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| Measure My Turntable Speed Mosin,It will work, but not be nearly as accurate as the KAB. If the light is locked to the incoming line frequency (50 or 60Hz), and the incoming line frequency shifts ever so slightly (which it does all the time, not by much of course (maybe +/-... | |
| New to Analog and just played my first record in Sns has it right - analog IS a long hard road, especially if you've spent the last 15-20 years in the digital wilderness. Most folks ask what the path to analog nirvana is and the simple answer is there isn't one: however, I do believe one must sp... | |
| Zu DL-103R Personally, I didn't care for it - while it fulfilled its hi-fi promises, I felt it compromised the soul of the original 103, creating something entirely different which was not to my liking. Also, the resonance match was not the best on my Tripla... | |
| Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua While I can't help you with your question, I am curious about your perception of the XV-1 vs. the Te Kaitora (age not withstanding). I'm thinking of one or the other in the not so distant future, and am quite familiar with the XV-1s performance, b... | |
| Has anyone had success converting friends? I'm able to snare one every 10-12 years or so...not that they don't go down kicking.-Richard | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Clio,You're absolutely correct...my bad. I would be curious to hear how the Magnequests stack up against a pair of copper S&Bs (which I always felt were a very good SUT, though I prefer the Lundahl LL1931)...has anyone done a firsthand compari... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Clio,I believe Dave Slagle is supplying the new magnetics for the Bent. I've been using Dave's autoformer volume controls for a while now, and they are extremely good.-Richard | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions I think Dan has touched on several key points: accuracy and obsession. My own quest for alignment accuracy started many years ago when I too struggled with making sense of "universal" two point protractors (db systems, dennessen, et al). When I tr... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Narrod,I've compared the two. Ken's protractor is an excellent one to be sure. The MintLP protractor is the same essential concept, yet constructed on plate glass mirror (a big advantage for parallax reduction) and has extremely fine lines to bett... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Viper_z,You've touched upon the weakness of all universal two-point protractors - overhang setting. The Feickert has a lovely pivot-to-spindle distance tool, but after that I find the pivot-to-spindle markings to be useless - you're correct, you t... | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned BSR (age 5-11)Philips 222 (age 11-16)Rega Planar 3/RB300 (age 16-27)Linn LP12/Ittok LVIII (age 27-37)Galibier Gavia/Triplanar Mk. VII (age 37 and counting...)No future front-end upgrades planned, aside from cartridges.-Richard | |
| Good sounding 70's live LPs... Genesis - Live, the earlier tunesLoggins & Messina - On Stage (2LP), nice retrospectiveWar - Live (2LP), killer sonics and extended jamsDavid Bromberg Band - How Late'l You Play Til'? (2LP) Simon & Garfunkel - Concert In Central Park (2LP)... | |
| K&K Phono The most recent iteration of the K&K uses the 6h23p-eb/6922/E88CC. I have the Maxxed-out version (Cardas caps, Lundahl LL1931 SUTs) of this phono stage, and enjoy it considerably. It is extremely revealing of what is fed into it, very quiet an... | |
| Sleeper older preamp with great phono..... I always liked the Superphon Revelation Basic (the dual volume knob unit) - killer phono section.-Richard | |
| Does the Linn 'green paper' seem questionable? Assuming you listen one hour a day, every day, that's 5400+ hours over 15 years. Sorry, but my personal experiences tell me that after 2500 hours or so, serious degradation begins to become quite audible. I have yet to find a cartridge that hasn't... |