bpoletti
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| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @blueranger My opinion....It has been my recent experience that using rubber for turntable damping does not seem to produce the desired results. Removing the "half inch high damped spike stands" that use rubber may have cleaned up dynamics and th... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @blueranger When you said "half inch high dampened spike stands," were those by chance rubber damped spike stands? | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I do specifically state I have heard the acrylic-lead platter. I have it on a "modified TNT" and indicate "quite good" as my opinion on performance. It is also my opinion that the modded TNT with the lead-filled acrylic platter is not quit... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I have a "modified" TNT with a solid black lead-filled acrylic platter. Quite good. The Aries platter I have has a thin (maybe 1/4") layer of black acrylic on top of a metal (I though stainless or aluminum) platter. Heavy. Grooved. Rest... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I thought the original Aries shared the same platter as the current model of TNT at the time the Aries was produced. But I could be wrong. | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @tzh21y I certainly like mine. | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @chakster How can you pass blind judgement against a unit you've never heard? Why are you so quick to pass negative judgement on Herron gear?I have never heard anything as good as a Herron VTPH-2a nor have I heard an equal. Tube, solid state, hy... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @chakster When you auditioned the Herron VTPH-2a, what other equipment was in use in the system? Which cartridge was used? | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @analogluvr +5I have owned Herron Audio equipment since it was first made available. All my electronics are from Herron Audio including his exquisite amps. Oh, wait.... Not the digital transport. Raul who? | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? My opinion as the owner of an early VPI Aries table....TNTs with an oil bath bearing are really excellent tables (early TNTs, especially with the stainless / lead / acrylic platter). I think they are superior to some of the later VPI offerings. ... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @clearthink +5 | |
| Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp owner's advice. @dwette Do it. Get the "A" upgrade. The differences are NOT subtle.I also live close, not as close as you (other side of the river). Keith has been an asset to my listening enjoyment for over 20 years. | |
| Please remind me about VPI TT anti-skating. I just sent a cartridge to Soundsmith for a new cantilever and stylus after many hours of play on an early VPI Aries with a JMW Memorial arm. No anti-skate. The report was that the cartridge wear was symmetrical, neither side worn more than the ... | |
| CleanerVinyl-Ultrasonic record cleaner @mikemalter - I suggest calling The Disc Doctor (web search is your friend) to get his recommendations. He's an actual chemist that has been working in this space for a long time and is the recognized expert in this field. I have been using his ... | |
| Does anything better Jelco arm ~$1000 There’s a Victor UA-7082 for sale on ebay from Japan. $730 w/ free shipping. Also a seller refurbed UA-7045 for $700 from Japan. |