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| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? I just bought a Linn Sondek Lp-12, it had a Rega RB 300 tonearm... would I be better off sending this arm in for a cardas rewire?@rbtstock I rewired the Rega arm, with VdH pure silver mono-crystal wire, straight thru from cartridge-output to pream... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? [What about] cartridge bodies with inherent vibration dissipation?[Such as] wood bodied cartridges, specially formulated compound bodies, layered construction, IOW: built-in ’enabler’ characteristics?Or the opposite – the so-called "nude" cartridg... | |
| Audio Technica AT 666 vacuum disc I had the AT-666 when it was first released in the '80s. The rubber seals were new: they hadn't aged, as they surely have by now if using an old one. Even then, the vacuum was dodgy: it held securely for my Rock records, and I could pick it up wit... | |
| Most harsh/shrill sounding speakers (vintage) NHT 2.9 – They were hailed as a High End speaker for a budget price, in the early ’90s. The closest rival, sonically, cost $6K at the time. But the metal tweeters are like a dentist’s drill. Two minutes is all I can take. I’m told I can get silk-d... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Last time I had a Lyra, it was the Parnassus, years ago, TOTL at the time. "If you want the best, this is it," the Dealer told me. Sold it fast.I find myself agreeing with Chakster’s view – I’ve had MM and MI languishing in my drawer for years, wh... | |
| Looking for a 2-channel high end volume control PS — I should have included this extensive info:https://www.digikey.com/htmldatasheets/production/486737/0/0/1/cs3310.htmlCirrus discontinued this product, as of Feb 4, 2022 (sic) —but it’s still available | |
| Looking for a 2-channel high end volume control I use the CS3310, a 2-channel Stereo control. It’s part of a Chinese "passive preamp" with 4 inputs, remote control, mute, and it also has Balance control that doesn’t affect the sound quality in any way.The "blurb" on ebay claimed Jeff Rowland al... | |
| Nakamichi RX-505 and some nice tapes for it I stopped using cassettes 20 years ago... just after I got a new Nak RX-505. I used it once, showing it off to friends — they all dutifully said "Wow!" when it did its back-flip, then we made a tape from a CD, and a perfect-condition LP of the sam... | |
| Opinions on the original Roksan Radius A friend had one for years, asked me to give it a tune-up, so I had it for a couple of days. I was shocked at the poor quality. I realize it was a 'budget' model, but it was simply shoddy. The sound was poor too — though I suspect the Ortofon Red ... | |
| Linn Karousel bearing I got off the Linn "upgrade" carousel ages ago. | |
| Funk Firm LSD or Well tempered Simplex Funk Firm LSD? I only used Sandoz, or Owsley. | |
| What's the market these days for NOS 70's/80's cartridges and/or tonearms? Quality Vintage tonearms are in demand. Ittok, Syrinx, Helius, Zeta, Mission and a few others — SME of course — fetch much more than their original prices after adjusted for inflation.But not so with cartridges, except the legendary ones. Most buy... | |
| Anyone familiar with the Empire brand of cartridges? I got a 2000Z NOS/NIB years ago. I just put it in a drawer and forgot about it — I was using only Moving Coils cartridges. I finally tried the Z recently and it blew my mind. I have carts I'd call analytical or mellow or romantic, but my first tho... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... @frogman A belated reply to you long-ago question about the Museatex FMT Tuner, if you're still curious. I have one. I bought it about 20 years ago from a Sales Rep after Museatex stopped business, so had been rarely used, only shown, and treated ... | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Ist Album: Chuck Berry — I forget the LP title but it had "Maybelline".2nd Album: Chopin Ballades, played by Artur Rubinstein.Same day, two different stores, four buses, thirteen years old. |