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| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Gimbal, 2nd pivot, pointed.....they sound different from each other but not by much. Harry himself said that the 2nd pivot addition is between the sound of the others. That's what I did | |
| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? I'm using an Ortofon Winfield cartridge with my VPI . I installed the 2nd pivot on the 10.5 which was an improvement....not a night and day, but certainly worthwhile. I heard the bearing VPI which to me was not an improvement, but a lateral mo... | |
| Bi-amping Biwire...good. Beamping.... no good | |
| 50 hours on Monitor Gold 200's enough? listen to music rather than your speakers. You're not evaluating you're enjoying. | |
| Question about Rotel RA-1520 pre out my guess is the preout means preamp out which should be plugged into a power amp. I don't know the headphones you use, but in my experience, you need to put lots more money into your system to get the same experience as you get from the earphones... | |
| Question about Bi-Wiring no | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer I remember in the old days, Mac reps would come to local events to test their Mac equipment and compare the results to any who would bring their equipment in to compete. My Citation amp and power amp had much better numbers by far than Macs. ...... | |
| Power Conditioners after you get one to try,.....a week later, remove it and listen. I dumped lots of them after hearing that the best one is none. | |
| Experience with XRCDs I have the LP......great recording, wonderfully produced. | |
| Replacement for my Benz Micro Ruby I had a LPS.....great cartridge...used it with a VPI 10 inch and 2nd pivot | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? get headphones with a dedicated amp....will be better sound than your current system. | |
| I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve? Go to live concerts | |
| Why do these Zyx Fuji and Airy 3 have such a dark sound? On my Apple notebook, the CD sounded best.....the Soundsmith was disappointing, as well as the Benx. I had a Benz LP which was wonderful for me. | |
| VPI Aries 3 Questions - Looking to make a switch I have Superscoutmaster/rim drive/classic platter/vpi 2nd pivot arm/on Bearpaws very large brass cones....aside from changing belts.....no problems....all good. | |
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp My Ayre electronics sound better using the differentially balanced outputs/inputs than the RCA's |