johnss
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| help guide a vinyl newbie Sidssp is correct. You may end up spending $$$ but get nothing out of it. I would see if the denon arm could be re wired with Cardas, then focus on a nice phono stage. | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Use Vishay bulk foil. Go to vishay dot com and search for bulk foil. | |
| Two conductor shielded chassis wire Canare and MOgami both make similar wires that are intended for chassis use. I believe Cardas may as well. J | |
| 200-amp Breaker Panel Question Fmpnd, sounds like you are doing the right thing. The only thing I would change is the 30 amp breakers. 10 Ga wire is correct for 30 amps, but that is a lot of power required to trigger that 30 amp breaker. Your amp could be on fire, and pulling ... | |
| Amp for Maggies The Parasound JC-1s would offer plenty of current. | |
| Technics 1200MKII or1210M5G? M5G worth it? and don't forget to buy the cardas headshell leads. Those make a big improvement too. | |
| Adcom GFA-545 - Modify or Move On? The blue caps don't need to be replaced. those are the ones you want to bypass with the film caps. 63V suggests that the rail voltage is around 50 VDC, so any 100 Volt rated film adn foil cap should work. | |
| phono cartridge questions I agree with Raul, The shures in general benefit from much lower TOTAL capacitance than advertised. My phono cables are 125pf per foot, so I removed the OEM loading cap and use just the capacitance in the cables. Also check you loading resistor. t... | |
| Anyone using BillyBags for a TT stand? get rid of the particle board shelving on any of these stands and for the TT position, get a piece of granite cut, which will sound much better than the MDF. | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Yes, Bob has a good point, The main thing you want to do is get some time on the new caps, before you install them if your wish is to avoid in system break in. | |
| Hafler DH200 updates.. search through the archives and you should find plenty on this. There are numerous upgrades that can be done to the DH 200 and 220. Also search the web for Halfer upgrades, since there are several who offer these services on the web. | |
| Typical upgrade path from VPI? Your original comment stated you had lack of mid bass or bass. Before you begin working on your room or speakers, you need to make sure your TT is getting it off the record first. This can not be done by listening. NAB (National Association of Bro... | |
| Opinions on Glass Shelves toss the glass, and head to your local granite counter top guy. Will cost you about 125 per shelf for real granite.Much more dead than any kind of glass and much more rigid than glass. | |
| Typical upgrade path from VPI? Madfloyd, without knowing what the actual response is from your TT you are just guessing. Buy a NAB broadcast test disc, play it back and measure the output voltage from your pre amp at each test frequency. Once you know what the response is, the... | |
| burning in capacitors for phono stages Sns,To break in all the caps, solder your caps together in series. Put an RCA on on end, and a 10K ohm resistor on the other end. Run a ground wire from the RCA shell to the other end of the resistor to form a complete circuit. plug this assembly ... |