ctm_cra
Responses from ctm_cra
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Dgad - It is the XGW with the Wavestream Kinetics MC phnostage. I have also heard the above mentioned cartridges through a Herron VTPH-1mc plus phono preamp and my relative preferences did not change. Best regards! | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Dgad - The answers to your questions are quite involved and will require going back to my notes, which I do not have at the moment. In fact it has been a while now since I did the comparisons. Trying to remember and provide you with a vague summar... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Cardani - The "NOS" EDR.9 I received was claimed to be unused and sat on the shelf for 20+ years. As it turns out its arrival came a few days before Raul's visit to our area. It was a pleasure to meet him in person and to hear his Essential 3150 i... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Greetings,I wanted to thank the forum members who independently contacted some of the participants involved in this comparison. They provided excellent suggestions we can use in our next blind evaluations.Pete says hi. He contacted me from a cruis... | |
| What is the best redbook CD player for 6K to 8K? Tvad - Thanks for the detailed info. I have always wondered the nature of the sonic differences between these two players. One follow-up question: Were these differences consistent for CDs and SACDs? Or was there a more pronounced difference in on... | |
| What is the best redbook CD player for 6K to 8K? "The digital player I have owned that rendered the most lifelike 3D holographic image is the APL Denon 3910. It was scary.Other players I have owned include Exemplar Denon 3910, Exemplar Denon 2900, Empirical Audio EMC 1-UP SE, Modwright Sony 999E... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Socrates - Thanks for your post. I would really like to respond. However, I just do not quite know how to [no joke and with a very sincere approach] without the risk of this thread going off to tangents, that although related, would take the focus... | |
| Ideal TT & Arm for the following top cartridges... Thomasheisig - Too bad there is not a Hong Kong version of the DaVinci Arm. In fact, it would be great to have a Chinese version of the Schroeder, Triplanar, Helius, etc. Oh well time to wake up now. | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Tvad wrote - "Just out of curiosity, why is it that Petewatt authored the thread and has not been heard from since, and Ctm_cra is answering all the questions concerning the session?"Great question! Our buddy Pete is frolicking in the sun somewhe... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Nilthepill & Tvad - Nice try, and I completely understand. However, if the DCS, Meridian, Meitner or Resolution Audio players had been the winner, this thread would read like and ad in their favor.BTW - You have just volunteered your systems t... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Newbee You ask some important questions. All five voters sat in the same seats throughout all comparisons, so the perspective of each listener never changed. Certainly none of the side positions is as revealing as the sweet spot, which can accom... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Jfz - Nice approach you have. We did a mixture of this actually. During round 1 we learned a number of things. Important among these was the fact that the voters (although they could not see the players) could tell the one being used because they ... | |
| Ideal TT & Arm for the following top cartridges... Ebarker2 - Thanks for the detailed and insightful response. I'll just let my friend chime in about the Schroeder/Allaerts when he has time. I'll email him offline to prompt him to do so.As to DC kickback, is it generally safer to turn on the phono... | |
| Ideal TT & Arm for the following top cartridges... Brizonbiovizier - We used two phonostages when we evaluated the Brink cartridge (and arm). First was the ASR Basis Exclusive and the other is the EAR 88pb. With the ASR we preferred a loading of 350 Ohms and with the EAR we liked 500 Ohms. The the... | |
| Ideal TT & Arm for the following top cartridges... Ebarker2 - I have no direct experience with the MC2 Finish. I just missed the chance to try it with the Wavestream Kinetics and I am kicking myself for not prioritizing it. However, I thought it would be worthwhile to mention that an MC2 Finish ow... |