bpoletti
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| Balanced vs. Unbalanced Inputs Where is the empirical evidence of improvement using balanced connections? Any? Any at all? Oh, that's right, because there is none. | |
| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like Maybe you're expecting more out of your table than it's capable of delivering. I had a Rega Planar 3. I returned it the next day. Bought my first VPI table instead. There are plenty of good-sounding tables out there without having to settle fo... | |
| Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions Was about to resurrect this thread myself. I've just installed a Lyra Skala in the arm. Headshell wires were an issue, clip broke on one lead, the clips didn't QUITE fit the Skala. I used leades from a Micro Seiki headshell (from a MS-505 arm) ... | |
| Speaker upgrade To expand on the use of artificial ficus trees.... They are diffusers, The leaves deflect sound rather than keeping a coherent soundwave bouncing off the walls. It breaks up and helps absorb the sound waves. The ficus trees are also have much ... | |
| Speaker upgrade @romney80.... Thanks for the kinds words. Artificial ficus trees are not my original idea. But they are certainly effective in reducing room problems and one of the best bangs for the buck in acoustic room tuning. | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. That placement works great and is absolutely the very best speaker placement.... Not. | |
| Curl or Pass @wspohn wrote:"I like both, but IMHO neither attains the level of Curl's older Vendetta design (I don't believe that the parts are available to replicate those, although a variant was used in the CTC Blowtorch preamp." Completely agree. JC's Ven... | |
| Curl or Pass @dougthebiker wrote: On another note, I’ve never heard of Herron or Tom Evans. Where could I find some reviews of those?Dougthebiker Wow. You're planning to spend a couple thousand dollars and you haven't even done any basic research into alte... | |
| Curl or Pass For the price point your using, there are other phono stage designs that you might find a little better. One might be a Herron VTPH-2A. Maybe a few dollars more, but not significantly so on the used market, if you can find one. | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? troll thread | |
| Priorities So many people think that just getting better equipment will solve all their listening problems. But I have to agree that fixing the room / room acoustics, even by only adding a small forest of properly placed artificial ficus trees, will create ... | |
| what are your cartridge set up go to I downloaded a template from Vinyl Engine that works pretty well. I have a Lyra Skala on the end of a Jelco TK-850L. The VTF get adjusted, then the cartridge is aligned against the template. Then I listen, set the VTA and start the process agai... | |
| Speaker upgrade @romney80Speakers only sound as good as their environment allows and based on the way the upstream electronics perform. The room is top on the list for problem correction.All the speakers you listed are very good, but exactly WHY are you interest... | |
| Speaker upgrade @arafiq Go away and play with your little stuffed animals. Let the adults have a meaningful discussion. | |
| Speaker upgrade Before you spend a lot of money on speakers, populate your room with a dozen or more artificial ficus trees behind and between your existing speakers. Wall-to-wall at least 7 feet high. Place the artificials on stands, if necessary to attain the n... |