daveyf
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| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Bettering a SME V is going to depend on the table, musical choice and the cartridge synergy to the arm..all of which are totally subjective to each listener. There are a number of interesting tonearm designs out there today. The new Supratrac Bla... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony RCA's can sound great. I rolled in a pair of Clear top 12AU7's into my amp and the soundstage increased considerably. One thing I have found is that IF one can source an organ re-brand, which these tubes are ( Hammond) then they are a little less ... | |
| Direct 2 Disc For years the M&K release of 'Flamenco Fever' D2D has been a holy grail...there is a reason for that. | |
| Experience with Black Cat and/or Triode lab Wires Black Cat is re-organizing and will hopefully be back soon. The Black Cat cables are superb and well worth waiting for. | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? @mulveling I guess it doesn’t concern you that this vendor is able to somehow source these cartridges and sell them at prices that are far less than anyone else...and is able to do so consistently through time. Yet, we have the factory disavowing... | |
| Sonic differences Ariston 11S vs Linn LP-12 @jasonbourne52 Sorry, but the bearing design is one of the most important aspects of the LP12. Anyone who owns one would know this. For example, the new Karousel bearing is a MAJOR upgrade over even the prior Cirkus bearing, which was itself a m... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? The seller in question has been selling Benz cartridges (and now a few others as well) for years. I have always wondered where he gets these cartridges, as they are all apparently new? Yet, the factory(s) consistently deny any connection to him, B... | |
| Lyra Kleos arrives after eight months. . Worth the wait? First impressions Congrats on the new cartridge, it's a keeper. One thing about the Kleos and the new angle Lyra's in general, they require a very precise set-up and benefit from exact loading, depending on the phono stage and the phono cable. In my system, 750 oh... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I am a believer when it comes to expensive cartridge purchases to be only from a authorized dealer. In my case, after I had bought the cartridge from my local dealer, I noticed after about a week that the cantilever was skewed. My dealer agreed an... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? One of the safe guards that my dealer used was to personally install the cartridge that I was 'borrowing' himself. This was of course possible since he is local to me. But it did away with the possibility of user error in the set up, Since I kept ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mijostyn A while back I had started a thread about how to go about acquiring an expensive cartridge given the lack of ability to demo the cartridge before committing to a purchase. There seemed to be little consensus as to how this could be acco... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @rauliruegas Trying to determine which cartridge sounds better than the other is really a fools errand in many cases. The ML and the AT are very good sounding cartridges, but the set up, the arm, the table, the downstream gear and numerous other ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mikelavigne Mike, I would have agreed with you about WBF up until RR got involved. Then, I believe that the owner dominance became prevalent, far more so than any other forum i belonged to. It was that dominance, albeit more subtle than some I ... | |
| Michael Hobson Interview: Nothing but the Truth Why call this 'nothing but the truth?? Implies something that you may not want to be implying. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Lol, this thread has me immensely amused. The WBF is such a joke these days that IMO anyone contributing over there is really contributing to the great YAWN. @rauliruegas take it as a badge of honor that you are banned there, I certainly do. @mi... |