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Long speaker cable modification
Thanks for your responsesI guess I have to give it a try. The cables are no good to me at that length and selling a pair of 35 ft cables is almost impossible.If nothing else I will have a lot of good speaker cable for my other setups. I guess if t... 
cartridge install issue
Oops,Seems I have two threads going about the same thing. Forgot that I sent the other one. Have been dealing with an ice storm and 3 inches of sleet. Will be using the other thread. Thanks for your suggestion though. Will have time this weekend. ... 
A little set up help,please
Sorry that I have not responed, but have been dealing with an ice storm in my area and haven't been able to try some of the suggestion. Will be tomorrow before I can work on the problem.Stringreen, Love the Winfeld. Just trying the coralstone to s... 
A little set up help,please
I am using the Graham supreme II and the coralstone. I have adjusted everything possible with no change.When I put my winfeld back on everything centers up just fineMatt 
Another cartridge suggestion thread
Pbnaudio:Trust me, My set up is fine. I have all the gadgets and test records you can think of and nothing helped. I just recently purchased the Audio Desk just to be sure that the record were clean. The small pops and ticks are one of the problem... 
Another cartridge suggestion thread
I only mentioned the XV-1s because of its low noise capabilities. My listening consist mainly jazz female voice so im looking for something with good midrange. That's why I was looking at the koetsu's. Jmcgrogan, Thanks, I will look into the Prote... 
Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet
Mine is on the way, but have a few questions. After the unit run through its cycle is the album dry enough to put back in its sleeve.Also if someone only cleans say 20 lp's a month should you change the cleaning fluid more often than every 100 or ... 
Cartridge for 45's
guess I should have mentioned it needed to be a MM cart. I have a pre with built in phono one MC and One MM input. The MC input is already takenMatt 
VTF issues
That's good to know. ThanksMatt 
VTF issues
Spoke with ortofon today. basically they said that the tonearm was just out of warranty and that I was s*#t out of luck. Another good reason to buy American. May try to clean them myself and see if it will fix it. Can't break something that is alr... 
VTF issues
Well I've had some time to try your suggestions and it seems to be the bearing sticking. I can lightly blow on the headshell and the weight would increase and would not go back to its original setting. not even close. I may attempt to work on it m... 
VTF issues
Thanks, I will give these a try. At this moment I am on a business trip and won't be home for a few days.Will get back with the results.Matt 
going Pass Labs, do I need "Class A " ?
Sergeikyou didn't mention what type of pre amp you were using,I have the Sophia 1's and the XA30.5 in an 18 X 12 X 8 room. I had the Bryston pre but it didn't work well with the higher freq. but controled the bass very well, Last year i purchased ... 
What did you get for Christmas?
My mom bought an old album collection from a freind of hers. About 600 albums and give them to me. Have not had a chance to really look through them, but most of them that i looked at seemed to be in playable shape. Want to clean them before i try... 
Pre for Pass XA60.5
Just received my VAC Ren. MKIII to go with my XA30.5 and my Wilson Sofia's all i can say is wow. No tubish sound here. Very transparent. I don't think you can't do any better. It has balanced outs which the pass likes very much.It does everything ...