jefgerard

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Phono cables
I used an Audioquest Leopard.  An improvement over the other regular rca cables that I had.  5 to 6 hundred used.  I also used a inexpensive Project phono cable.  It also worked well but not as good as the Leopard.  Now going to set up to the next... 
Phono cables
I used a audioquest Jupiter ground goody.  resolved all my hums from turntable and sub.  
What are some of the better tuners out there?
there was a log running tuner shootout on the internet.  you can find it by google.  they matched one tuner against the current champion.  had about 75 when i quit reading.  i think  a sansuii was on top.  i had a sansuii tu9900.  it was very good... 
Flipping record causing series of loud pops
Thank you all for your remedies.  Based on so many suggestions of static and grounding the table properly I reexamined all of my connects.  I t turned out that the ground connection on the turntable had gotten very loose.  When I discovered that I... 
Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp??
Do you have a record cleaning machine?  I tried cleaning by hand and all I got was noise.  Was going to give up until I got a OKI NOKKI.Also, the cartridge matters.  Some are more quiet than others. 
tube choice for Audible Illusions L1
I have had L-1 for about 7 years. One day the tubes went bad it made a harsh static kind of sound. I replaced the tubes and all was fine. On the Audible Illusions site they recommend tubes to use and not use. I had a set of brand new Svetlana tube... 
Any Modded ART DI/O owners out there?
Atzen811I believe the ART DAC will improve the sound of any moderately priced cd player. I was using a Cal Icon mk2 which orginally cost over 1000 and the sound was dramatically improved when I added the ART DAC. Both the soundstage and the smooth...