bpoletti
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| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer @chakster Improvements in performance due to a Soundsmith may be related to materials. Consider that some "pretty good" performing carts used aluminum cantilevers and spherical or elliptical stulii. The Denon DL103 is an example. It can be impr... | |
| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer I sent an old, tired Lyra Clavis Da Capo to Soundsmith for "retipping." We agree on using a solid Boron cantilever and line contact stylus for the "rebuild." The results were interesting. The cartridge was cleaned, the motor was unchanged. I d... | |
| Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions @scar972 .... Isn't there a small change to the arm base to allow easier and more reliable VTA adjustment in the MK II models? Some kind of large diameter nut around the base? | |
| Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions @noromance ....Only credit where credit is due. :-)I bought the hot pink Jelco JAC-501 cables since my other table has a phono connector box and I was just using standard RCA-terminated cables. The Jelco’s seem to be pretty good, but still in brea... | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms @keeferdog My room is a little larger than yours - 14 x 26 x 8 1/2 basement room, poured concrete floor and wall behind the speakers. Other long wall faces outside (walk-out basement), other two are interior framed finished drywall. BIG speaker... | |
| Worth the effort? Cabling inside sub @douglas_schroeder has it correct. If you want an easy and inexpensive, but good upgrade to the leads between the amp and the subwoofer, go to Lowes or Home Depot and pick up a couple of spools of Southwire 10 gauge THHN stranded copper wire, r... | |
| When you’re not here who will inherit your system? Not my problem. | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms Listening "nearfield" within a couple of feet of the speakers can help overcome room issues. Small, good quality speakers played at low to medium, levels can create a huge soundstage and incredible imaging. | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge @bajaed In my opinion and personal experience.... I haven't heard a Dyna 10X5. I know some audiophiles whose opinion I trust that say the OC9/II is as good as it gets under $1,000, but there have been a lot of advances in cartridges in the last ... | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge In my opinion....The price range you're suggesting does not have any adequate moving coil cartridges. Or t least any moving coil cartridges that start to reveal some of the potential of MC carts. IMO, the real entry-level moving coil cartridge i... | |
| Jelco SA-750D cartridges Congrats. Glad you're happy with your new cart. | |
| VPI Scout 1.1 "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Keep the table. Good table.Get a replacement cantilever / stylus.Live happily ever after. | |
| Subwoofer insight. In my experience and in my opinion.... An 8 inch subwoofer in a 28' x 38' x 9' room? I don't think so. It's all about moving air. A single 8" driver can't move enough air. 2 x 8" drivers can't move enough air. 8 x 8" drivers can't move e... | |
| Best Tonearm for Thorens TD-124. You're interested in what tonearm Art Dudley prefers in his TD-124? Why not write him an email through Stereophile and ask him. | |
| van den Hul Colibri, Koetsu Rosewood Signature, SoundSmith Sussurro Mk ii I'm surprised nobody has mention Lyra cartridges. The Delos and Kleos carts are quite good. Not thin or too analytical like the early Lyra's, particularly the ones with the ceralloy cantilevers. They are medium compliance carts that will work w... |