dan_ed
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| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Thom, thanks for advice on loading. Nick has told me he has found 75 ohms to work well with the XV1s and the Universe, so this fits right in to what you've found with the Dynavector. Ed, you're in very good hands with Thom!Best,Dan | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? How are you arranging the audition with Galibier? Yes, Ed, anyone who has purchased vinyl from Europe lately knows how the dollar has dropped in value. Economies do cycle regardless of politics, the Fed Bank policy is another matter. But that's fo... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? I'm betting you're going to settle on the Gavia!(Please, leave the political musings for elsewhere. Most consider it bad manors.) | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Touche' Tim! :) | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Wow! Polishing with emery paper and sliding on some O-ring vs. expanding holes, even by hand. Regardless of tonearms, that's quite a bit of difference in tweaks. And there is still the question of VTA. Brings to mind the Vector, but then there is ... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Hi Ed,I think you're heading in the right direction. I have heard both of those cartridges on a TriPlanar and they are wonderful. To borrow a comment I once heard, the XV1s gets you close to the Universe for a lot less money. At the time I was plu... | |
| Audio only room furnishings? Psychicanimal, has Rives done work for you? | |
| Recommend a TT/Tonearm combo under $2000? I'm probably going to cloud the waters for you but here goes. Watch for a Basis 1400 series table with a modified Rega tonearm to come by on the used market. This is a very good combo and will rock! You will be well within your budget. Much better... | |
| Stylus Force Guages - why extreme accuracy? Peter_s,Why not try it yourself and come back and let us know what you find out? Get a scale with some degree of accuracy and precision, say .01 gram +/- .005. Then take a reading at record level and one at 1/2" above (and below if you can). Keep ... | |
| Audio only room furnishings? You may indeed want a rug in front of the speakers to treat the first reflection points on the floor. I would start with this and the bass traps like Agaffer mentioned. Whether you go with a single chair or couch, I'd suggest finding one without t... | |
| So...What do you listen to in your car? XM in my 8 year old pick 'em up! I miss that XM Music Lab channel! | |
| My digital front end outdoes my analog..... 'troid, I do understand you're position. I just think your thread title doesn't accurately describe your situation. I still think for the ~$3K investment you have made in SACD that you can better/equal it. But I don't think it is worth futzing wit... | |
| My digital front end outdoes my analog..... Nothing in nature is digital. The helix only looks digital to us today because we don't have the technology to "look" even closer. Guaranteed those edges are rounded over and science will eventually find even more there, there.I don't really care ... | |
| Amp Upgrade for Aerial 10t's Hi George,Up til this last week I was running my 10t's with a pair of rogue M150's and a classe CA 301 on the bottom. This classe puts out gobs of amps, but is perhaps not the ultimate in control. These worked very well as the gains of the rogues ... | |
| short cable length: does cable "quality" matter? In my own system I've found that 1.5 meters of really good cable sounded much, much better than 18" of budget speaker cables. YMMV |