sokogear
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| Do I NEVER shut it off…? Like I said, it depends on the amp. Not a black and white issue people (as few are...). | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration When I first treated my table for vibration control, I got a Townshend seismic platform which really improved the sound, but it actually created foot fall problems that didn't exist before because according to Max Townshend, the frequency was very... | |
| What ever happened to Mark Levenson? Lost respect for him when he sold him name to Lexus. Would anyone believe he spent any time at all thinking about car audio?Hey @hilde45 - Keith Carlock has been SD's drummer since I think '02. Which one are you talking about? Before that there re... | |
| Do I NEVER shut it off…? I used to turn off my Plinius amp every two weeks when the cleaning ladies came just out of paranoia and immediately turn them back on after they left. When I talked to the Plinius service guy (yes there is one in the US even though their sales ef... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices I don't think the doom and bloomers are being ignored. It's all over the media constantly.You have to really read closely what scientists say when they use words like predictions, assumptions, etc. and not the spin doctors who can take the most cl... | |
| Power conditioner types Looks like I'm getting the Puritan 136. For my SS amp, it has more than enough capability. Thanks @hshifi - silver it is, and supposedly it will improve the sound over the Furman 15i.@twoleftears - did you try the 136? | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? I like the cable company too - they have everything and don't oversell | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Rega is IMHO best bang for the buck | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Could be (I wonder what material can go through a printer not subject to heat), but $4K is quite expensive compared to other options. Bottom line - if unipivot was the future, they wouldn't be going in another completely different direction. | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms I know VPI is now pushing gimbal arms, but they are WAY overpriced, and they are made on a 3D printer - I guess out or some kind of plastic, and I saw in a previous discussion that they actually bend sometimes during shipping if it gets hot, and t... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms @rauliruegas - they could have said gimbal.... | |
| Power conditioner types Hey @minorl - is there any way to figure out which ones recondition vs. condition? Isn't that done through a transformer versus a capacitor?@nonoise - none of this stuff is a matter of need.....I never knew I "needed" a phono stage - my integrated... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Sounds like for most people, gimbal is the way to go, which is probably why the most practical company, Rega, uses that design exclusively for the best value in tonearms.I never understood the appeal of the hard to handle, wobbly unipivot, but for... | |
| Power conditioner types @mijostyn - IMHO I must disagree. They definitely filter dirty current from the power company to varying degrees in addition to providing some protection.Now....can you hear it? What is that improvement in SQ worth to you? I think it is more impor... | |
| Power conditioner types @bigtwin - than one requires a 20 amp receptacle and sounds like it gets as close as you can to a battery or generator using a special transformer, versus capacitors, which I guess is what the more expensive ones do.@mbennes - they protect agains... |