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| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Two recent reviews of the Dynavector XV-1s -- one in Stereophile, the other in "The Absolute Sound" -- recommended 47 kOhms for the Dynavetor, which is very different from the recommendations above. HP at TAS also recommends using 2.6 g tracking f... | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio Changing the loading of the cartridge made a colossal difference. At 500 ohms it essentially went away. Also, I cut up my sheet of mu metal and placed it around the phono preamp (bye bye aesthetics), and that helped too. So the problem is more or ... | |
| Teres 265 or 320 vs. Sota Cosmos "The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity." W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"As an ancient and grizzled audionphile, with more money and brains, and even less of the former than the latter (which takes some doing... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Audiophiles have to walk having sold everything for new cables. | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio Thank you all for your suggestions -- the "military" one is excellent. It turns out that I have some mu metal (the contents of one's garage are sometimes rather curious), and I can have it cut to fit the walls of a box that will cover the phono st... | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond and Tenor Audio OTL The Viola Symphony amp is superb, and would have no trouble driving your Avalons. Of course, it is all a matter of taste in the end. | |
| Viola Lab. The combination of the Cadenza preamp and Symphony amp is simply amazing, and it eclipses its Cello predecessors, in my opinion. | |
| Question for DIY people: Butcher block shelving?? With respect to the inner tube suspension described above, I tried that once upon a time with unimpressive results. I think that the main reason for this is that the inner tube is not likely to have a natural frequency much below 6 Hz, which means... | |
| Question for DIY people: Butcher block shelving?? Having played around with vibration isolation systems for a while, I thought I'd add my two cents worth to this thread. A while ago I got a 16" x 16" x 2" piece of granite, and used an epoxy glue to mate it with a 3/4" thick piece of 661T aluminum... | |
| Meitner DCC2 vs. Analog - Opinions Please In my system I am using a Verdier Platine TT, Graham/Myabi arm cartridge combination, and Cello Audio Suite (with so -called "Premium" Phono section). It's rather good, and since I have thousands of LPs (mostly classical, but a handful of jazz) it... | |
| New to Opera, have some questions As Ellery911 an Sid42 point out, there is no substitute for seeing live performances of operas. Most opera houses now have supertitles, which removes the requirement for an understanding of the language. It is also true, as has also been pointed o... | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah Ute Lemper. Simply amazing. Try "Illusions" first, but her recordings of Brecht are also sensational. | |
| Riddle me this: how is carbon a conductor? Trelja:Carbon has two natural crystalline allotropic forms: graphite and diamond: you are of course correct. Each has its own distinct crystal structure and properties. Carbon nanotubes and buckeyballs, however, are distinct allortropic forms of ... | |
| Riddle me this: how is carbon a conductor? The "carbon" in question is graphite, and its delocatized pi electrons are responsible for its conductivity. That is also why carbon nanotubes are conductors. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea - IO-IO Signature Hello Jphii,The lamp is called "Tizio," and it's made by Artemide. You can get it at the Museum of Modrn Art design shop among many other places, including Artemide dealers. There are many knock-offs. Get the original! |