[Wayner]

Grado Green1 and Gold1 Longhorns are now back in stock, ready for immediate shipment!

Fun to make them again!

Wayner

[dlparker]

Grado Green1 and Gold1 Longhorns are now back in stock, ready for immediate shipment!

Fun to make them again!

Wayner

Fantastic!

I've got a Denon DPL-30 II with a Grado M4 which is getting quite a bit of hum (not a problem if I crank it enough!) that I think is related to an AC outlet mis-wiring issue (it's definitely mis-wired). Given that (if I remember correctly) some Denon TT/Grado cartridge combos have this problem inherently, my question wrp to the Longhorns is: Would a Longhorn exacerbate, improve, or have no effect on that problem? I'd suspect 'no effect', but..

[Wayner]

We do not change the shielding, so in your case, there would be no effect. However, hum can have multiple sources from a large unshielded motor, to poor turntable ground to bad motor location, and even incorrectly wired AC plug (as I found out with my Empire 598MKII). Some hum is even mechanical in nature (primarily with belt drives) as 60 hz magnetic fields can find sympathetic routes to induce the mechanical vibrations (which mimic 60hz hum) and can be transmitted thru the belt to the platter.

Wayner

[Folsom]

Too high of impedance on the phono amp stage power can do it too.

[dlparker]

We do not change the shielding, so in your case, there would be no effect. However, hum can have multiple sources from a large unshielded motor, to poor turntable ground to bad motor location, and even incorrectly wired AC plug (as I found out with my Empire 598MKII). Some hum is even mechanical in nature (primarily with belt drives) as 60 hz magnetic fields can find sympathetic routes to induce the mechanical vibrations (which mimic 60hz hum) and can be transmitted thru the belt to the platter.

Wayner

It's independent of whether the TT is on or off or the platter turning - it's there whenever I've got pre/pa on (both AVA) and the phono input selected. I did check that outlet with one of those simple 2-3$ (or free with some UPSs) three-prong tester and it's wired incorrectly..

[rlee8394]

Yeah, I noticed on the AVA website that the Longhorns and the Turntable Alignment Systems are back. Looks like the web pages were updated today. Hopefully these will be long standing products.

Ron

[dB Cooper]

I don't have a vinyl rig presently and don't know if that will ever change, but I remember my Longhorn quite well, very neutral and clean. Great that they are back.