Quote: Originally Posted by pulsar08 I was eventually able to find this post which has a rough guess of the tonearm mass: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/ski...ntable-381131/ So along with the 8.5g of the cart thats a total of 23.5g which is in the high-moderate mass range. You said...

I like mine well enough.

Intelligentsia Black Cat is a good one.

I don't have any experience with that particular model, but I think that most older Thorens are worth restoring to a point. The Analog Dept. has a page of various TD-150 tidbits. It will probably need a new belt, assuming it hasn't been replaced. Ask about the condition of the...

You need an analog to digital (ADC) converter. These come at all different price ranges. The lowest-end ones are similar to the ones found in most soundcards and turntables with a built-in USB output. Above that are the entry level recording products: add-on PCI soundcards and external...

The chain is turntable > phono stage (found in an integrated amp, receiver, or separately as a phono preamp) > amplifier (if you're using a separate phono preamp. If not, ignore this) > speakers or headphones. I can't give you a bottom line dollar amount, but you'll probably end up spending...

Quote: Originally Posted by Redcarmoose ...I know of no direct drive turntables in the high end realm... This?

Quote: Originally Posted by logwed It's so cozy in here... the fire going, the bear-rug's eyes aglistening. I sip my wine while I hold you all near me. When do you put on the robe and wizard hat?

I like my boots from L.L. Bean (made by Chippewa Boots) a lot. Definitely uncomfortable at first, but some thicker socks and replacement insoles help.

Quote: Originally Posted by CC Lemon That definitely seems like it would be problematic. Out of curiosity, what's the point of having the phono jack if it isn't amplified? I guess it could be useful for switching around sources or something... Where were you able to find out that it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong The original has a socket for normal bias stax and the MKII does not. My mkI has three Pro jacks and no normal jacks, which I believe is an indicator of the late production version. So there are almost three different 007t's, I guess.

I believe the primary change from mkI to mkII was to make the newer version compliant with RoHS regulations. I've heard there is some difference between the two circuitry-wise, but I'm not aware of any claims that they sound different from each other.

Quote: Originally Posted by scootermafia I'd be pretty scared to open it. Whatever's inside, it's probably not packing peanuts and a Twinkie. I'll bet that's exactly what's inside. Plus something to give it some weight.

Boston A150s, which are seldom used unfortunately. Free off of Craigslist, I might add.

I believe he's referring to the speakers in the link. Only the top-end model appears to have any real speaker engineering behind it (Cabasse). That said, it's frequency response is only rated down to 80 Hz. I'd pass.

Quote: Originally Posted by nickosha I think this one is Midwest only. The crunch makes other chips seem pretty weak. mmmMMmmm. Snyders of Hanover is based in PA. You can definitely get them in most of the mid-Atlantic states. My favorite are Martin's Kettle Cook'd.

Of those, I've heard the K1000's, HE90's, R10's, and the OII's all at a single meet. The whole experience was pretty overwhelming from the sheer sense of sonic awesomeness. I voted for the OII's since I picked up a pair a few months later, and thus, have the most listening experience with out...

...so no, it won't work on your Opera. You'll need a cable that terminates with a 1/4" plug if you want to use the 'phones with it.

FLAC doesn't have set bitrates. It does have compression settings, which affects the size of the output file, but not the fidelity. Hydrogenaudio has pretty nice configuration guides for EAC. This one deals specifically with FLAC configuration. EDIT: Beaten by the above poster.

My main concern is the flexibility of the shield, since the non-RCA end of the cable is connected to a screw terminal, so I need to be able to twist the shield to connect it to one of the screws. Are all shields of similar malleability? The Belden 9221 appears to have a similar capacitance...

Quote: Originally Posted by ericj In your shoes, I would pick out a nice stereo RCA cable from monoprice or bluejeans, chop one end off, and use that. But I'm cheap. I thought about that, but the idea of chopping off the end of a perfectly good cable doesn't sit well with me...

I guess what I'm asking is if there would be an appreciable (audible) difference between using a twisted pair vs. a coax cable for unbalanced audio over a distance ~6 feet?

I'm not sure how finicky I should to be about cable choice. If the Mogami doesn't have any glaring technical/application flaws, awesome. Has anyone tried something like this?

A twisted pair (at least, I think so). Something akin to this.

My tonearm's wiring is connected to a terminal strip. From the terminal strip, two bare wire to RCA cables are connected. I'm looking to replace the latter cables. Unfortunately, most of the cables I've seen recommended for interconnect usage are single conductor with a shield. So I guess I'm...