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| ELP laser turntable - any comments? Three problems for most people with the ELP: 1. Cost 2. Getting it fixed when it goes down, which it will eventually 3. Sound. So far, reviews have not been favorable and their sample CD of its sound is less than good.Were the ELP below $3000, whi... | |
| Cartridge choice? Shure M97Xe, Ortofon 20, Empire Have owned all of these and found them wanting. Of the lot,the Shure seemed to be the best. Ortofon, second. And,Empire, third. Of course, that depends somewhat on yoursystem and your speakers. Beating out all of these has beenthe SL-15e moving co... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Best phono preamp and moving coil section I have had is themoving coil card or input which Levinson put in his preamps.Lots of adjustments and tons of gain without hum. Plus itsounded super. I think the sensitivity of the input is critical to the ... | |
| ELP laser turntable - any comments? About the ELP laser turntable: Stereophile "kinda" likes it;but Absolute Sound's review is pretty much a "thumbs down." Ithink it is probably something that all of us would like to"play" with, if we could find a dealer who would let us tothat with... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Oh yes. Linear tracking. Every vinyl audiophile's dream. Theidea is right, but most executions of the idea had flaws. Forexample, the "buzz-buzz-buzz" of the Rabco as it tried to maintain tangency with its servos. The nightmare of setups,the big p... | |
| Mcintosh - Love Em' or Hate Em' ......Why? FYI, I have stuck with McIntosh over the years because of theirintegrity. They do their homework, they treat their customerswell, they stand behind their product, even really old items.Moreover, if autotransformers did not improve or enable theira... | |
| ELP laser turntable - any comments? The sample CD they send out to show the ELP quality ofsound isn't very impressive. Hope the actual unit isbetter. CEM | |
| Comments / Observation on Dynavector 505 tonearm? Hi: I am surprised that there seems to be a demand for thisarm. I could never get the one I owned to track right andit sounded only fair. But, they look different and hightech enough that some people are enamoured with them. Goodluck. I would like... | |
| Thorens TD 125 vs. new cheap TT? Hi. About Thorens TD125. Some claim they are rumble free andhave good arms. I found the arm to be well made, but it didn't seem to track all cartridges well. Maybe its tracking adjustments were at fault. Also, at low levels, I swore Icould hear so... | |
| Empire Turntables New in Box-Worth Anything? My recollection of Empire tables was that the arm was not asgood as the table. I believe the arms were spring loaded fordialing in stylus pressures and were somewhat inaccurate andvariable after set. But, they look nice. .... CEM |