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| Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges @dancole,You bring up good points. Not sure where the ratio on expenditures for audio equipment originated from. Perhaps, golden ear reviewers of yore.When I was a young, and dapper, aspiring audio geek in my teens, I tended to be focused on techn... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 2) After a few years of experiences with the Hurricane power cables I am wondering what are people’s thoughts are now due to newer advanced technologies in competitors power cables. For example, the new Shunyata Alpha NR2 power cable fairs well in mo... | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Eagles Greatest Hits. Purchased when I was 12 or 13. Still own it but it’s scratched up due to poor handling in my youth. | |
| Soundsmith Progression: MIMC Star > Sussurro Mk II Hey Soundsmith team,Hope all is well and health and life. Its been nearly two years since I and a few other Soundsmith owners have purchased either Sussaro MKII or Hyperion. For me, It’s been a great ride and I play the Sussaro cartridge a lot. Wh... | |
| Isoacoustic isolators Vs Daedalus Audio did isolators Experiment concluded. Too much is too much...adding these devices under all of my source components made it too spritzy and sterile. Removed them from sources except for power supply and all was well in the world again. When your system is capable... | |
| IS SOUND SMITH. STILL IN BUSINESS? @chakster Two links are in Japanese. Is there an English translation somewhere? Thank you,Audioquest4life | |
| I underestimated the impact a new cartridge would have @mijostyn,“My best advice unless you are filthy rich is, ignorance is bliss. Enjoy your Benz and stay where you are until it shows signs of wear then do your educated crap shoot again.”That’s some sage advice their. I also experienced the special... | |
| What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room? @brownsfan,@brownsfan, You are welcome. Looking forward to your results with the swarm system. I have been using the Velodyne SMS1 bass eq for years with two subs and it has been fantastic. Note, I stated years, subs and velodyne are over 15 years... | |
| What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room? @brownsfan +1. Great way describing the complexities of room modes associated with room size. I guess, in this sense, more is better. However, there is nothing wrong with intimate close distance listening either, it’s just going to be a different ... | |
| What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room? I wonder how cost effective Wall Damp is to Quietrock and if it compares to the performance parameters of Quietrock Sheetrock. I think on the low end, Quietrock double layer 5/8 EZ snap is roughly $60 per 4x8 sheet. Using Quietrock 530 is about $1... | |
| What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room? If you have the opportunity to build a room, and you have the space, make the room as big as your budgeT and physical constraints will allow. I am in a dual purpose custom built listening room that is used mainly for audio. But, wife wanted movies... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions @pindac,You get an A+ for your reply. You literally interpreted the essence of my post quite literally. Thank you for your insight and providing the information about how you rationalize your cartridge purchase decisions. Definitely going to take ... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions @rauliruegas Thank you for the feedback; however, I never said that I disliked the Benz LPS...it’s been my reference cartridge for years. In fact, while I was living in Europe, I have had high end dealers tell me that my system is one of the best ... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions @mijostyn,”experience is always the best teacher.” I absolutely agree on this statement. | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions There was no internal impedance listed on the spec sheet. Here’s what was listed for loading values: Load Impedance: 20-47kOptional load impedance: 20-200Its packed up and heading out today. I concluded my experiment. As we all know, a lot of this... |