alan60
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| Decided to try a SPU cartridge @boothroyd The Rigid Floats fly in the face of all known theories of cartridge alignment, if you are using a standard style cartridge like the SPU Royal N the Nelson Hold headshell is a thing of beauty. Remove the headshell and just pop in a ful... | |
| Decided to try a SPU cartridge I use an SPU Royal N, which is the normal bodied version of the SPU Royal GM MkII, absolutely the most enjoyable cartridge I have owned, former cartridges being VDH White Beauty, Koetsu Jade, EMT JSD VM etc. Whilst any SPU generally requires a ma... | |
| Whole new world On a lighter note there was a guy I knew who insisted that his system sounded better if he wore a particular tie pin. | |
| If you want the utmost clarity from your CDs I don't own a CD player, but have just checked the website and for the sake of accuracy it is 0.64mm thick. If I owned a CD player of any calibre I would have thought that at $34.99 it is well worth a punt. If it works great, if not then nevermin... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience? Duelund 16awg is all you need. https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/duelund-coherent-audio-dca16ga-premium-tinned-copper-vintage-tone-cable/ https://theaudiobeatnik.com/my-opinions-after-a-month-of-using-duelund-dca16ga-for-speaker-wire... | |
| High end cartridge Ortofon SPU Royal N, you don't need to spend Megabucks, this gives you all you want in spades full, your arm needs to be relatively massy though. This replaced a EMT JSD VM, I know others have replaced Kondo IOM with this and are not regretting it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nick Drake - Pink Moon Punch Brother's - All Ashore Robin Thrower - Twice Removed from Yesterday Jean Luc Ponty - Aurora John Martyn - Solid Air (re-recorded in 1993) | |
| Can Anyone Identify The Make of this Preamp @elliottbnewcombjr to be fair it wasn't Red Rose it was Audio Prism at the time, but I thought there was a link to Mark Levinson. | |
| Can Anyone Identify The Make of this Preamp Mine was definitely branded as Audio Prism. Thanks all. | |
| Can Anyone Identify The Make of this Preamp @iseland sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. @roxy54 that's definitely it, but I would have sworn it was not a Red Rose at the time, but heyho. Anyway it was a fantastic preamp. | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please "Jadis Orchestra Black integrated amplifier | Stereophile.com" https://www.stereophile.com/content/jadis-orchestra-black-integrated-amplifier | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please Jadis Orchestra, musical all the way. | |
| Tube integrated amps -- new Value Leaders? Your prime driver seems to be just getting a perceived bargain, so you can say to yourself this sounds good and it only cost me X. I don't see how you can dispel Line Magnetic just because it is 'slightly older' brand they make fantastic amps at a... | |
| Not sure Rumor or Truth that Max Townshend has passed? He was a decent bloke. | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond Stanley Clarke 1st Album Steve Wilson - Grace for Drowning, Insurgentes Jeff Buckley - Grace |