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Your favourite cartridge
Setting aside uber expensive models, mine is the Signet TK7SU.An incredible 1970's moving magnet that embarrasses many contemporary moving coils. It was designed specifically for quad discs and didn't attract much attention at the time.Highly reco... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Readers should know that Stan forgot to include the email in which he threatened to "kick my a**" to which I responded as he indicated.Then he wrote an email asking me to visit him and bring the "weapon of my choice". He'd probably pi** his pants ... 
Oh how I wish Class D amps ...
Wait a minute muralguy. Let's go back to the "None but one solid state preamp will do their best with class D" assertion.That statement implies you've evaluated all of them personally with your ho 2 ho amps. Now any rationale and clear thinking pe... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Calm down Stan.If I'm your subject, please do a review of my posting history. You'll find many examples of my praising and/or recommending components in which there is no financial interest.Also, I don't claim to be a know it all. That would be qu... 
Oh how I wish Class D amps ...
>>02-20-11: Muralman1None but one solid state preamp will do their best with class D.<<That is so lame.How would you know that only one solid state preamp will work best for everyone? That is true only for you and you alone.There are m... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
PSFor the record I never said:"all moving coils under $1200 are bad compared to MMs" Stan is apparently dyslexic as well.Thank you. 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Stan, our ages are the only similarity we share. I know the subject matter.There are people who've been driving for 50 years and don't know anything about automobiles.So it is with you and audio.Bring you moving coils here. The crow is hot and ste... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Not mad. Dogs get mad, people get angry.Not angry either, just emphatic regarding the old wives' tale that moving coils are superior to moving magnet/iron cartridges.You can private email me to discuss specifics. IMO, you're making a mistake by no... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
I've been doing this for 52+ years and actually remember piezo-electric (ceramic/crystal) phono cartridges.Additionally, I've owned more phono cartridges than most readers have heard. Not bragging, just the way it is. No apologies offered.Anyway, ... 
ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts?
Adam Audio from Germany is using a variant of the Heil in its' speakers. I'm very interested in anyone's direct experience with this company specifically the Tensor series. 
Most Challenging CD
Yes Marco, that's correct.Both Yanni and Kenny G are uncredited. 
Most Challenging CD
>>02-17-11: MagfanAudiofeil,With All Due Respect, the thread is about challenging for your stereo to play back not a challenge to LISTEN to..<<Really?Damn, how could I have missed that? 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
Sonicray, you have nothing to apologize for. However, the dishonest and unethical shilling dealer does.Let's all hold our breath. 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
To a large extent it depends on the tonearm.MC vs MM has been debated here in a number of threads.IMO, at your price range, the quality and performance of MM cartridges are clearly superior to their MC counterparts. 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
>>02-18-11: LewhiteAudiofreekgeek sells JL subs?<<Yup, but he's using a different moniker because he was criticized for not disclosing his retail status with the original moniker.Email or call me for details on this creep.