palasr
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| A $300-$400 turntable tweak I think it all depends on the table, platter composition and surface material, and the ability of the tonearm/transducer to accurately trace the LP. I have tried 6 or 8 center weights/clamps/doohickeys, as well as a perimeter ring and found that o... | |
| when do you replace capacitors? Resistors are inert and don't really change over time (they can drift in value from thermal stress, but that's another matter). Capacitors are a different story. Electrolytic capacitors are the ones to change; film types tend to last a very long t... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... On the LP format...The Cave Singers - No Witch | |
| Direct Tv music channels ans use in audio system "but the sound quality is pretty bad - thin and lifeless..."Given how much information "broadband" (CATV, sat, FIOS, etc) providers try to shove down the pipe, it's simply a case of 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag...no surprise. | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Ithaca Brewery "Flower Power" IPA, as of late... | |
| turntable motor speed The above should have been 'once you pair the controller and the motor'. No, the problem (for me) is long-term drift...such as the table running fast or slow up to 1 or 2% over the course of a side (we're talking simple voltage regulation-style c... | |
| turntable motor speed No. This is nothing more than a lab-grade highly regulated DC power supply. It's the motor itself that varies in speed, regardless of the accuracy or "purity" of the incoming voltage; you can put a $10K DC supply in front of the "best", most expen... | |
| turntable motor speed Yes, the change in speed in a DC motor is directly proportional to its voltage input: more volts = more speed; less volts = less speed. A 24VDC motor typically exhibits its nominal operating characteristics (speed, torque) when operating at its ra... | |
| Listening distance Since stereo reproduction is a psychoacoustical phenomenon, I tend to move forward and back by around a foot while listening depending on the recording. My thought is that the perceived soundstage for any given recording is dictated by the person ... | |
| American made cartridge anyone? From the 20 June 2010 Financial Times: "The US remained the worlds biggest manufacturing nation by output last year, but is poised to relinquish this slot in 2011 to China thus ending a 110-year run as the number one country in factory producti... | |
| Tube Basics 101: What is a rectifier tube for? A rectifier is a diode that converts AC to DC. Since every portion of a typical linear power supply in a vacuum tube amplifier is coupled (in part) to the output, changes in any component in a power supply can often radically effect the resultant ... | |
| Middle Eastern, North African music these days? Not North African/Middle Eastern but rather sub-Saharan, I have been greatly enjoying-The Good Ones: Kigali y Izahabu from 2010. Available on vinyl (Dead Oceans label), and recorded in a single evening on a back porch in Rwanda's capital. Brilliant. | |
| Amp advice sought for Coincident Total Victory There's also the difference in impedance - the TV2 hovers around 10 ohms, while the TE is around 14 ohms. While seemingly insignificant, the added complexity in the crossover of the TV2 probably makes it a less benign load. | |
| How can anyone afford this ? Yup, this thread violates the sanctity of at least two of the four topics one ought not discuss in polite company: money, politics, religion and sex. It's all BS and opens a nasty can of worms... | |
| John Barry & James Bond Music My Barry soundtrack pick: The Lion in Winter (LP). |