thom_at_galibier_design
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| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS Very likely, the audiophile fuses are reliable, but I'm a bit OCD, and have extremely low risk tolerance ;-) If I'm signing my name to something with safety implications, I'm much more comfortable with a manufacturer with track record in the med... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS My first consideration in a fuse is safety (doh!). I don’t mean to cast aspersions on audiophile fuses, but in this particular area (safety & fire), I’m much more comfortable dealing with a company whose butt is on the line - providing protect... | |
| Questionable service at Soundsmith Keep fighting the good fight, Peter and my best to you and your family. It's been a few years since we've had the opportunity to catch up and I always value our time spent together.Our strengths as artisans can also be construed by some as a weak... | |
| Questionable service at Soundsmith I won't get into the details of: your waiting time, "we'll check", "it's ready, please pay", although I direct you to lewm's comments above.I do want to comment however, that there's a reason Soundsmith is a "sacred cow" around these parts. It's ... | |
| OK...I've ditched my mono cartridge I like Lewm's thinking, and yes, the Myajima is a fine mono cartridge.I’m coming to think that, playing "mono a mono" can be very good, but equally important is the stylus profile and general design of the cartridge - irrespective of whether it’s ... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? I might re-word the OP's question as follows: "Which turntable/front end has weaknesses which are best masked when listening to music like that of Led Zeppelin?"This is still flawed thinking IMHO, but it at least creates an awareness of the probl... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? I agree with you bdp24. I read Ralph's comments as more of a warning to listen to a variety of music when making an equipment decision. Perhaps I misread that, but this has been my recommendation to people.For a period of time, I was enamored of... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? There are surely components that "do" bass better than others, noise floor, or any other parameter you can dream of and you can certainly "optimize" around those parameters if you choose (note the quotes around optimize). Let's use the Zeppelin e... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? This is one of the biggest myths in audio- that certain types of equipment might favor a certain kind of music. The fact is the equipment does not care and does not exercise any taste at all. A good turntable will treat all kinds of music the same... | |
| WARNING - USE UPS FOR SHIPPING RATHER THAN FEDEX But... in the meantime... give us the link to where / how to get "nylon strapping / tensioning system."Well, prices have gone up since I equipped Galiber’s infrastructure with these tools, but if a few buddies buy and sell a few times/year, you mi... | |
| WARNING - USE UPS FOR SHIPPING RATHER THAN FEDEX What a troll ... all we have here are anecdotal experiences.Having said that, here's a tip (whether you're a FedEx or UPS fanboy) ...Use nylon strapping on your cartons. It's a $150.00 investment in the tensioning and crimping tools but well wort... | |
| how much better is the kuzma 4 point then my TTW Jelco Some wonderful tonearms referenced in this thread. One key piece of advice I give my customers is that the arm you interact with and can most easily set up is the best arm. If you think about it, this is as it should be, because you’ll be more inc... | |
| how much better is the kuzma 4 point then my TTW Jelco Let's put it this way ... the 4Point and the Durand Talea were the two arms I used when when developing my new drive system.The 4Point has a different presentation than the Talea, and it runs the possibility of revealing flaws elsewhere in your sy... | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways I've always found that the cleaning method you actually USE is the best method. This is different things to different people. For me, any machine with an obnoxiously loud vacuum motor will (and has gone) unused. Others may not mind this.I also ... | |
| Which arms are really SOTA, and can be properly setup? You’ve clearly owned some top notch tonearms (and I’m not naming names, but you gave a few away in your comments). I try to emphasize exactly what you have done in the setup section of my support pages.One key point I make with my customers (to th... |