Recent content by Werner

You're fine.

I used to use cleanroom-grade demi.

Gyro, but lose the Orbe platter and go back to normal. Orbe platters only make sense on Orbes. LP12: the more you 'upgrade' it, the worse it sounds.

then now may be the time to sell it. I think prices are peaking.

there are two good software w&f meters, the former with long-term logging, the latter with spectral analysis of the demodulated signal http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/index.php?cat=post&qry=library http://www.anaxwaves.com/NAKT100/

Michell Orbe Michell Gyro SE (heavily modified, a plaything) Technics SL-1200MkII Technics SL-7

I vaguely remember this being a problem with (early DC?) versions of the Orbe. Contact Michell and/or Graham Fowler at Trichord.

even then it should not make funny noises. it should function, while sounding perhaps a bit off. what might bepossible is the phonostage getting unhappy with whatever hangs off its input, gettin instable. but this is very rare.

Seem like there is a leakage current finding its way to the cartridge. May be input stage bias, may be related to the various test and demag gizmos of that preamp. This current interacts with the MM cartridge's high impedance, creating a noise voltage. Less so with the much lower impedance MC...

Does anyone have any experience with the Shure M-97 LT?

Did you ever compare them to those from Aldi? I found that the length of cable attached to the block also can make a huge difference. And not just for the music system, also for the christmas tree.

iPad -> Spotify Connect -> BlueSound Node 2 -> coax -> Lyngdorf TDA-2170 -> ProAc D40R or laptop -> USB -> TEAC UD-501 -> TEAC HA-501 -> Sony MDR-MA900

Five years ago I started looking around to sell my two (lowly) Naks and 200+ homemade tapes. Now I have 500+ tapes, seven (lofty) Naks, and four other decks (also not exactly slouches). I have refurbished and sold on another 30 decks, mostly Naks. COVID played, of course, a role in this. Not...

Erm, that server no longer is there. Let me see if I can provide a solution here. (Edit) 300Hz 4b no dither 300Hz 4b dither 300Hz 4b noiseshaped song 4b no dither song 4b dither drums 5b no dither drums 5b noiseshaped

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