dmgrant1

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Phono stage with 3 inputs
Thanks for the "input". Will check them out, but will probably be a wallet problem.  
CleanerVinyl-Ultrasonic record cleaner
Hello,Might I ask which model of the Elma brand would be recommended?Thank you. 
Turntable Setup Help; Phillips 777
The "spherical/elliptical/cd4 has two scales on it.   Use the elliptical scale on top to set your force, since you have an elliptical stylus.  Hope this helps. 
Recommend an Entry Level Turntable
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable- find them on ebay. They are work horses. IF you want to go DD, best bang for the buck. 
phono stage with two inputs
Sorry, been out of town. I could budget about $2000.00. Thanks again for your responses. 
Oracle Alexandria + Premier MMT = ?????
I would fix it up. You will have a better turntable than the ones you mentioned in your post. 
Analog is the new pink
Yo,My son is a junior in college. He has heard my system for years and wanted a turntable. So I got him some old gear 2 years ago and now he has a collection of 100 albums. Over New Years he had 6 college friends over to stay and party. I invited ... 
Tonearm alignment question
OK, I am trying to undertand this thread. I got the Feickert protracter and measured the S2P distance on my table and the mount is 2mm short. Since the armboard has already been drilled, can't remount the arm. What would be the optimum alignment p... 
great 70s country lps...audophile grade
I will second Ablert's endrosement. I bought this when it originally came out and it was great. Although 2/3rds of my collection is rock, about 15% is country. The final Bob Wills sessions have great players and is highly recommended to any fan of... 
An analog question for those who record
I am also interested in doing hi-rez transfer of vinyl to digital. I won't abandon vinyl. It would just be nice to have it in a hi-rez format. I think 24 bit 196 would be good.Where can I find an analog to digital converter at 24/196 and what does... 
Ortofon RS-309D opinions
Wow Sprog.Did not know that. I will try that tomorrow on my set-up and report back my findings on this thread.I have one of those digital scales, supposedly pretty accurate. But, heck, it beats the Shure "balance beam." 
Ortofon RS-309D opinions
Sprog, OK, I know what you are talking about now. Mine does the same thing. A tiny movement makes a big difference. I just barely moved the knob and got it to within 0.1 of the tracking force I wanted and left it at that. Sounds good to me, so I d... 
Ortofon RS-309D opinions
Sprog, I havde a 309-D and the tracking force adjustment knob works just fine for me. I do not have to move the counterweight to adjust the tracking force, just the knob.You may want to check with Ortofon because the knob should work or it would n... 
shindo pre-amp and power amp reliabilty
A little off thread. This gear looks intriguing to me. I would like to get one of the pre-amps. However I have big Maggie speakers that I derive with a big 200w per channel solid state amp.If I got a Shindo pre-amp, would I lose some of its benefi... 
STP distance. Is it critical ?
I am trying to learn about this since I need to mount a tonearm. Altough the template is good, I suspect I could be off a millimeter or two when done drilling the hole and mounting it.Reading Doug's post, would it be correct to state that if the h...