chayro
Responses from chayro
| Cable upgrade Your dealer should be able to demo cables for you to determine whether something sounds better to you. That’s what dealers are supposed to do. If they can’t or won’t, you might as well buy used and take your chances. | |
| Mystery! Did you and your tech use the same discs to test the unit? | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @neonknight - so? Are you going to order one after hearing all of these opinions? | |
| TT Arm-base Unipivot vs Gimbal-base Designs... If you use Google, there are endless discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of each type of arm. In the end, I think it comes down more to the design and execution of each type, rather than whether the arm is unipivot or gimbal. | |
| LP cleaning This has been around for many years. There have also been other gooey substances you spread on the records a peeled off hours later. I don’t think any of them worked as well as a wet cleaning on a decent machine, let alone ultrasonics, and fell ou... | |
| Is my stylus miss-tracking? It is also possible that the your cartridge is just incapable of tracking some grooves cut at very high velocity. If you’re not up to doing the adjustments yourself, consult the dealer you bought it from. Also, make sure your tracking force is set... | |
| Interconnect advice needed What are you using now? You say your speakers have a midrange bump. Is that something you know from listening in your room or something you read? | |
| Mint LP Solution Audio Intelligent #6 works well as a 1-step fluid. The best? I don’t know, but it will serve until you find one that’s better. I happen to like Audiotop, but that contains alcohol. And it is on the expensive side. | |
| Capacitors for Linn Linto phono stage Recap I had an old Linto that I really liked, but when it went several techs refused to work on it. Now I see why. | |
| My PerfectWave dac is working! Did you call PS Audio? They pride themselves on customer service. So says Paul at least. | |
| Any Modwright CXN v2 owners who want to share their experience? @tubeguy76 - check out Underwood’s website. Good descriptions of the audio GD products. Keep in mind that some are quite big and heavy, if that matters to you. | |
| Dynavector 10x5 retip I would ask the retipper what they recommend for that cartridge. Upgrading the parts may not yield the best sonic results. | |
| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? Only play music that sounds good on your system. Amazing improvements. | |
| Advice for a new analog system One point everyone seems to forget- do you have a stable place to put it? It’s very annoying to have a Tt that flies off the rails if you look at it the wrong way. I suggest placing half a glass of water in the place(s) you’re thinking of puttin... | |
| Advice for a new analog system @jasonbourne52 - I don’t think it’s a waste of money if you’re an experienced analog person. But I recommend a newbie start simpler. |