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| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought A correct platter pad will have the same hardness as vinyl so that any vibration from the LP can be absorbed.Aluminum and any metal for that matter is far too hard.Acrylic is too, but obviously less so than metal. IME, the harder the material, the... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE There are three threads with this same post.Are you still up for improving the system performance? | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? However, transformers do have drawbacks. Many speakers don't expect the low damping factor transformers provide and they drive a lot of speaker hot in the highs. There's a reason DC coupling is the standard in solid state amps. It gives the out... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G OK...Rega recognizes that coupling between the base of the arm and the platter bearing is important. Given that, they seem to be trying to save weight in the assembly, which would seem to fly in the face of the rigidity aspect. IOW the Technics i... | |
| Anyone compared Whest Audio with Manley Steelhead? ^^FWIW dept.: We have a customer that claims that our entry level UV-1 preamp bested his Whest, for which he was quite happy as the UV-1 is one box including the line section. His testimonial can be found on our site... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G I found the sound of the Technics rather clanky which doesn’t work for me. Is it the arm? I’m no material scientist, couldn’t tell you. Maybe the G is better in this regard. @viridian The SL-1200G is a ground-up new design, and should only be co... | |
| Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY? Open baffle speakers must be a nightmare to design (bandwidth and cancellation) otherwise they would render all box speakers obsolete.They really are not that hard to design. But if you want to do it right, they are going to take up some space, a... | |
| XLR I/C's for Hegel H20 amp-P20 preamp-VEGA DAC You might inquire with Hegel if their gear supports the balanced standard (AES file 48). If so, no need for expensive cables! | |
| Tube amp Most of the 801s I've seen work pretty well with tubes, although you need some power to make them go, but in that regard 100 watts seems like enough. We have several customers using 801s, mostly using our MA-1 amplifier. So that sounds like a pret... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? I’m reading thru amp measurements done here and there, and often the terms get conveyed as ‘db’ losses or gains of voltage, I suspect. When the DB comes up, I am lost.@blindjim Decibels are a logarithmic expression. They are handy because our e... | |
| Quadraphonic records (LPs to you and me) The demodulators are for the CD-4 LPs. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Does the 4 ohm tap in this case make sense to you?@garyosoba Yes.Lew, I've heard the new Sound Lab backpanels a number of times and its pretty obvious that Dr. West got it right with this one. Its much easier to drive (we can do with an MA-1 what ... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G The Technics is hands down the winner. Its more speed stable and overall more dead, IOW more resistant to vibration.Its arm is the weak link, but its better than the Rega am. which is even more of a weak link on the Rega IMO/IME. The Technics arm ... | |
| The most sophisticated sound you ever heard In terms of speakers Classic Audio LoudspeakersAudiokinesisSound Lab (IMO,IME the state of the art in ESLs)Maganplanar (the 20.7 being one of the better deals in speakers)Analysis (improving on the old Appogee design, bigger and easier to drive)Pu... | |
| Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option I heard the Pure Audio at the recent RMAF, on recommendation from a customer. A very interesting speaker- and sure it can do head banging; I heard a Porcupine Tree cut during the demo.I spoke to the designer- the speaker is flexible in its configu... |