fsonicsmith
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| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? @fsonicsmith Cool. Thanks for the clarification. Another thing I've often wondered is how good the tiny wires connecting the cartridge to the tonearm are. With all the fuss and expense about IC's and speaker cables, are these overlooked? There ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? @fsonicsmith Wait - I'm curious. What well-worn, rutted road? With the new Jelco, I now have not one, not two, but six signal interfaces between the cartridge and the speakers:cartridge to headshell/armheadshell/arm to Premiere Interface DIN ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? It takes special test gear to measure the resistance between good connectors, normal test meters won't pick it up. Do we have to go down that well-worn rutted road again? @fsonicsmith welcome to the club, i have the same Reed 3p Cocobolo "12 ... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? Fluid damping causes all kinds of problems of it's own. The solution is worse than the cure. I went from various iterations of the original SME 3009 arm to various VPI arms including two of their 3D arms to my current two arms, Reed 3P's. I have h... | |
| Can I go wrong with Stillpoint Ultra Mini anti-vibration isolation feet? I have them under a massive plinth built by Russ Collinson of Layers of Beauty housing my Garrard 301. Before getting the Stillpoints, I was using edenSound Bearpaws under the same plinth. I usually hear differences with footers, In this case, I h... | |
| Art Dudley passed away. Rest in Peace My favorite audio writer by far. This is devastating to me. | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 And does your post above mean that you have only heard 8 brands of amplifier in your lifetime?Implicitly equating the performance of ARC and Parasound is another gaffer. | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 erik_squires;You seem to have gone off the deep end lately. You used to be a reasonably affable and knowledgeable bloke and now this? Do you really not comprehend the difference between MP3's shortcomings (and all of digital's) for the totally sep... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... Very tough question gearhead. In fact, I disqualify myself from answering it. My tube preamps consisted of the long-discontinued Audioprism Mantissa and the almost current ARC Ref 6. Do yourself a huge favor and call Galen Carol. He will not steer... | |
| Is the 2.5 way speaker the ideal home speaker? I think it is helpful to think of speaker design as largely being an evolutionary process based upon consumer demand. There is a reason why large Altec Lansings and Klipsch K-horns gave way to acoustic suspension like the AR3a and KLH to Advent an... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... You are right Gearhead, sorry. On your budget an amazing solid state amp value is a used (only way to get one) McCormack DNA.5 that has been upgraded by Steve McCormack. They are ridiculously good for the money is stock form at full list price but... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... Just as a very general guideline, the Spendors are more in line with the vast majority of loudspeakers out there from B&W, Joseph Audio, PSB, slim towers with two and half way designs incorporating two 6.5 inch drivers and a tweeter. There are... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? .also note that the guitar amp world soldiers on using a lot of tubes, with new amp designs (and reissues of old amp designs) coming along all the time. Don't fear the tube...they simply make music sound a lot like it's supposed to. While I ten... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... Can someone tell me the trick to do the @(name) thing? I can't figure it out. I am dumb. three_easy_payments, you are quite welcome. The statement I am about to make is purely subjective and it may change over time. That said, if forced to choose ... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... @fsonicsmith Just curious how you would describe the sound of the D7’s vs the O/93’s. I have the D7’s and agree with everything you said about them, including how to maximum the listening experience. I’ve been curious about the Devores too Just t... |