fsonicsmith
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| SME release new Garrard 301 Well noromance, I don't doubt you but I know that my TD124 continues to spin after I turn it off and my 301 platter stops immediately when I turn it off. My 301 platter also does not rotate freely when it is off. Therefore, when installing and ali... | |
| SME release new Garrard 301 My 301 has been modded with the Peak HiFi (which I believe is CTC) brass bearing, CTC brass platter, and the PSU from Ray at ClassicHiFi. With the PSU, you disable the eddy brake. With the [much] heavier platter, there is no reason to induce drag ... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Brian came to my house Friday and spent the better part of five hours setting up my TD124 with a Cadenza Bronze and my Garrard 301 with a VdH Crimson. I am blown away by the improvement. If you go to Brian's site (I think it is against forum rules... | |
| SME release new Garrard 301 Sonic, you have kind of skirted the point. If the turntable shown in the photos published by SME is an example of their new product, then it is no different from an Artisan Fidelity or other refurbishment project that we have seen before. Arguabl... | |
| SME release new Garrard 301 That's my point. Most of those you mention are not here, nor are they buying hundreds of units from the current refurbishing companies it would seem from the turnaround and length of time they take to sell. So who are these prospective buyers of... | |
| SME release new Garrard 301 Artisan Fidelity beside restoration of 301s offer a newly manufactured top plate made from milled aluminum billet with a more robust bearing mount, etc. I would think that this would be a large improvement. They have been available for a few yea... | |
| UPGRADE FROM VPI SCOUTMASTER I am another former VPI owner who thinks they are good, not great. I am sure that the new DD with "Fatboy" gimbled arm at 30K is a great deck. But at the price points of everything below that deck, there are better alternatives. I have said it bef... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Fair enough. Why not ask Brian? E.g; "Mr. Walsh-have you ever gone to client’s home and determined that there was no improvement to be made?" or "Have you ever done your work only to have a customer say it sounded as good or better before?". And t... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Are there any guys who like me totally know what they’re doing, totally know their rig was set up really, really good to begin with, who then were astounded to hear it brought to a whole new level? Millercarbon; you are one confident dude. I wish... | |
| Double Advent wiring question... About ten years ago I took my set of Large Advents (purchased in 1976 when then they first came out) to Van L Speakerworks and John not only re-coned my woofers but upgraded my internal wiring and cross-overs. They are not in my main system-I use ... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Weird for me-I had just reached out to him for the first time yesterday to do set-up on my two turntables.We traded a few emails and he seems like a great guy. I noticed him on a thread on another audio forum, "whats best". I tried to look up your... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Like I said, your descriptions are fictional at best. No correlation to how these speakers actually sound, only to how YOU hear them. Sciencecop reminds me of someone else that was posting up until recently-someone who had relatively few posts ... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 To an extent I agree. I did not care for what the guy was playing in the room with O/96's but on the other hand, he spied that I had a record in my hand-that I had just purchased from Vincent Belanger-and asked if I wanted him to put it on. It's a... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Prof;Just one little tweak with a smile;I don't love my Devores. I think they are sorely missing midrange magic and precise imaging. In my case, while they are quiet despite my high power amp (ARC Ref 150SE), I feel that they would be better suite... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 I listened to them at Axpona. Granted, the room was crowded and I had to stand in a less than ideal spot (right next to Jeff Joseph). I had no idea the drivers were so small-five inch or so? The sound was good but after five minutes I identified t... |