islandmandan
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| When does analog compete with digital? My apologies for not reading ALL the responses, (lots of them!), but I started back into vinyl with a budget table, cart, and phonostage, thinking that would do just to get a chance to hear more music relatively cheaply. It didn't quite work out t... | |
| Still lost at sea? Amen to that, especially for newbies & vinyl!Dan | |
| Still lost at sea? For me, it was going back to my first line of high end speakers, namely Tannoy. After spending a pile of dough on nice speakers that I thought would be lifers for me, it turned out something was still missing, so I was yet lost at sea. I decided t... | |
| VPI JMW9 Tonearm setup questions Just found your post, and I congratulate you on doing an adequate job of set up for the first time. If music sounds that good at this early stage, you must have done something right! Having had my Scout (now a Signature model), for about four year... | |
| Dynavector 17D3 hitting clamp on VPI Scout Geoff, I have made that assumption. As long as the bearing stays lubricated, I believe it to be plenty stout enough to handle the extra weight. Between the copper mat and the brass clamp, it's probably close to an extra five pounds it is supportin... | |
| Dynavector 17D3 hitting clamp on VPI Scout On the subject of mats/clamps, I am using a TTW copper mat, with the heavy brass VPI TTW clamp. To get the clamp to work with the mat, I had to modify it by grinding down a 1/4" 20 nut to just the right size, and pressing it into the clamp, to mak... | |
| Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus? I have a fair case of it myself, and while nothing makes the constant ringing lessen any, when I feel my eardrums and canal get itchy and inflamed, I use prescription ear drops that have Cortisone in it. There is also an anti-bacterial in it, so o... | |
| VPI Enthusiasts: Going Backwards? On my Scout, I have conquered all of the problems you have cited. Target wall mount, spring suspension Brightstar Audio platform, Solid brass spikes on table and motor, cutaway portion of lid supporting motor, Mapleshade NanoMount System drains vi... | |
| Dynavector 17D3 hitting clamp on VPI Scout Hi, A mat won't solve anything for you. It also requires raising the tonearm, to maintain proper vertical tracking angle and stylus rake angle. I have a Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge, and have not had any problems such as yours. I have used the cla... | |
| Cartridge upgrade for VPI Scout I am using a Dynavector XX2MKII cart, the same phono stage as yours, (except mine has a Signature upgrade from The Upgrade Company) 300 RPM motor, and Signature JMW arm on my Scout. Significant improvements have been made by isolation and vibratio... | |
| Inactive audio members that you miss Several weeks ago, I tried to post a thread asking if anyone had heard from Stiltskin, but for some reason, it wasn't posted. We used to exchange audio pleasantries a couple times a month or so. Seems as though he's slid off the face of the Earth.... | |
| Recommended Speaker for Triode Amp Give Tannoy Monitor Gold or Prestige line a try. I am getting the smoothest, sweetest, most liquid sound out of 10 watts from my old HPD's. They are 35 year old drivers I had custom cabs made for, and then made custom crossovers for them. They sou... | |
| Best Tannoy speakers with $4000 Budget Hi, The way I got back into Tannoys was to purchaase a used pair of HPD 315 drivers from Ebay UK. I had custom 150 liter cabinets @200lbs. (each) made for them, and did the assembly and internal wiring myself. I have since upgraded the crossovers ... | |
| Aging technology versus inevitably aging ears... Dear Morgenholtz, re-reading this thread reminded me that I used to drive those old 12" Tannoy's with a 45Wpc Kenwood integrated, with built-in phono stage (routine, back then), AR turntable, and Shure V-15 type IV cart. I recall being across the ... | |
| Aging technology versus inevitably aging ears... I greatly enjoyed reading your thread, and it is quite pertinent to me. My 63 years have pretty well ravaged my hearing, but not enough yet so that I can't enjoy my system, which is now finally at the point I always hoped it would be.I have, withi... |