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| Turntable recommendation Yes, the Project 10.1 is not even close to the Classic/Basis that you were considering. Rock 7 is an excellent alternative to the Classic. You should get good discounts on anything bought new in todays environment but check demo gear if offered ca... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable For my favourite records I precision ground one side of each record flat, acccurate to 3 micron, and then cold welded these to lexan blanks, 4.5mm thick. I purchased 2 of every record to ensure I could listen to both sides. The net result is far b... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation in defense of Henry, I am sure he means that among cartridges he owns or has heard in his system, he prefers one or more MMs to any of the MCs. This does not rule out the proposition that there is a superior MC somewhere in the universe.It also do... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi all, I'm a big fan pof the ET2 modded even though I dont run it, went to unipivot primarily to get rid of pumps etc. You have to read the thread in WBF, I simply cannot believe the sheer ignorance of many of the contributors, the worst being As... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable My view would be that the TT is not a bad buy, assuming it works as claimed, but I dont think the tonearm is a very good design at all, mainly because the air bearing is a floating style, prone to wobble. If you compare it to the Eminent Technolog... | |
| Please Recommend a Low Gain Solid State Amp ARC Yes, an old trick with ARC preamps is to run CD into the tape monitor input, you get higher gain but more transparency.For amplifiers the std is usually 26db, I had Rowland amplifiers that had adjustable gain internally from 20db to 32db, you migh... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, I too enjoy and appreciate contribution and sharing of experiences from all, just put post up for general interest, cheers. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Although I'm no longer using the ET2 at the moment, one record I found that is readily attainable is Joe Jackson's Jumping Jive. On the track titled "Five guys named Moe" there is a part where Moe is repeated 5 times. With the ET2 you can clearly ... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Halcro, yes VW's have always been reliable, simplicity is the key. I would rather have your 356 than any 911. I ran an Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe ( the real one ) for a few years and it handled way better than anything they make today apart from may... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, Plaudits for the use of linear arms and high compliance MM's should go to Harvey Rosenberg of New York Audio Labs who demonstrated at an audio show about 30 years ago the following system - Linn Sondek, Eminent Technology ET2 air bearing ... | |
| Denon 103 vs 103r opinions - Sonic Differences Bpoletti, the OC9 has a reasonable bottom and top end but is threadbare through the midrange, the Denon is much more musical to my ears. ( Both cartridges used in Sota Star/ET2 ). | |
| Denon 103 vs 103r opinions - Sonic Differences I still have fond memories of my Denon 103 which the original Garrot Bros worked over for me with a Boron/Aluminium hybrid cantilever and weinz parabolic diamond. Incredibly musical, very good timing, down in focus/resolution slightly but a cartri... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Tonywinsc, thanks for the explanation. It corroborates with my experiences, we must listen. The downside of using our ears is that errors in other areas such as VTA, optimum tracking weight can influence what we hear and the process for dialing in... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved Emm Labs XSD1, Eximus, Mytek, Naim, Moon 750/650, AMR-77, Wadia 861SE with GNSC mods, Meridian 800 are some of the digital front ends I have heard extensively. Emm Labs was probably the most musical, but had the advantage of full AIR Tight amplifi... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved My current DAC is 32-bit so all I need is the download resolution and voila - I'll have true 32-bit resolution in my system.Sorry mate, all your 32 bit Sabre DAC is capable of is reading a 32 bit word. What comes out the other end is not 32 bit ev... |