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| Is the Accuton driver that good? In response to all the " ceramic sounds hard and thin " comments ,incl my own .I think its actually a preamp problem not a membrane one .Get a convergent ultimate mk 2 for example in the system and the hardness will be no longer an issue i reckon | |
| To SME or not to SME? I reckon rgurney is still counting ,..... As long as skoss1 is so vague over the system it was used in ,it is wild guessing as to why or what.I am happy to hear rgurney ended up with the top sme , i might have made a good choice .skoss1 if your sm... | |
| Chord sound? Nice amps , warm .up with the best | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 Thanks jfrech.I must mention that my plp was a secondhand one and had been serviced in the meantime with new tubes and adjusted , although at a respectably high end repair company .You are right sometimes the factor "change does matter" kicks in.F... | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 Another impression .After a couple of dvds with which i am familiar.The cat is a much better line stage , i have the impression its much quiter with blacker backgrounds .It has that triode? magic , the sound is floating in a crystal clear soundbub... | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 Thanks bombaywalla, pubul57 for the info .I might indeed have them tested cq buy new. | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 i ll have them checked later on .the one thing i can say after listening to my favourite lp collection and the thing being under current for half a day now .The cat is very good , it doesnt have the glassy/edginess of the nagra instead its al abou... | |
| To SME or not to SME? I dont know what brands sksos1 represents?I heard the vpi classic again this weekend on a full nagra set up .SME is considerably better in my opinion , much more decay of notes and musicalflow . | |
| To SME or not to SME? commercial thing??The days i listened to commercial dealers are long gone, although i am one now , so please dont listen to me. | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 No i just have it playing , and the imbuscrews are english so i have to take the right tools to open it from work.You think its a broken tube ?What is the phono section of the cat? inside left rightside ? | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 Well here is a quick first impression .Tonal balance is very much the same as it should be with neutral products , the nagra is kind of thin on the bottom compared to the cat .The cat is much heavier/mightier on the lower freq .Down side of the ca... | |
| Nagra plp versus CAT ultimate mk 2 It has arrived , its not a legend , although it has the legend frontpanel ,ser no. 10307.I added pics , i ll review it later | |
| To SME or not to SME? The sme will bring stability, high resolution ,it will gave a stable portrayal of the record , better than the oracle , i dont know ?Some times you just have to rely on others opinions on the world wide web , its just impossible to hear all tables... | |
| Is the Accuton driver that good? I can design one no problem . i can design one with 93 real dB s if i have to , mine go perfectly also with the ayon spark 35 watt triode they stay very dynamic .Mike lavigne has also experimented with real low output designs | |
| Is the Accuton driver that good? I have a lot of expirience with accuton .You already gave the answer , a paper /composite mid sounds maybe a litle more friendly ,relaxing and less detailed sounding .But my expiriece is at least with my own designs that the ceramic in the tweeter... |