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| integrated tube amp recommendations, with remote I am using an Onix Sp-3. No remote but it has a build quality that should cost 10 times as much as it does. Puts out 38 watts, has surprising bass and very good overall sound quality. I have heard it on Zu and Merlin and it excelled with both. Out... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Albert,I think that's a tremendous observation. A lot of people bickering about a subset and we've perhaps forgotten that we are all talking because of our agreement on a larger point which is the benefits of analog. Thanks for bringing that to my... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Phd- Isolation has improved as we have become more aware of it. Your direct drive experience might have been due to feedback. Or it could have been an inexpensive direct drive. Several posters have noted that cheapo DD tables tarnished the rep of ... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Phd- That's a very old story and it is not supported by rumble figures as far as I know. I've read that the resonant frequency of the drive motor and bearing in a good DD is like 5 Hz or something. It's supposed to be too low for the cartridge to ... | |
| Soliloquy 6.2i vs VS vr4jr , Zu Druid & Usher 6371 Aktchi,You wrote: "If a designer continues to feel he can improve his product in a few months, then at least I am not inspired to buy it just yet. This is a subjective call, and others may well feel differently, but this is how I feel."Do you feel... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Zaikesman,I think I understand your point. Recreation of the original performance requires retracing the original steps at the original pace. Or in other words the duplicate must be exactly symmetrical to the original in order to precisely mimic i... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? I don't purport to know anything about idler wheel drive systems and I would be very open to trying one. My principle hesitations are first that I wouldn't know how to acquire a Lenco and I don't have any mechanical skills whatsoever. Mounting a c... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Since Teres makes one of the leading belt drive tables and has made quite a name for itself in so doing, I would say that their announcement weighs heavily in favor of DD superiority.Again the question ------ at what price point?Like Viridian, I v... | |
| Top resale value speakers I think it has always been true that street price and not list price is the correct number to reference for resale value. Those items which are heavily discounted will not hold value as well as items whose selling price is closely guarded. On the ... | |
| Soliloquy 6.2i vs VS vr4jr , Zu Druid & Usher 6371 Aktchi -I know nothing about Druids that the Zu boys do not, but I know a great deal more about them than you do. The poster asked a question of me directly and I answered it to the best of my ability. I believe Mike answered your questions in his... | |
| Soliloquy 6.2i vs VS vr4jr , Zu Druid & Usher 6371 In the past ten years I have used as my primary speakers:Goldmund DialoguesNHT 2.9Avalon EclipseAerial Acoustics 10TVandertseen 3Vision Acoustics SoloistAll of the above are very good speakers and those of you who are familiar with these names can... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Zaikesman,My SP-10 MK II has a motor assembly with a top plate and the platter is fastened to that top plate by 3 flat head screws. On my SL 1100A, the arrangement is similar but the platter simply rests on the top plate without any fasteners. I a... | |
| Soliloquy 6.2i vs VS vr4jr , Zu Druid & Usher 6371 I have received Druids from Zu but did not send them back although the physical task of packing and returning them does not seem at all daunting........other than the pain of separation.I haven't heard the speakers you're considering against the D... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? TWL -- Glad you could make it. Upon looking at the design of my Technics DD, I see that there is no main bearing per se but rather a broad based rotor/stator interface. The notion of that being rocked or deviated from its center seems remote given... | |
| Burned out hi fi salesman Life is the view from a moving train. Every time you look out the window the scenery has changed. If you ride with your eyes closed like that salesman was doing, you are unaware of the scenery changes. All your perceptions will be based upon your ... |