My Akai AP-D2 arrived. Fantastic condition considering how old it is. Any cart/stylus recommendations? I won't buy anything until I test it out once I get a record or two from a local pawn shop but the stylus is very dusty and the cart looks ancient.
I will go ahead and order one once I get a record to try out the current one. Are there any good guides for using and maintaining a turntable? I have never used one, so where to begin?
Seriously, as long as that TT works, you need a new cartridge so you don't wreck your records, and the cartridge needs to be set up correctly. Beyond that, then, you will need to replace the stylus every 2,000 hours of playing time or so.
i never understood that with lot of people when they explained this. i know with the amps i heard i can instenstly tell if there is a lack of treble,midrange or bass and sub-bass or if there is too much but that have to do with the build of the power amp section and how much torque it has behind it at the frequency spectrum as a whole i personally feel. also how the amp was tuned. most eq-boards on these receivers are eq'ed to be flat from 20hz-20khz also depends on the tone controls i guess since allow different adjustments of -db and +db. i always keep mine balanced in the middle. but i can be wrong. just to me personally how i feel. if something sounds good to my ears and close to what i hear in real life then i'm happy with it. i have heard dull treble and bright treble before that people speaker of. i just never understood the sound signature aspect of things...sorry for seeming ignorant.
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The circuit design of an amp will impact its sound, and as such, the main audio engineers at a company, and the circuits they designed and used, will often lead to a "house sound".
i see but reason behind ''solid state'' is to accurately reproduce the frequencies as possible. i think when people mention it sounds like tubes i'm guessing cause of the caps used cause caps act like filters in the amp. i can be wrong. also i know not all tubes sound ''warm'' like how tubes are mentioned when brought up to explain sound of tubes.
That's very true about all tubes not sounding warm. I have owned some very neutral sounding tube amps. In my experiences, the warmness associated with some(but not all) tube amps isn't from the tubes, but the capacitors used. I've owned solid state amps that were more warm sounding than some of the tube amps I've owned.
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