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| Grado Stylus Upgrade When you say the old cartridge sounded better, in what sense?I owned the Grado and Thorens combo played through a Rega Elex and it sounded a bit overly warm and lethargic with my vintage B&W speakers. all good components bult too much of a goo... | |
| floor-stander speaker for "classical" My room is the same size and I use B&Ws which are well regarded for classical music. I would try the 600 series and CMs. For classical music, I like BBC school designs such as Spendor, Harbeth, Stirling etc. or of of the more modern variants s... | |
| Super Cheap Placeholder Cartridge That's easy if you are a Grado fan like me. Get a Green1. They are $90 in Canada but I am sure they cost less in the US. The Black1 is good but the higher spec ones in each Grado Prestige series pair always sound better. My favorite super elcheapo... | |
| Pro-ject speedbox: Is improvement worth the $ ? I used a Speedbox 2 on my Debutt III and 2 Xperience and in both cases sound stage became more 3d, bass articulation was tight and it yielded blacker backgrounds. I use Proac and B&W speakers which are both fairly revealing so the differences ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions Actually quite a number of my records could not be tracked by this table. The same cartridge on a different table had not issue. The particular record is one I used to take with to test at dealers. I was actually looking to buy a new model thinkin... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions The cartridges were likely set up correctly by an excellent Linn dealer. Mine was tuned up by the fellow considered number one in the area. My $200 plastic Technics P mount with elcheapo cartridge can play the record. The fact that. $4k turntable ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions Cartridges were Linn Adikt and Klyde. $500 and $4k respectively here in Canada. On my Linn my Linn Basik, K5 and Sumiko Blue Point cartridges could not track it. The same cheapo Linn Basik cartridge had no trouble on a different table, a Revolver ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions There are tables such as Clearaudio, Brinkmann and AMG that would get my money before a blown LP12 but that is just a personal preference. I own a Clearaudio and am equally impressed with the other German tables. If you go British and suspended, I... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions DaveyF. Early Linns were notiorious for going out of tune, not only in the UK but also here in Canada. Remember the basic design was not terribly well built. Lightweight wooden frame. Not terribly well braced. The Axis was a clean sheet design and... | |
| Linn Sondek LP12 impressions Linn has been a reference standard for years. Not that it is the best but most serious vinyl enthusiasts have heard one and can benchmark other tables against it. I had Axis and LP12 Valhalla and actually preferred the cheaper table. It was tidier... | |
| What is a good entry level turntable? I got a $350 Pro-Ject Essentail2 in March. It is fabulous sounding and does not embarrass itself in from of tpmy Rega P5 or Clearaudio Concept. It comes with a competent Ortofon OM5 cartridge which is the 900 lb gorilla of the budget cartridge mar... | |
| Anne Bisson Blue Mind LP, is it all that we think? I got her to autograph my copy. I actual bought the album for the music. Nice light jazz like Claire Martin. As she is Canadian, Ms Bisson is at TAVES, the Toronto audio show each year. I will get her other LP this year. Her stuff is often payed i... | |
| B & W CM10 I use the Atlas line on my B&Ws. I do use Kimber 8PR on my smaller system with Proac speakers. Both sets are biwired. | |
| Know anything about Rogers LS7? Beautiful speaker from the 1980s. Use a clean powered amp and good stands. Very revealing, lightly warm sounding. Box resonances can be excited easily so keep away from walls. Really for large rooms. I ran the slightly smaller 6a. | |
| Entry level turntable Please considering increasing your budget to the Project Essential2 for about $350 plus tax. I would not play records on anything cheaper, although the Music Hall would probably be adequate if properly isolated. The Project is a real quality hifi ... |