terry9
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| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Can't agree, Inna. Cables connect components - and the internal wiring of components is rarely, if ever, up to the standard of the interconnects. Further, the caps and resistors and inductors in the components are almost always far from ideal.I st... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Cottguy, I think that you are doing it exactly right. Seeking advice and, very cleverly, advice about infrastructure.That's what nobody sees, but everybody hears. Power is usually neglected, yet it is a critical piece of the puzzle, for two reason... | |
| Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components To elaborate on a theme by Dgarretson, why not buy speakers that sound good, and improve the crossovers? Retain the same values, but use better components, especially caps.It’s a rare crossover that can’t be vastly improved for $500 in parts. I di... | |
| Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components Dgarretson - now I understand. Selling high end caps says it all. | |
| The "Digital" listening experience PTSS has invited discussion, brauser. Any reasons for your opinions? | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? I would take away another message, Bruce.You can get good sound, but it takes diligence. Beware.Lots of retailers can show you good sound. Some can show you the difference between a cheap system, a good system, and a great system. Small difference... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? Just in case anyone is interested, I use the Elmasonic P60H, and think it to be a highly cost-effective solution for cleaning two records at a time. Furthermore, I defy anyone to get records as clean, without one. I tried cleaning 4 records at a t... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? Hot chemistry - should have mentioned that it can warp your records right smartly if something jams and the record stops turning. Conversely, a slightly warped record can straighten out after 10 minutes or so. | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? Whart, about filtration.The Elmasonic is well made from top to bottom, and that includes the drain valve. If I let the solution sit for a few hours, sediment settles to the bottom, I open the drain valve to a very thin stream, and leave it to drai... | |
| Audio Desk Systeme RCM - what's been your experience? I agree with Dgarretson et al: DIY is both better and cheaper. Like DG, I use the Elmasonic. I have cleaned most of my 3000 records, some of them three times, with no hint of trouble. Let me save you from my mistakes.First, make sure than your cle... | |
| Trafomatic Audio Luna LCR phonostage Pani, that Lundahl series is a superb transformer. I just upgraded to a pair of 1931's (lower gain), and recommend them highly. Rather to my surprise, they need no Sobel network, just a good clean loading resistor (I use nude Vishay). Every add-on... | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? The TF/NAS tonearm that I had from 1997 was the Mentor. One "set" the VTA by shoving the arm tube up or down in its socket, and fastening a grub screw. It was crude, and not repeatable. The tonearm may have worked well in theory, whatever theory t... | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? Hello Inna. I have no opinion on that - I have neither the experience nor the theoretical framework. | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? Set-up is probably more important than any other variable, because it's critical and invisible. Hence easily manipulated to maximize retail profit.I can make a good MM sound far better than my big Koetsu, no problem. Just run the Koetsu 30 minutes... | |
| Quad ESL Cap mods Sorry, I'm across the pond. |