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Ok, it took me longer than I thought (fucking servicing an EMT is a nightmare for me),but I've finally put the TT on the rack:It's all still a bit provisorical as the inner cage is not fnished yet (the suspension is missing), but I could test the pne...
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Well, after many considerations I am inclined to decide to
go to “lessen footprint” direction. My “equipment corner” is making itself not
too practical with all of those child toys and baby equipments that grow around
my listening room like mushro...
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I am faced with remodeling a bit. I started out with all my equipment on an Arcici Lead Balloon rack and two speakers, which was nice and simple. The mono SE-DHT tube amplifiers I built are now on either side. I recently have come into po...
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Romy, thanks for the explanation.
I was not sure if you still kept an eye on that thread Romy. As far as I know you need to be logged in to view the images in the diy threads so I will post a couple here to show where...
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I can't see what advantage one of these "music servers" might potentially offer over a small portable computer sitting on the hifi rack next to a couple large external hard drives and a good outboard DAC.
As for quality of sound : Such a laptop-dr...
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Thanks, guys. They were quite valuable recommendations. I wonder
how would I feel if Thomas what he begin to talk would inform me that I shall
not have more than 3 tonearms on my turntable or more than 3 pressing of my favorite
records…The reality...
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Guys, do you shield your dedicated powe lines?I'd have around 9m of a cable unning in the air from the apartment's power distibution box to therack. For me it looks like a nice antena for picking EMI/RFI trashfrom the air. Such shielding indirectly s...
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[quote user="decoud"] None of these seems to apply in your case because you have a properly levelled installation, directly on concrete [/quote]If I had it on a concrete I'd be very happy! On wood it is, mafrend, on wood.[quote user="decoud"]I see th...
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Romy, I'll bet everyone has been thinking like you all along (I know I have), but N-set has already dismissed simple "results-oriented" solutions as "ad hoc" and indicated that he is determined to work with his rack as it is and understand each actio...
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Paul, I hear you clearly re wall mount. Well...I have chosen the hard way an occasion to have one, +/- universal solution I could "copy&paste"if I change location. Go through that hell and have it done once and forever. I even ask my daughter to...
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[quote user="N-set"]Rings=poorely damped, due to its crystaline structure. Take a granite tile with two fingers, put your ear close to it and knuckle. Observe the sound.Repeat with other stones to compare. For that reason it's neither used in nanolab...
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I will upload some pictures and more details when the rack is at my place in few daysand pre-assembled in it's "version 1". In the meantime, for those with masochistic tendencies, here is a diary of my ignorance on the subject: http://www.lencoheaven...
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Paul, thanks! I'm quite happy to hear I'm not the only one fighting vibrations in a seemingly dead structures...It takes a lot of thinking to properly isolate and damp vibrations.Not unlike in the complementary problem: reproduction of the audio rang...
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I had no chance to listen to his latest Designs (I know his L2R, LL2 preamps and the ML2.1..) but probably he wanted to realize his latest ideas (who knows) or he realized that in some parts of the world his existing units are simply too cheap compar...
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Romy!More changes:B&W Matrix 800's gone.Aerial 20t's in.Wadia 270/27ix gone.Levinson 390s in.Classe Omega preamp in.Got the Otari MX5050BII reel deck up and running in the system.....also the TEAC X-1000R 4 track in the system.Life is good, ...
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I did look at the thread at A’done and I assure that they are idiots. The guy claims that Micro Seiki. Wonderful table but it does need tweaking and labor - almost constantly. I has been living with Micro for a while and I know no single tweak that w...
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Ok, what would believe…. but I am in needs to get another phonostage. Te older I become the lazier I become and there is no way I would switch those cables form tonearms again. Also, each time I switch the cables the unused cables drops behind my rac...
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Besides Romys short list of features:
1) A preamplifier shall be modular - the ability to insert n quantity (maybe 20?) of input cards on a backplane (for phono MC/phono MM/line level/Balanced/Single ended/TOSLink) as well as be conf...
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[quote user="Jorge"]
For some reason I cannot post pics, they wont upload to the server so I cant select them.The way Aurios work is with 3 ball bearings rolling inside a round chanel, something like an inverted doughnut...top and bottom.On the cen...
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[quote user="anthony"]
But it is only the interconnects to the
amplifiers that need to be longer...no others...speaker cables stay as is...all
cables into the preamp stay as is. Longer interconnects is not an issue
in any way that I know of...bu...
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...it really does, I like it a lot. Personally, I would prefer to have the equipment rack somewhere else in the room but that is just me.
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I can’t move the speakers closer and I have retractab...
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[quote user="jorsan"]Hi,this is my first post here. This is a very interesting site indeed, congratulations.I found this photo and I'm really impressed with this stand design: is exactly what I'm looking for. would you please give me more information...
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"So many people today are interested in audio only to make money, or for show, or as one of their many passing hobbies"I occasionally go to the meetings of a recorded music society. A group of maybe 50 mainly older (50+) people gather in one of the l...
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Many thanks, Romy, will try it out and report back in a week or so.Regarding using a rack as a frame: it is good for prototyping as it is so flexible. Indeed, even aluminium is fine, because one can mass load it simply by mounting a 2U or 3U ...
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Two "temporary" solutions worth considering:1) A big nasty Krell KAV 500i (stereo 2x250 into 8 Ohms; 2x500w into 4 Ohms; built-in preamp; excellent volume potentiometer; remote; holds resale value). Though the mid range and HF of Krell amps is not co...
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Just a quick suggestion regarding stands/shelves :I don't know if it would fit in with your décor, but sturdy shelves on wheels would allow you to reconfigure at will (or when you move to a new house, get a divorce, etc). They are also really ni...
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Hi Romy,Yes there was a reason. I typically used four arms on the table, the fourth being a shorter Ortofon rmg-212. The problems with the arrangements of two shorter arms with the two longer arms with the cable exit on bottom of the micro arm (which...
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The room is beautiful, and I love the tree stump "rack" with the amps, it is clearly a work in progress, but they already put in the "Western Electric" badges on! It talks a lot about their priorities I guess!They have what seems to be a midrange ...
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I recorded the LPs (Bruckner7-TeDeum Concertgebouw/Haitink, Also Sprach Zarathustra Chicago/Reiner - 1954) to digital. Then I lowered the stylus on to the record, but did not have the turntable turning. I played the digital copy at a bit more than my...
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Since the last week, when I put the left 6-way Super Milq in duty I am hardly wiling start working on the right channel. I left it as is for a while, screw it.. I am too lazy and not in a mood to do it for now… I found recently a space to put my tape...
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