Recent content by Bohunk

On my preamp, I was able to swap out tubes as a first check. It was not the tubes, and luckily it was the cables. In your case, if the better cables actually enhance the noise does it make sense the noise is generated by the amp and the cables are more accurately carrying that signal? I am...

I was always a ‘cables are snake oil’ guy. The signal either gets there or it doesn’t. In my naïveté I completely overlooked shielding. Also, if copper is demonstrably a better conductor than aluminum, then can’t the same be said for types of copper? Anyway, I am keeping the cables. And...

So, I had an intermittent buzz through the speakers on my system. It came through both speakers but was significantly louder on the right. Knob turning confirmed it was somewhere within the phono preamp. The volume of the buzz followed the gain on the preamp. Tube swapping confirmed it was...

When I switched from the Sumiko Blue Point 2 to the 2M Bronze, I expected to hear an improvement as the Sumiko had a lot of hours on it and, at 2.5 mV, was always a bit under-powered for my system. I was just stunned at the difference, even with zero break-in time on the 2M. Every tweak I have...

Wow; let is know what they say. If your table looked like the one in their video I can see the simple motor replacement with the wiring harness. I don’t think they realized what version of the motor install you have. I can’t see the tone arm in your photos but after this amount of dis-assembly...

It kinda looks like the Borg assimilated an UltraDeck . . .

This is an example. You have to keep in mind that you are looking at a greatly magnified image, and that includes the deviation from ‘perfect’. I had to be realistic as how accurately I could make an adjustment by loosening and tightening a pair of screws or an Allen wrench grub screw.

It is $69 on Amazon. Fairly basic in that magnification is controlled by how close you place it to the subject with a knurled focus ring.

I just completed two set-ups on mine. First was a Master Tracker that I then replaced with an Ortofon 2M Bronze (see a few pages back for a discussion as to why). My table arrived with no cartridge, and the MoFi and Ortofon are very different form factors, so a lot of adjustments were...

I always like taking a peek under the hood!

I had been running my old Advent Loudspeakers until one of the crossovers gave up the ghost right before we moved cross-country. I now have a very odd-shaped room with quite a few non-parallel walls so I tried the Golden Ear Aon 3 bookshelf speakers. They can handle the relatively low output...

Yes; and so will the 2M Black LVB 250. But without the cool silkscreened picture of Ludwig. I am going to have to decide!

Ok; “A forward, highly accurate driving sound with high output”. I have been struggling to describe the 2M Bronze and you nailed it. ‘Forward’ is the exact word I needed. Thank you! And if I am digging it with the Bronze, the Black is apparently the next step. I plan on staying with MM as...

I did look into the MP-500 and it has all the right stuff; 3 mV, boron cantilever, and a line contact stylus. I have just never heard any Nagaoka cartridge. If I had run across that one before I found the 2M Bronze, I might be signing Nag praises instead. That line-contact stylus is one of...

MindHead1, your comment on the Moonstone makes sense, as the Master Tracker reminded me of my Sumiko Blue Point 2. I replaced it with the Ortofon 2M when the stylus wore out and I wanted to get a higher output than the 2.5 mV. The change from 2.5 mV MC to 5.0 mV MM was dramatic, and it was...