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| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? Excellent David! I have a mix of the original Level 1 (same as the new Level 2, but with the cups made of Alcoa 6061 instead of the harder, superior 7075 of the Level 2, and the cup's bowl surface polished to a smoother texture with finer grit) an... | |
| Worst record ever? Ry Cooder is very serious about the sound of his guitars and amps (and creates incredible tone), so when he heard about this new-fangled recording system---digital, he was eager to try it. Bop 'Til You Drop was the first digitally recorded Pop (no... | |
| Most aesthetic classic turntable The Linn Sondek, for it's understated class. | |
| Magnepan upgrade Do you know about the Eminent Technology LFT-8b? Some listeners prefer it to both the 1.7i and 3.7i. It, like the Maggies, is a magnetic-planar (from 180Hz to 10k), with a ribbon tweeter and dynamic woofer. $2499, a few hundred for the almost-mand... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Not to be disrespectful to ET owners (and I consider Bruce Thigpen the most interesting living h-fi designer), what are ya'lls opinion of the Trans-Fi Audio Terminator in comparison? Just curious. | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC Speaking of cone tips and hardness, I got a set of the original Mod Squad Tiptoes when they were introduced in the 1980's, and installed them under my 140 lbs. apiece loudspeakers, with steel discs under them to protect my hardwood floors. It didn... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Oops, should have included Keith Herron's great AND affordable tube electronics amongst those hi-fi products hand made in the U.S.A. Though prices at the very top have imo escalated out of control, there are today products offering the highest pri... | |
| Dedicated lines in ABQ This info may be of help: I just asked my neighbor, who owns a small hot tub sales and installation company, if he would be interested in installing two lines in my place. He told me summer is his busy season, but that if I could wait until winter... | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers J. Bevier---Guitar Center is an IsoAcoustic dealer. Will the GAIA and Iso-Puck be available from them? Has the Iso-Puck started shipping yet? | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC ghosthouse---Yup, the stiffness of cables coming from the back of components (especially lightweight ones) is a concern. A stiff power cord contacting a shelf can certainly "foul" the suspension, short-circuiting the isolation properties of any fo... | |
| Speaker Isolation -- Experience with Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums cal, each individual Pod is bolted or screwed onto a flat disc, for stability of the Pod itself. The Pods that come with the Isolation "Bar" are bolted onto that Bar, via holes in the top of the Pod. I'm assuming the Pod with bolt holes may be ord... | |
| Townshend Elite Rock Mk III / Rega RB300 tonearm question I had one of the Rock/Rega arm boards with the arm height adjustment thumbwheel, which was in fact made by Townshend. I sold it on Audiogon in 2015, I believe it was, when I replaced my Cardas-rewired RB300 with a nice Zeta. A really cool thing fo... | |
| Townshend Elite Rock Mk III / Rega RB300 tonearm question I'm a Rock owner (though of the Mk.2 "Elite"), but didn't know Max was offering a customized RB300 back then. More recently, he took the 300 and performed some radical surgery on it, installing the damping trough outrigger in place of the Rega hea... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC Yup ghosthouse, Geoff already stated the case---it’s a matter of friction. The plastic of the caster cups isn’t smooth (on the microscopic level of the vibrations we are talking about) or hard enough to provide a friction-free surface for the ball... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC The rubber caster cups ghosthouse suggested are too soft, but a cheap alternative is available---chrome nickel plated, bowl shaped, drawer pulls. Screw each onto a little block of mdf or plywood, or a trio onto a small sheet of same. |