Tips & Tweaks

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Electronics

Vacuum Tube Versus Solid State Debate – The Audio Archive resource with summarizations and links to the IEEE article “The Cool Sound of Tubes” and the AES article by Russell O. Hamm, presented September 14, 1972, at the 43rd Convention of the AES, New York
The Damping Factor Debate by George L. Augspurger of James B. Lansing Sound Inc.
Damping Factor Explanation – Wikipedia article
Damping Factor: Effects On System Response – by Dick Pierce
The Importance Of Impedance, Why It Matters – by Paul White, Sound On Sound

Digital

Analogue

A Beginner's Guide to Cartridge Setup by Andrew Chasin
HOTH Systems update of Analogue Addicts Linn LP12 FAQ everything you could want to know
A review of the Hi-Fi News & Record Review test record Might prove useful for those who want to learn more about it, and for those owners who find the notes on the sleeve a bit enigmatic.
Cartridge Alignment: The Basics Explained by Galen Carol Audio with a PDF on VTA/SRA
Phono Cartridge Alignment Protractor by Steven Rochlin of Enjoy the Music
Vacuum State’s Cartridge Alignment Guide
Phono Cartridge Protractor by Rowan McCombe's (aka The Guru)
Setting Up Your FIRST Cartridge... by Thorsten Loesch
Turntable System Setup by Laura Dearborn
Secrets of the Phono Stage from Sound Practices #15 by Allen Wright of Vacuum State Electronics
Tweaking your Record-Player by J. Gordon Holt
VTA Once and for All! by Jon Risch. Proposes an interesting method for setting arm height. Be sure to get the correction in the P.S

Loudspeakers

Electrostatic Loudspeakers - Wikipedia article explaining ESLs.
The Electrostatic Loudspeaker Design Cookbook - by Roger R. Sanders
An Overview of Electrostatic Speakers - Eyewated
Linkwitz Lab - Siegfried Linkwitz's own site, with information on loudspeakers, crossovers, sound reproduction, room acoustics, etc.
Transmission Line Speakers collection of transmission line speaker information and projects

Miscellaneous

Tweaks