I shielded my Phono 2 completely with copper guitar shielding tape. I found it made little difference, so I removed it all and now keep the poxy mobile phone out of my listening room - much better! :grin: Hello John :dance: I wish I could stop all this mobile phone and WiFi malarkey but I've got tw...

I shielded my Phono 2 completely with copper guitar shielding tape. I found it made little difference, so I removed it all and now keep the poxy mobile phone out of my listening room - much better!

Completely agree. UK should zone its time on BST. Surely Alba could introduce its own time zone for a few disgruntled farmers?

Alfi.

For not a great deal of money, an audio technica at-f7 is good first step, for more, an at33ptg doesnt have many peers at the money. Up from that there is the 33sa and the hana sl. The 33 ptg is the best value for money of those 4 in my opinion Ive had some good luck and bad luck with second hand c...

Indeed.

I've had (and broken) a few of these classics over the years and can vouch that the R version is a slightly better performer. Just a big shame Denon don't make them with a better "FL" stylus and a boron cantilever.

Alfi

I like carts with boron cantilevers - I'm lucky to have few here... AT OC7, AT PTG33, Benz Micro Glyder and a yet to be fully "broken in" Dynavector XX2. Best to my ears ATM is the Benz Glyder. So nicely balanced and dynamic but not much protection against damage though! Strangely enough t...

Between 9 & 12, depending on mood and source.

Alfi

savvypaul wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:26 pm I tidied up the 'spares' corner. Tomasz will be shocked...

Nicely done! I wish my spares corners were so tidy

Alfi.

Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:46 pm Every other opinion in that magazine is tainted.

But "that magazine" is great entertainment value especially for those of us with NVA amps etc.

Alfi.