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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? That might well be the case but there’s absolutely no denying that there were some fabulous sounding LPs made back as far as at least the 1950s. The best sound that I have ever heard came from one such LP. It had that spooky ’Is it real?’ sound... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Absolutely. The resurgence happened in response to the unending disappointment in the CD. But at last digital… both CD and more importantly streaming has reached equal or better (high Rez streaming) sound quality in many component combinations an... | |
| Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding? The EAR has rave reviews, and it just seems improbable that Tim de Paravicini with his reputation would make this kind of mistake. Tim passed away (RIP) about 2 years ago. The simple explanation is this unit was built incorrectly. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Any plans for a higher power mono amps in the future? Yes. 3. Amp designers would state their objective… straight wire with gain….low distortion with 2nd harmonic dominant….low distortion with 3rd harmonic dominant …etc….. I think Ralph has ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? For every one person who buys an LP 10,000 people buy a digital file. @mijostyn That may well be. I see it slightly differently, which is this: In reality it’s not a LP come back. What exist is a LP recording manufacturers making huge money... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @hilde45 This has apparently been answered by others, but customer feedback suggests the break-in time is real and is about 3 days or so. The amp does not seem to have a 'warmup' time though. | |
| Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding? By my way of thinking, that actually makes the most sense if you are going to float the audio grounds; you want the upstream gear to be grounded at the same potential as that of the on board audio circuit. It seems that you want the ground lug to... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI It seems in the realm of possibility that a machine similar to the ones that build the smd boards, could troubleshoot and rework them. For now it seems mostly that only the factory will service smd boards and after warranty expires well... For m... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I wish you guys would kiss and make up. @mijostyn FWIW dept.: I don't attack anyone on this site as a person, I respond to correct false narrative or provide additional information. I use simple logic to do it, not personal attacks (personal ... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI Class D, really? I suppose in the modern unsustainable consumer disposable society they may be relevant and sound ok. The question I pose is, will they be durable and serviceable in 20+ years or just another contribution to electronic waste ? I s... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? who currently makes reel to reel tape? Just wondering. @goofyfoot see https://www.atrtape.com/ ATR Magnetics makes cassettes as well as reel to reel tape. Are you " crazy " ( at least ) or what? " up is absurd " if it's then don't foll... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI @sbank No worries! | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Absolutely and with out any single rancor. Who cares but you? @rauliruegas Apparently you or you'd not have responded. Based on other's responses others apparently do too. Mike Lavigne brougth BG here thinking that in some way those comment... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI I believe Ralph’s Class D are $8K and sold out for the moment. The guy who’s advice would be best is Rich Brkich at Signature Sound in Liverpool, NY. @sbank @derekw_hawaii Our class D amp is about 5400/pair right now. FWIW Rich just picked u... | |
| Whizzer cone drivers enabled by the lack of hysteresis inherent in all inductor and capacitor based crossovers. I get why driving speakers directly can sound better, but this explanation isn't it. IME working with 'full range' drivers over the last 20 years they s... |