johnnantais
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| How best to clean old 78s. "Artful intimacy" from the guy who gave us "toothsome"! We have a poet! Keep'em coming, Aceto, a good antidote to what confronts us on television these days... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Hmmm, difficult subject. The thing is this, there is the road to Audio Hell which is paved with detail and a soulless presentation of the music, and the road to Audio Nirvana which is paved with musical equipment. Emphasis on detail means an endle... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Psychicanimal,I guess I'll have to buy one eventually: after I had discovered how superior idler-wheel drives were to belt drives, my mind was opened to the possibility of the Technics, and I collect record players (rhythmic ones), but my idler-wh... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Psychicanimal may have a point: I'm an idler-wheel man myself. Both direct-drive and idler-wheel 'tables are theoretically superior to belt-drives in speed accuracy - the trick is in the execution. But I still keep a few belt-drives around for ent... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C I hear you, Scott. I've only been on the 'net for a couple of months now, and since I've been tinkering for a couple of decades (I rewired my first Rega arm in '88) I don't look for advice much, just want to share my experience a bit and save othe... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Sounds to me like we found the problem. I'm a newbie to any form of internet chatting, and I wonder if after all these entries Scott is even paying attention anymore. If you are, Scott, then get your 'table and cartridge checked before you do anyt... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Scott, I read all of the responses on this thread and I am reminded of just how difficult it is to know what is going on in a system. Systems work as a system, meaning that even the speakers can directly affect the sound of a cartridge via the cha... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Considering that brightness is your problem, the 'table which immediately springs to mind is Sota. They recondition their trade-ins to as-new and sell them at a significant discount. In this way you get a guarantee as well, I believe. The website ... | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C A shorter answer this time: Dan has probably hit the nail on the head. Your cartridge is not suited to your 'table, and your 'table is totally outclassed by the rest of your equipment. And given a chance, the Proacs will sound bright. If you keep ... | |
| Setting up Analog In a New Room From Scratch Thank you, Dan, I was beginning to question my sanity. Your point as to finding a null is also on the ball. | |
| Cartridge-- M/M or M/C Why do you need to upgrade? Not satisfied with your current set-up? With a MC vs MM debate you've opened up a whole can of worms. This is as polarizing as the tube vs transistor debate! Since this is a matter of taste and system, then the best way... | |
| OL silver vs. Clearaudio Unify Doug,Hmmmm...This Shelter sounds more and more like my Decca: I'll but a Shelter if you buy a Decca! Just kidding, anyway, as I wrote, whatever the rewards, the Decca is a bitch, but some would say that's half the fun!...no pain, no gain...I'll pr... | |
| Setting up Analog In a New Room From Scratch I see all these very complex and expensive solutions to your problem, and wonder why the simple solution of a shelf which doesn't flex isn't workable. It will not eliminate room interactions (which can only be mitigated at best), but it will solve... | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge combo for Thorens TD 150 MkII Runkster,I don't know if you're re-checking this thread any more, but just in case, I thought I'd offer you some encouragement with respect to your Thorens: read the "Why can't I hear 20 years of progress?" thread, 8-11-03, in which a man with an ... | |
| OL silver vs. Clearaudio Unify Doug (?),You certainly have a point with respect to exposing bad matches. I have, actually, a collection of test records which were issued over the years, including a couple of Shures. The music on most of these is quite good! But though I should ... |