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| Just ordered a vpi avenger I minced my words about the retailer. I held true to that. Regarding VPI, I have said much the same in this forum previously. Mat is one hell of a nice guy. Harry is one hell of a businessman and an innovator of great intellect and I mean that sin... | |
| Just ordered a vpi avenger I am glad to hear you got the gimbaled fatboy. During the six years that I owned various VPI turntables, I figured that the VPI detractors on this Board were just internet trolls and gutter-snipes. Well, wisdom has resulted in a different view. VP... | |
| Just ordered a vpi avenger I am from Columbus OH. I need to mince my words. I wish you lots of luck. The guy that knew how to set up VPI decks quit. At 10K that would mean you got the unipivot arm. My advice to you is to 1) ignore the VPI set up manual. It sucks. 2) Don't b... | |
| Turntable? Arm or cartridge? Tonearm, then drive unit, then cartridge. Although it would be a most strange combination, I would put a Reed 3P arm, Merrill Gem Dandy Polytable turntable, and a Denon 103R up against anything at the same price. | |
| New WIREWORLD Eclipse 8 series FULL REVIEW While the Wireworld Eclipse Silver cables feature the patented Octo DNA Helix design with OCC-7N silver-clad copper conductors, the addition of this silver-cladding on the ‘basic’ Eclipse 8 improves on the ‘sound definition and resolution; thereby... | |
| Is a balanced XLR cable inherently less critical than a single ended RCA one? This guy lied balanced is always better there will be a bigger difference when you get some real cables.Have fun!!Are you referring to my story and Dr. Roshkow? if so, c'mon. No need to be calling people liars in this hobby of subjective "truths".... | |
| Is a balanced XLR cable inherently less critical than a single ended RCA one? It all depends. When I upgraded my preamp to an ARC Ref 6 and my amp to an ARC 150SE, I tried five or six different XLR’s from Mogami up to Cardas Clear Beyond and they all sounded quite different. Morrow MA6 was the worst sounding, the Mogami was... | |
| Anybody Use an Audio Research Ref 6E? Why do you keep posting questions about preamps in the digital section? | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge I heard magic today!!I set up Ikeda Kai with MC26L, VPS100 and used smartractor and Analogmagik to setup the cartridge.It was pure magic.The best setup I heard so far!! (my sound memory is not that great!!)I would like to thank @fsonicsmith for le... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge Kanchi my friend-you are drowning in high-priced shots in the dark that don't mate well. Imagine trying to decorate your own living room with a mix of post-modern, Danish, Queen Ann, and Victorian furniture, all bought blind because you thought yo... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 mquery,I was never able to get a lot of depth from the soundstage of the O/93 in auditions (even though they were well away from the back wall). The "wall of sound" seems to be a fairly consistent take on that speaker (though I did find that the i... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 mquery,I was never able to get a lot of depth from the soundstage of the O/93 in auditions (even though they were well away from the back wall). The "wall of sound" seems to be a fairly consistent take on that speaker (though I did find that the ... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 I heard O/93’s at Command Performance a while ago. They were fine but they really didn’t draw me in; there was no magic. I’ve never heard the O/96’s, but from the name, the price, and what I’ve read about them, I gather they are a step (or two) up... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 @masi61 I am in Columbus. I own O/93's and not O/96's but if you ever want to hear the O/93's, just let me know. Don Better up in Cleveland is likely your nearest dealer. I bought mine from him. | |
| McCormack DNA with Schiit Preamp? In my basement workout system I have a Schiit Freya S driving a McCormack DNA.5 Rev C driving restored, re-capped, re-wired Large Advents. The sound is pretty amazing considering the vintage speakers. Tight forceful bass, wide soundstage. No sound... |