alexberger
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| ...bookshelf speakers that sound good at low volume... Spendor 2/3 | |
| How far has speaker technology come? Mostly the cost reduction. Modern speakers producers try to sell you a cheaper staff like a know-how!Cheap ferritic magnets - instead of of more expansive and stronger alnico magnets. Cheap small plastic cones driver - instead of more expansi... | |
| Tube versus SS My two cent, to people who like transistor sound "without distortions".Most of these people like to talk about science, measurements and distortions - having zero engineering and technical background. Here is the great article about tubes vs trans... | |
| 2019 300B tubes that are worth the money? I used WE 300B ~2006 reissue and TJ 300B Mesh Plate. I use 300B EML Mesh Plate now. They are great much better than previous two.For my taste, TJ 300B Mesh Plate is better then WE reissue. | |
| 2019 300B tubes that are worth the money? Hi @mglik ,What kind of 300B did you use before?Regards,Alex. | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Harbeth Super HL5+ Hi @ddafoe ,In contrast to professional reviewers like Art Dudley I get zero income from my masages on this forum :-)If you a professional a reviewer you can’t afford yourself to criticize directly as I do. Regards,Alex. | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Harbeth Super HL5+ I heard D9 on Montreal Audio Fest with Chord amplifiers.The sound was horrible, scratchy, bright, unmusical.People entered into this room and nobody can stay there more than 2 minutes!!!But I am curious - was it because amplifier or it is a normal... | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Harbeth Super HL5+ Here is some my thinking out load. Most of people use speakers with modern sharp tweeters like Beryllium or LPZ use transistor amplifiers with a deep general feedback. These amplifiers had a big amount of high order distortion that sharp tweeter... | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Harbeth Super HL5+ @prof +++100% agreed with you! | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @chakster ,This my friend Guy Landau appired on different forums from 1990x. I don’t know on which forums he appears right now.I don’t have data which tonarm did he used with each of these turtables. I remember he used FR64 old version on sp10.... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @chakster ,My friend I talked about have a huge experience. Actually he is the most famost vintage audio intusiast in Israel. So I trust his opinion. Regards,Alex | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @mikelavigne ,Yes, all people have a different taste. One my friend had in his system:Kenwood L-07D, EMT 948, Technics SP10mk2, Yamaha GT-2000.He liked Yamaha the most and EMT the second. But, to his taste: L-07D and SP10mk2 sound too sterile.... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @mikelavigne ,Which vintage DD turntables are your favorites?My musicant-audiophile fried had both EMT950 and 948. In the end, he decided sell 948 and left for himself 950. But he told the difference was't too big.In my case, I had Nottingham A... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @mijostyn ,I see, you never heard EMT like 99% people on this forum.My friend a musician soloist flute player, conservatorium teacher and audiophile had Sota Cosmos, Thorens 124, modified Lenco 75.When he heard at his friend home EMT 950 he was... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive NVS costs $45K brand new. EMT 948 costs $10K NOS or $5K used in perfect conditons with tonearm. |