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| For best CD playback is SACD needed? Hi John,I have not heard that many cost-is-no-object SACD or DVD-A players, primarily because there just aren't that many around. The Meitner gear I heard and the Esoteric weren't to my taste. I did not like the somewhat lean and analytical sound,... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song I will second the Cowboy Junkies "Thunder Road" and add:Shonen Knife: "Top of the World" (Carpenters)Bob Dylan/Tiny Tim: "I've Got You Babe" (Sonny and Cher)Be Good Tanyas: "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt)William Shatner: "Mr. Tambourine... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Hi Goldeneraguy,What did you end up with after selling the Graham arm? I wonder if the fact that it is easy to fiddle with adjustments on a Graham actually encourages obsessive behavior and so a difficult to deal with arm would be the answer (Shro... | |
| VTA for arm vs VTA for cartridge On almost all of the arms I am familiar with, the arm tube is parallel to the headshell, even if both are not in the same plane. Assuming that the cartridge bottom is parallel to its top, then, all three -- arm tube, headshell and cartrige would b... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? If you primarily plan to listen to CDs, then you don't need an SACD player. Any time one makes a machine capable of playing multiple formats, COMPROMISES to both have to be made. The idea of upsampling CD to DSD as an improvement is dubious. I use... | |
| single versus multiple driver? Gmood1,I heard a Fostex driver (don't recall the model), in a tall, very shallow and slim transmission line enclosure (resembled a "RoomTune" acoustic treatment device). Aside from a lack of very deep bass, this was a terrific sounding speaker. It... | |
| single versus multiple driver? Hi Gmood1,I am curious, what driver do you use and what kind of enclosure is it in? I am amazed at the variety of successful ways single drivers are used -- bass reflex, front-loaded horn, back-loaded horn, transmission line, etc. | |
| single versus multiple driver? I've heard a number of modern single driver speakers as well as modern designs using ancient Altec/Western Electric drivers. They make most conventional speakers sound lifeless and drab in terms of dynamics. But, the lack of bass/midbass and the m... | |
| What Volume do you listen at? I find that as systems get better, one tends to listen at a LOWER volume, not higher. To some extent, higher average volume is used to compensate for a lack of dynamics and "boogie" factor. I know there are all sorts of measurements that show that... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sir Speedy,I'm too lazy to do much more than tube swapping. I have experimented with different 12AX7 variants. The "crazy expensive" pair for me was a set of Telefunken ECC 803Ds. As it turned out, I prefer a "free" pair (given to me by a friend) ... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sirspeedy,Oh no, I fully realize the context of your statements. I find your comments to be well informed and reasonable.Phono involves balancing so many variables that is hard to be certain ANY comment on sound quality has some universal "truth."... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sir Speedy,I agree with everything you say. It's not that I am slamming the Temper V, it is just that I prefer something a little more dynamic, which is what the Orpheus happens to be. My Titan is too new to justify replacing it (besides, I like i... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Lewn,Good point. I forgot about the issue of the Allaert having very thin coil wiring, and therefore, being prone to damage from any current from what it is connected. A transformer would cure any DC offset issues. | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Hi OEM,The Allaert works well with the very expensive step up transformer from Audionote (uk). I don't know if it works well with others. The two Allaerts I heard have very low outputs that require really high gain and/or a step up transformer. Th... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration I know several people who have very expensive Allaerts (one person's cartridge is over $10k) and they all love the cartridge. In just my casual listen, I think they make terrific, natural sounding (not flashy) cartridges. But, they do have very pr... |