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| Which is the best VPI Platter? Second Brf's list."As good or better than any table available at any price". As a current TNT6/5 platter owner who has owned four other VPI models, I can unequivocally say: No way! Good, but there are much better out there. If you value black back... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? ****and we don't have the answer or the ability to identify it. But it is there, lying in wait. mocking us until we know its name.****Excellent! | |
| Do you believe in Magic? **** Knowledge is not an absolute and continues to evolve.**** - GeoffkaitExactly! Very interesting exchanges here. Thanks Bryon, and I commend your open-mindedness. As you stated, discussions such as these often point to a basic dividing line amo... | |
| Double blind test on Strads An interesting followup by a leading violinist to this "experiment":me-with-science/>http://www.insidethearts.com/nondivisi/they-blinded-me-with-science/ | |
| Street musicians Lecture? Not at all; no interest in that. Obvious? Apparently not, based on your "truest artists" comment. Anyway, my intention was not to offend; simply engage.So ok, I'll play: I've heard these guys a few times at midtown subway stations, and th... | |
| Street musicians While it is true that some greats spent time playing in the streets for a few coins, it is also true that non-musicians sometimes over-romanticize the notion of the starving musician. There is no question that there are talented musicians that hav... | |
| Street musicians ****In some way they are the truest artists****Please name one (way). | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, apologies. In did not mean to come across as heavy handed. My comment was simply a statement of what I heard IN MY SYSTEM; not a suggestion that you should do the same.Regards. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Apbii, please describe that technique. Thanks. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, apologies. In did not mean to come across as heavy handed. My comment was simply a statement of what I heard IN MY SYSTEM; not a suggestion that you should do the same.Regards. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, while I agree overall with your comments re type of suspension in the VPI line, I would qualify them with these observations IN MY SYSTEM:The "overly warm" description is definitely system dependent. What might be overly warm in your system ... | |
| Analog is the new pink Guitarslimjunior, you made my point perfectly; thanks. As a follow up to my earlier post: I think I have created a monster. My son, who showed NO interest in my stereo let alone my tt before being on his own, called me up a couple of days ago to a... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Ct, please keep us posted re the use of the double spring. BTW, I have been tempted, but resisted so far, to super glue the stylus assembly/carrier to the cartridge body. I did it to my ATML170OCC for a nice improvement in refinement. Those remova... | |
| Captive turntable interconnects; should I modify?? Klipschking, thoughts, reactions? | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris, I love the Empire. I think it is a terrific cartridge, and have used it long enough to form an opinion. From a technical point of view, I had no performance issues with it in the ET. Tracking was very good, even if not quite as solid as car... |