aj523

Responses from aj523

What Makes your System Special?
That’s easy. Tubes all around for a true holographic soundstage. Amp- Mullard EL34 tubes. Preamp and phonostage 12AX7, 12AU7. 
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@audioquest4life Yes. A nice discount.  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@rsf507 Sorry what’s the SM?  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
Seeking advice.  Would you guys wait for the Hyperion to be built ( could be months if ever) or scrap that idea and go for the same price point Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum?  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
I hear he’s back home and recovering. Long recovery road ahead but who knows with this virus really. Company was closed last week but reopened and making carts. 
What do you have on order RIGHT NOW.
Have a SS Hyperion cart on order.  Will be awhile.  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@oldears I hope that’s cause he’s working on my Hyperion cart.  I was told 3 months at a minimum.   
VINYL SUCKS!
Best quote - “The inconvenience forces you to listen”.   Nailed it.  
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Harbeth 40.3. It’s the flavor of the month but has stood the test of time (lightly updated) so it’s flavor comes around every few years when many of the others mentioned have come and gone. 
Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel?
I own the 40.2 Annie’s and I just upgraded my Berning LTA amp to the Berning Quadrature z which is 220 wpc.  Whoa!!! is the only adj to describe the impact but only on certain songs have I noticed a significant increase in dynamics.  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@millercarbon—I pray the Hyperion has that magical midrange.  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@hshifiFor every negative experience there can and usually are dozens of good ones you never hear about.  I bought a new turntable that had a predetermined preinstalled Soundsmith Paua mkII cart by the dealer and within the first few days I bent t... 
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
@tablejockey To be honest the only cart I ever owned before were from the Rega line including the Apheta and their top of the line Aphelion2.  Really no comparison.  
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
The Paua mkII is a wonderful cart and it’s what gave me the upgrade bug to the Hyperion. Peter is 3 weeks into building it right now and I’m going to his place to pick it up - and then I will be selling my PAUA on Usam  if anyone is interested pm ... 
SoundSmith cartridges how good?
I own the SS Paua mkii  - it came with my linear tracking Turntable. I love the combo so much that I ordered the latest SS Hyperion cart for linear tracking tables.  It doesn’t hurt that Soundsmith is under an hour drive from my house.  For that m...