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| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) VPI’s Harry Weisfeld recently stated in his blog that he feels the Eminent Technology LFT-8b has the most accurate midrange of any speaker he has ever heard. Unfortunately, it retails for only $2499, but with $15,000 you could always buy six pair ... | |
| SVS PB-16 Sub Rythmik has just introduced their FV18, a ported design with an 18" woofer, priced at $1699. Then there is their F25, a sealed design with dual 15's, at $1599. Due shortly is the FV18's sealed brother, assumingly the F18. Rythmik's are exceptional... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation London offers a mono version of their unique pickup. | |
| A nice discussion of reviewers priorities. Yup, Art Dudley. The ability of a component to convey the musician’s "touch" is a very high priority for him. That, and the "forward momentum" of the music---PRAT. He no longer plays his LPs on a Linn Sondek turntable, but he’s a Linnie. Surprisin... | |
| Support table or shelf for turntable Me too Kenny, and my SACD player as well. They're about $375 for a set of three, so it'll take a while. I'm starting with the sources and speakers & subs. I would still love a comparison of the Townshend Pod to the IsoAcoustics GAIA. | |
| Another soundstage question Don't bogart that joy, my Wolf, pass it over to me. | |
| Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ?? Willie---you can read all about the Audiomods arms on the company's website. They are made by hand by a master machinist, who uses only the latest Rega arm tube, all other parts machined by him in his shop. The design is his own, and contains a lo... | |
| Deciphering Shunyata chronological history for upgrade paths Right, garebear. Shunyata, the Audio Research of power cord companies! The great thing is can get a couple-years old model for less than half it's new price. | |
| DIY tube amps As crazyeddy implied, Atma-Sphere offers a 60w mono OTL amp as a kit. It's a pretty demanding build, however. | |
| Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ?? If you get an Audiomods arm as an upgrade (which it will surely be), you can keep it if you later decide to move on from Rega (keep the Rega arm to remount). If you DO go with a new VPI table, know that they now come with non-interchangeable arms,... | |
| What is the ideal volume setting? Talk about a "First World" problem! | |
| Most transparent power amp The Counterpoint SA4 was designed by Roger Modjeski of Music Reference. It was an OTL amp, and he sold the design to Counterpoint, who manufactured and marketed it. Modjeski has some OTL's in his current Music Reference line. To find them do a Goo... | |
| Pros and cons of vintage Dynaco ST-70 Frank Van Alstine had (and has?) an extensive ST70 mod which greatly improved it, as did Bill Johnson in the early days of Audio Research. Frank also modded the Dynaco PAS 2/3 pre, which was a fitting companion. | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? As usual, the implicate assumption is that higher priced = better sound. it's not that simple, of course, unless you think like Fabio. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Fantastic album, reubent! Ray Davies 1966-8 trilogy of "Face To Face", "Are The Village Green Preservation Society", and "Something Else By" are as good as anybody's peak output. |