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Ya heard :spank: :D I don't know about these "I'm bummed" threads. How about being proactive and trying to steer threads in a more preferable direction, rather than posting one whining about things, lumping people into groups of stereotypes and ambiguously calling them out. I don't mean to be...

The Ebtech Line Level Shifters work fine, they're basic, well built passive units and do the job fine. I did keep a couple small ones around when I ran an M3700 that I used for some things. I considered them the best option of the bad bunch all around when I ran that rig, not sure your reasons...

Man that's epic! VERY nice!

It's not something I reach for all the time, but I use and recommend the good old tried and true Drawmer DS201. That's a two channel gate that can be run stereo linked or dual mono, they were very popular and are found in lots of studio so there are used ones on the market at decent prices...

Those ones have a brush on them, right? Do you use the brush? I haven't used that particular Stanton but usually with that type of cart you set a greater VTF with the brush down vs up, as with the Shure M97xE (a cart I'm quite familiar with). In fact...hang on...ok googled a page that...

Phono stages can certainly make a difference, but honestly I'd put them pretty low in the fidelity pecking order. Get your present setup optimized and then if you were going to upgrade anything it would probably be the cart and go from there. But really, a platter that's a bit out of level or...

Half a gram is a BIG bump, you should hear a notable difference in low and high end doing that. If you get more bass but the highs are too dull and smeared, you've gone too heavy; weak bass and bright, strident highs suggest you're a little light. Where you set VTF will depend very much on...

This is interesting indeed, thanks for sharing this! Of course, one has to consider the difference in the mechanical playback. That the vinyl playback sounded thinner and brighter makes me wonder if your cartridge setup is optimized. It's possible that your VTF could be a hair light or the...

Yeah, now that's more familiar lol! Happily most of the 600's knobs are on the main PCB; removing the caps from the ones on the daughtercards is easy and no nuts to remove or anything. Looks like lots of knobs to deal with on the Tascam, and the wiring harnesses would drive me bonkers, there's...

Isn't it nice to have a big PCB with room to maneuver! :) Imagine this but fully stuffed with electronics and four daughtercards attached, and you've got a 600 series module. Boy is your re-cap gonna be easy! ;)

I mean, if you're using and benefiting from those plugs then more power to ya, but count me out. The beef I had with UAD was really when the "Studer" plug in particular came out, they had a demo that was supposed to be a/b'ing between the plug on a mix buss vs. not, but it was obvious that...

As precautionary, and in following the most common regimen suggested to me by my peers, I demag always before spooling the MRL, and generally every 10 hours or so, which equates to every day-long session or every other half day session. Personally I prefer to err on the side of caution...

Deoxit works well for cleaning jacks, interconnect contacts and things like that, but otherwise I've learned to keep it out of my electronics if I can help it. It leaves a residue that you'd have to clean off everything and it's a mess. For this reason, I also don't like spraying it directly...

Far as I know, they were part of an early wave of low-cost standalone preamps that came around with the advent of PC DAW home recordists, but didn't take off like some others did. $300 didn't get you a high end pre then or now but I'm sure the Event gets the job done on par with other mid-ish...

Han D Mags are stronger. You can even feel it when you use them. I bought mine last year from Markertek for $49.95, it was a no-brainer.

Man, that really is a clean looking deck! Very nice, that's going to sound great and you got a LOT of good stuff out of that deal, so much tape! That 499 should be good stuff, hit it at +9 and prepare to rawk and roll :D Nice on the MRL too, any idea what tape it's on?

I wasn't alive to see it firsthand lol, but MCI JH16 and JH24, Studer, 3M/Stephens pop to mind.

That would be great, but honestly...we've heard that before. I'll eat my own hair and provide photographic evidence of such if it happens :D Wow, now I'm torn between my desire for new GP9 and my desire to not eat hair :facepalm:

There aren't a ton of P-mount upgrades as compared to standard carts, but Grado and Audio Technica both sell a range of them, and Ortofon has one or two P-mount models. They'll range in price from about 50 bucks to around 250 on the high end, but I wouldn't spend that much on a P-mount...

I have a Bellari VP-129 for sale, lightly used and in very good condition. Includes original box, AC adapter and manual; will double box for shipping. $175 inc. USA shipping and PayPal. Sorry, for sale in USA only. PM me if interested :)