regardless of the heat, if they didn't put it in a proper LP shipping box then their packaging was insufficient to protect the goods. Any company that ships LPs on a regular basis would know that. I would definitely ask for a replacement.... | |
| Which part reduces surface noise most? My experience has been that stylus profile is the biggest factor regarding surface noise. That said, records have surface noise for lots of different reasons. If a record is dirty, it's noisy with any stylus. If a record has been played with a dam... | |
| SME Series II model 3012 Where can I find info? http://www.vinylengine.com/library/sme/3012.shtml | |
| Cartridge alignment channel balance measurements? Doug,What method do you use to adjust azimuth in measurable and repeatable increments of less than 1 degree? I understand how VTA and VTF can be adjusted to that kind of resolution, but azimuth has me stumped. Please describe your SOP, and how it ... | |
| FM static? Unsound,What antenna are you using? I have a Fanfare FM-2G-C, the 'C' designating College Band, which for them is 88-92mhz. It has special tuning to pick up the College Band better, and it truly does work. One thing I've found out since I moved he... | |
| FM static? Unsound?Have you tried power conditioning? I recently switched from a cheap Monster power strip to an APC H-10, and I was very surprised at how much quieter my FM got. I'd always had varying amounts of noise depending on the station; I thought the... | |
| My analog tuner drifts off the station Jrb25,Since your tuner is solid state and draws little power, I'd suggest you just keep it powered up 24/7. Eventually its temperature will stabilize, and I'm guessing you'll see little or no drift from that point on. I keep mine turned on all the... | |
| When did you know that music was your passion? My story is rather similar to Rodman99999's:When I was 8 or 9 I had been begging my parents for an FM radio for my room (I only had AM) and my father found me a very nice Arvin AM/FM table radio, two way mono speaker, push button tuning, cool! I f... | |
| Vintage system for vinyl Standard speaker cable back then was 16ga zip cord. Audiophiles used 12ga zip cord.:-)David |