dgarretson
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| Maple or Granite Try the $7 springs, then the $8 Cones, then the $100 Stillpoints. | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? You may be in for a treat. I was just talking with a fellow whose Jean Natais-replinthed Lenco kicked a $5K Nottingham Hyperspace out of bed. | |
| Best short-lived band? Ditto Ginger Baker Trio. 11th Dream DayUrge Overkill | |
| Maple or Granite Heavy springs between two platforms is a variation of the Promethean platform. Ideally the TT suspension would be unsprung so as to improve coupling between the TT and the top platform layer. The spring layer below decouples from earth, and the pl... | |
| Maple or Granite Since you already have the platforms, consider trying both platforms under the TT, with five heavy springs between the two slabs (granite on top, maple underneath.) On-line at McMaster-Carr, P/N 96485K125. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. | |
| Top ten tube preamps Atma-Sphere MP-1 differentially balanced line stage/phono stage. The 6SN7-based LS is fantastic. The 12AT7-based phono section beats my BAT P10, but is too noisy for cartridges with less than .5mv gain. When taken together as an integrated preamp ... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? http://www.btinternet.com/~a.d.richarson/hifi/lenco/lenco_land.htmlhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/maddogmcq/myart/lencoheaven/index.htmhttp://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews/lenco/lenco.htmlhttp://www.progressive-engineering.com/table_whole3.htmMrJ: T... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? Right now on Audiogon there are used Nottinghams, VPI Scout, and Oracle Delphi, all w/arms, in the $1K-$2K range. Another option around $2K would be a replinthed Lenco idler drive(check Jean Nantais's website). There is a lunatic following for the... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? Comparing TTs is one of the more difficult exercises. There's no shortage of strong opinions on the subject, but I doubt many opinions are based on comparing TTs with all variables fixed (e.g. same arm, same cartridge, same phono stage, same platf... | |
| Are spare parts for the Sony SCD-1 becoming rare? Sony's standard practice is to begin discontinuing parts availability around seven years from original product introduction. The SCD-1/777ES has reached this horizon. The last I checked in the US the sled motor assembly was unavailable, but other ... | |
| APL NWO-2.5T A Review of a Classic CD Player Over the long haul of modifying my CDP I've found that as the unit approaches perfection, even minor modifications can make large differences. Small smudges are easily noticed on a very clean window.I don't know whether APL's history has been to o... | |
| APL NWO-2.5T A Review of a Classic CD Player Nice review. This reconstituted Esoteric appears to be the one to beat. It's time for the major audio mags to recognize in print that there is important work going on at the periphery of mainstream manufacturing. Of course this would expose weakne... | |
| Possibly the best pre-amp one can have I agree that op amps can take on great character-- possibly surpassing tubes-- when powered by an optimal power source. The AD744 is a particularly good one (also used in the Merlin BBAM). Unfortunately in most commercial gear op amps are powered ... | |
| What makes instrument immediacy, -separation & -bo I would add that the same improvements to circuits that reveal low-level information required for spacial cues, also reveal textural details & corrected pitch & timbre in voices & instruments. So it's not just about uncovering deep bac... | |
| What makes instrument immediacy, -separation & -bo Interesting points about reverberant fields in the original performance, the relative contribution of first arrival vs. reflected sound, and hearing realistic piano sounds in the next room. However, after fixing the variables of room treatment &am... |