billstevenson
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| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. For the record the VPI HW40 is also a direct drive turntable. With that said, direct drive or belt drive in high level turntables is not a big difference anymore. I would not encourage anyone to base a decision based on turntable drive mechanism... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Chakster you are correct, but let's put this into perspective even more. An SL1200MkII with a full complement of KAB modifications and adjusted for inflation is probably comparable to at least any $1500 turntable on the current market. It is sti... | |
| Stylus Wear Question I have been away for a while and am sorry that I missed this discussion last week. I have a Wild-Herrbrugg M5 microscope, (actually I also have an M3), and use it religiously to check for wear on my stylii. Wild-Herrbrugg has been absorbed into ... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. I had a fully KAB modified SL1200 Mk II and it was a very satisfactory turntable in every way. When introduced, I bought an SL1200GAE and the two sat side by side for perhaps 6 months, one set up for mono and the other for stereo. The GAE is so... | |
| Palm Beach Area Record Stores I live here in WPB, collect vinyl, but can't say that the local record store scene excites me. Rust & Wax is the only one on your list that I have purchased from. My interest is jazz. Selection here is limited at least for that genre, price... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player Thanks again to one and all. I will report back once I take possession of the D10X and get some time with it. In the end I think it came down to a choice between the Ken Ishiwata (Marantz) voicing, which tends toward lush mids and highs and more... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player This thread has been extremely helpful. Thank you all. I ordered a Luxman D10X today and I did so with confidence that would not have been possible without the input from this discussion. | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player There are a couple of things I don't want: Any kind of a computer integrated directly into my sound system or any other kind of an Erector Set of subcomponents such as disc drive, DAC and clock just to play silver discs. I view this as a seconda... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player Arize84 wrote: I have a Luxman D10x. When I play the redbook layer of Analogue Productions jazz SACDs and then A/B it against the corresponding 45rpm record from AP, the difference is almost negligible. In fact, I have started replacing som... | |
| Is a Ortofon Black a step down from a Pickering XSV 3000 This is great stuff! Dear friends: This is very interesting: Effective mass -- the smaller, the better: 0.970mg Shure "bi-radial" (0.4x0.7mil, MM)0.750mg Ortofon X1-MCP (p-mount, high output MC)0.500mg Ortofon OM10 stylus (bushed elliptical, MI)0.... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms In my opinion either can be excellent. In general gimbal is more expensive to make to achieve the same performance as an equivalent performing unipivot. Also, most people find gimbal to be more comfortable to use, whereas there is more of a lear... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Experion. Conrad Johnson TEA1 series 3. Three options for SUT: 1. The one built into the TEA1, 2. Bob's Devices Sky 10, 3. Consolidated Silver wire. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? "Hello Bill. To which other cartridges are you comparing the Hyperion, please? I ask because I'm considering one."Ortofon Per WinfeldAtlasAT5000To name a few. Among these you can't go wrong. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? My Hyperion is my favorite among several highend cartridges. It is currently installed in a VPI HW 40, a sublime combination. | |
| Help me understand compliance! As one engineer to another we can communicate with each other in technical terms and understand each other. The great beauty of science. In layman's terms my explanation of the matter has left you with an inability to track my thought process. W... |