213cobra
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| Difference between Brinkmann Bardo and Oasis? The bearings of the thread & magnetic drive Brinkmann tables are common, but afaik, the DD tables' bearings aren't heated.Phil | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? For music, Pioneer Elite BDP-09 Bluray player > digital output > mhdt Havana Balanced DAC with 1964 Bendix 6385 tubes in the buffer section.Phil | |
| Difference between Brinkmann Bardo and Oasis? Bill,Forget Fremer. The higher priced Brinkmanns are belt/thread drive and cost quite a bit more. Bass on the DD tables is fine. Bardo & Oasis aren't bass-shy by any means but here's more bloom and more texture in the bottom end of the LaGrang... | |
| Difference between Brinkmann Bardo and Oasis? I've listened to both of the direct drive Brinkmanns. If both have the same platter and are mounted on the same surface, with the same tonearm and cartridge, the sonic differences between them aren't actionable. Buy the one that suits you for pric... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Ok I have to add that all these drive systems are "a little bit off all the time." just with different characteristics of deviance. The thread drive proponents usually depend on high platter mass to mitigate slippage and motor-derived speed instab... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm All these drive systems are competent, and all are poor choices, depending on implementation.You would be hard pressed to dismiss the sound quality of a Brinkmann Oasis or a Dobbins Beat for being direct drive. You would be hard pressed to dismiss... | |
| Zu Defintion 1.5 vs Def IV I recently shepherded a friend here in Los Angeles into Definition 3s, his first Zu speaker. He is driving them with a Cary SLI-80 KT88 integrated amplifier running in pseudo-triode mode, with both CD and vinyl sources. He migrated to Zu from Tria... | |
| Soundsmith Straingauge SG-200 cartridge system I missed this thread earlier in the year when it was more current but Spirit's latest message revives it, so I'll add a few comments I would have offered earlier.I worked with Sean Casey and Adam DeCaria on the Zu103 project. In fact, they "discov... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Unless an owner asked for something different, Def4s have a Mundorf cap on the Radian super tweeter. I know Zu continually evaluates new capacitors for in-line upgrades and as options for customers before or after delivery. I wouldn't go so far as... | |
| The sound of SPU Bydlo,If you prefer what I consider a natural amount of pick-apart detail presented in recorded music then SPU will have easily enough when mated to an appropriate tonearm. I am not sure why people think that the SME 3012 is a great match. The 301... | |
| The sound of SPU Pani,Well, let's see.... the SPU Collector Box costs just $14,000! That solves the problem of choosing ;).I think the Meister Silver Mk II or the Synergy GM will both be eminently vivid and engaging across all music genres.Phil | |
| The sound of SPU Bydlo,As I mentioned above, SPU isn't the most pick-apart cartridge but I don't have any problems with maintaining integrity during massed, complex, orchestral music when using my Meister Silver in a Thomas Schick tonearm. The key is getting the t... | |
| The sound of SPU Pani,The Replicant stylus isn't as extreme as a line contact profile so the Royal N has the SPU sound made a little more modern. Its sound however is affected by the headshell it's mounted in, so that adds a variable. It is however a less expensiv... | |
| The sound of SPU The sound of SPU is spatially big, tonally vivid, dynamically strong. I have the Meister Silver and the Synergy. I also use Zu103, Denon 103D, 103S, 103M, 103FL, 305, and have used Koetsu, Accuphase and others in the past. The SPU is not as rounde... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Spirit,To answer your questions directed to me:I had OTL amps for a long time (pre-Zu) and I did listen to an Atmasphere amp on my 1st-gen Definitions before buying Audion Black Shadows. At the time I was using Audiax 88 monoblocks. OTL amps are h... |