bombaywalla
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| Which components knocked you out on first listen? My 1st official KO came in December 2001 when Gayle Martin Sanders of Martin-Logan was touring showing off his Statement E2 electrostatics. These speakers were driven by all-Krell electronics & cabling was MIT everywhere. I don't remember the ... | |
| Meadowlar Osprey...How does it sound??? This response is targeted to Zaikesman's comment specifically:Wait a minute! Do be careful when making a generalization such as that! If you wrote that sentence to ellicit a response, you got it!I have Green Mountain's C1.5i 3-way floor standers. ... | |
| System warmup? This could be a troll post but here goes the 5 cent explanation:-Electronics has always been sensitive to temp. changes & it is well-know fact that variations in temp. has a moderate/drastic effect on the perf. The moderate/drastic effect come... | |
| How Much To Rival Good Digital Playback My personal experience is in-line with what 4yanx has written.I used to own a Music Hall MMF-5. I had the orig. tonearm wires cut off & female RCA jacks installed so that I could use my own cables. Other than this the TT was stock. Incl. tax &... | |
| Preamp cartridge settings Rgkd,>>are these types of settings, labeled MC or MM, more >>guidelines for most cartridges, and impedance load is >>what really matters? And high output MC cartridges kind >>of changed things?Exactly!! You got it right the... | |
| Has audiophilia changed your music taste? Not really!I still listen to LPs that have one too many pops & clicks 'cuz I like the music on it very much & I'm willing to put up with the disturbance.What audiophilia has done to me is that it has exposed me to more genres of music such... | |
| Green Mountain Audio still in business? Rick,I'm a GMA C1.5i owner & have spoken to Roy many times. He has never blown me off on the phone or email & always found time to discuss speaker issues with me. I have to admit that I called him a lot this Summer: June, July just before ... | |
| Upgrading Rega P9 + RB1000 As a CAT SL1 Sig. Mk 3 owner, I thought that I should add my comments here.The CAT phono stage is an excellent phono stage acknowledged by many worldwide. I reasonably sure that Yhyun's problem is *not* the CAT. The phono section has 47dB of gain ... | |
| Feedback/Ideas for New Magazine? For those A'goners wishing to read Jules' article here is the link:http://www.ultraaudio.com/opinion/20031001.htmJules: well written & does convey our collective concerns of the audio industry today. Indeed we are plagued by much skepticism th... | |
| VPI HW19 MkIII vs. Michell Gyrodec? Nameci,I won't argue with you 'cuz you've experienced what you have! Also, my objective was to educate Dirtyragamuffin rather argue with the members here.Anyway, it seems that you are a better pro @ suspended TTs than I am. Terry (Tlh28) & mys... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Hey After_hrs, where do you live, BTW?The reason I ask is: I once heard the very same combination of Odeon horns driven by Accuphase electronics & Kimber cabling @ a HT place in Coral Springs, FL. I have to admit that the overall sound was ver... | |
| VPI HW19 MkIII vs. Michell Gyrodec? Dirtyragamuffin, Nameci:Guys, I'm NOT saying that a non-suspended TT does not need a wall shelf/solid platform. It certainly benefits - no doubt.OK, what I was trying to say was a correctly designed non-suspended TT is much easier to work with in ... | |
| VPI HW19 MkIII vs. Michell Gyrodec? Dirtyragamuffin,I don't know how much I can help you but here are some things to think about (if you haven't already received the Michell unit):->>plus I live in a loose bulding with plenty of vibration and NO possiblility of a wall shelf, s... | |
| Birdland Odeon Ag DAC - how good is it?? Audiobugged,Thanks for the update! Appreciated. | |
| Cartridge for Spacedeck w/spacearm Ozzy, Thanks for chiming in! (I was hoping that you would). |