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| Where to get a reliable Cryo treatment service for Power cord? Geoffrey Owen of Helius Designs cryo treats the silver wire he installs in his Omega pickup arm, citing not only improved low-level resolution, but a decrease in the stiffness of the wire, a real good thing in an arm of course. | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt Inna, my guess is the sound of the wood compliments the sound of so many mc cartridges ;-). Townshend Audio Seismic Pods provide extreme isolation from whatever is under a table, making the material irrelevant. Same with the Minus K platform. | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt "Tuning" an LP player by using a resonant wood support structure strikes me as wrong-headed as adding a tube buffer or pre-amp (or whatever) to add "warmth" to a system, as is often done to offset a "cold" CD player. The value of tube circuitry is... | |
| Great Stereophile article on a friend of mine, drummer Billy Drummond Though I think electrostatics do cymbals better than Maggies (except perhaps the models with the ribbon tweeter), I'm with Billy on them for drums, especially the 3-panel Tympani's. I also share with him a love of Gretsch drums. It wasn't mentione... | |
| American Made Audio Unveils New Site For Made in USA Components I emailed John to let him know about Music Reference, and he responded thanking me. Great guy! | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Um, make that "listened". | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? No surprise that Brian and Enrico at Rythmik steered you towards one of their "normal" subs (sealed or ported?), as the OB is more of Danny Richie's (GR Research) baby. No matter, a Rythmik is a Rythmik! I predict you are gonna be pleasantly surpr... | |
| What is the best OTL out there? I hope someone worked on the Futterman circuit to cure it’s well-known problems. Harvey Rosenberg and George Kaye tried for years without being entirely successful. Both Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere) and Roger Modjeski (Music Reference) have designe... | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt If you use isolation under your table (Townshend Seismic Pods, roller bearings, air bearing), the material of the shelf will not matter (as much?). I still have a couple of Torlyte shelves, the extremely low-mass design (hollow balsa-wood construc... | |
| Subwoofers Every Rythmik sub is hard to beat at it's price point, including the L12. Direct-Servo Feedback (at $539!) among it's highly-designed strengths. Brian Ding is not your average designer. | |
| Can the KEF LS50 rock? Whatever little speaker you decide on, it will sound much better by, as others have already said, putting a high-pass filter on the amp powering them. That will remove the bass frequencies (depending on the corner frequency of the filter) from tha... | |
| Where to get a reliable Cryo treatment service for Power cord? What does the treating of a power cord or speaker cable (or interconnect for that matter) do? Sonically, I mean. | |
| Audio Research Factory Tour The one thing missing from the tour was the most important---the circuit designer(s) and their "laboratory". I went to a number of in-store appearances by Bill Johnson, and asking him about his ARC designs was always a goldmine of information. Whe... | |
| MM/MI Phono Stages Darkstar, if you want to go SS take a look at Peter's Liberty B2B. I saw and heard it at last year's T.H.E. Show in Anaheim, and it's real nice. For tubes, Herron does some direct sales, and may occasionally take a VTPH-1mm in on trade for a -2 (m... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved Ah, "Loan Me a Dime", also my favorite bit of Duane's playing. The highlight of Scagg's first album. The first time I saw Boz on stage was when he was rhythm guitarist in The Steve Miller Blues Band, before the blues was dropped. |