fsonicsmith
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| Axpona 2019 Funny how taste is so individual. The Tritons sounded mechanical to me. I heard all the notes, but not in a way I found particularly pleasing. For me, they would be a top choice in a home theater to reproduce movie sonics. They aren't terrible-hel... | |
| Axpona 2019 I was at AXPONA all three days this year. My favorite room--the Finest Fidelity Room--they spun records on a Steve Dobbins restored Garrard 301, Reed 2P tonearm ($13,500 together), $12,000 van den Hul catridge and a $25,0000 van den Hul phono pre.... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker When Art Dudley comments upon the quality of parts in a piece of electronics, I take notice. Herb Reichert who evidently had a history of repairing electronics does this too. I understand your point with loudspeakers and cables. I particularly sha... | |
| Do any of your Rolling Stones recordings bring "Satisfaction"? I just received my copy of the 30th anniversary reissue of Keith's Talk is Cheap Limited Edition on colored vinyl (mine is dark red) issued by BMG and the sound is stellar. Better yet, the music holds up very well. There's a superstar lineup of pl... | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? I am of the opinion, fwiw, that while you can and likely will get an improvement with the KPH on that deck, in the abstract it is best to put the money in the turntable/arm and phono stage and only then turn to expensive (>$1,000) cartridges. I... | |
| Tone Arm board material While I don't claim to be an expert, I nonetheless agree with Ralph. I am not new to plinths and armboards. If possible, mount the arm directly to the base of the plinth. This is not possible with a Thorens TD124 unless the armboard chassis is cut... | |
| What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ? This time I find myself in agreement with Geoff Kait. It seems to be a weird combination of impending death, hearing loss, and refusal to admit failure when the time to start over has come and gone. I can’t count how many old geezers have smugly a... | |
| What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ? It's a lazy meaningless term. The proof is in the fact that someone decides to defend it in the OP. It is like calling food "tasty". Good audio writers never use the term because they don't have to. They have the writing skills to describe what th... | |
| Amplifier Hum - A Problem Solved I highly recommend this https://www.thecableco.com/evo3-syncro-se-power-cord.html along with one of their power distributors (the Aquarius is the direction I went). My Syncro feeds the Aquarius and my Audio Research Ref 6 and Ref 150SE into my ver... | |
| How do you like your VPI -Classic, Scout, Scoutmaster, Prime, TNT, ? I bought a Classic when it first came out and then traded it in for a Prime when it first came out. I believe VPI belt-drive decks are good but not great. The plinths are not a marvel of sophistication. VPI’s footers are very mediocre. The VPI uni... | |
| My Personal Gift The Luxman PD-171 A Turntable. Great post-congrats on being able to enjoy life. I have been there too. | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? Thank you Peter! I thought it was PBN and not Sota that was coming to market with a similar product. Is it Sota that bought the rights to the Phoenix design but just for Sota tables?Could you expound on why your product won't display actual speed?... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? lewm6,753 posts02-26-2019 7:12pmClearthink, can you take a step back from the ledge and say why you so detest Phoenix? It’s a serious question, because the products are highly regarded by the vast majority. Thanks. Just click on his name and re... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? There is nothing better than the now defunct Phoenix Engineering Road Runner. It was hoped that Sota would re-introduce the product but it seems not at present. The design is not that complicated. A magnet and a sensor and a simple IC chip in a b... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. This just reminds me of the Morrow thread from a little while ago.When the return period is shorter than the break-in period, you know there's a problem.That was my thread. I tried to return a $600 (my cost, not Mike Morrow's fake cost) set of IC'... |