Tranfiguration Orpheus description

Knowing how the darn "O" sounds,hearing it on many ocassions,now,what's you're problem('s)?Fremer got the gist of it(sound),"dead on",and I'm not a big fan of his.Look at his "now spinning" list.Mostly rock.Not easy to cozy up to,if you are a classical/jazz lover,who lives for detail,and stage presentation,with nice subtlties thrown in.Like myself,and some of my actual "real" friends.
If you techno geeks(not specific to anyone,pleeeeease!!)want to get to the heart of loading,etc,just look back on the later posts by Bc3!!He got it right,too,and I believe my original comparisons hold up well.
Neil,you have all your answers already,so what's the problemo?The Tempers,as I indicated awhile ago,are not in the league of the "O".That's actually good news.I don't want to spend the money,either,but MUST,as of the last few listening sessions.
Just don't put yourself in a position of disagreeable posting,even if well intended,and targeting anyone who may be SO self absorbed that you will get a nasty(as in cowardly/babyish)E-mail.One that gets read by all of your employees and wife,first,who ALL get a bit spooked,as they have been pre-conditioned by the media as to the number of "overly emotional nuts" who dwell there!You're better off just listening to your wonderful system.Doubled up CLS's or not!

Best!

I just got my copy and had to read what the fuss was all about. To quote a concluding snippet from Fremer's review in Stereophile v29.no12, p.34:

A superb cartridge.

By the way, what happened to the banging noise? I thought it carried both a zestful immediacy and timbral weight in the mid-bass. ;->

Tim

Speedy, I don't actually READ Stereophile anymore, maybe a page here and there. So when I read Rmaurin's post announcing Fremer's upcoming review, I was ernestly looking forward to the kind of specific point by point comparisons he made in his 2003 review of the Titan/TemperW/Audio Tekne. That was a truly informative piece, the kind that might make a reader to say to himself "I think I'm gonna try that one." (whichever one he decided).

In his current effort, I got the feeling he was writing a fictionalized account of an imagined review -- looks and tastes like information, but gosh, it's really just white noise. How many ways should I say disappointed?

These days, I learn more about equipment from the folks right here, where there are plenty of knowledgable people willing to candidly share their conclusions, with no concern for advertising revenue. And occasionally I even enjoy the ramblings of those who are disposed to speak from the other end of their food tubes ;--) BTW, please send nasty, and childish e-mails. I put them in cheap frames and hang them in the bathroom for -- stimulation ;--)
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It has taken me about 2 weeks to review the posts in this thread. While I do not have the deep pockets to get a ticket to the show, I must say I have learned alot about technical issues as well as about the contributers to the forum by carefully reading this thread.

Now I have as many more questions as you have opinons. I will open a few threads soon to ask for your opinions on matters important to me rather then going off topic hear and now.

Thank You So Much

Till then Just Listen!

Groovey Records

Listening to
John Coltraine Blue Train Blue Note BST 81577 TELDEC Direct Metal Master

Neil,hope you know I was NOT referring to any of your well intended E-mails.I had received an E-mail from a poster who did not like my candid, albeit "baiting",attitudes,regarding the "superb"(I knew it/he actually didn't)Orpheus.My intent got the "debate I was looking for",but some folks are so "ego driven,and self centered",that they only perceive this as an attack(which it was not).Of course there is always the buddy system at play,which could instigate things,a bit,but that's life.
I took a while to perculate,but after being "threatened to be outed as a liar,with intentions of disrupting posts,on purpose",I'm not about to be bullied off these threads.Though I have lost a significant desire to post,as a consequence.
To the party(who I actually liked,prior to Prissy outburst)feel free to be the HP of the web,which you so clearly identify with.I am content to hear my music.
As to the Fremer review,the criticism,to me,comes off as a bunch of "GEEKS" at a Star Wars convention.C'mon,anyone wanting to know actual tracking force(he gave parameters,and differing turntable use too,btw,as well as overall good,reliable input,which WAS accurate "to the nines" regarding performance over the Temper series).Of course some may have wanted to know what he had his "Phazer" set on for loading,etc,but,anyone can come up with that info on his/her own.Like actually "touching" one's own set-up,and NOT relying on others(know -it -alls excluded)to be a guage of what you like.I don't know any hobbyist who admits(in his hear of hearts)that what he owns,assuming it is good,is not his real preferrence.
Fremer is being bashed unfairly,IMO,and wrote a darn good overall piece.Sorry if he did not give the actual "azimuth angle of choice",but what do I know?
Fairwell!