dan_ed
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| My Rhea's new partner arrives today Hi John. I knew I was probably going to get spanked for that "digital edge" comment. :) Guess I was really trying some bogus rationalization technique. Thanks for sharing some of your tube experiments with the IO. As it happens, I do have some of ... | |
| My Rhea's new partner arrives today I was introduced to the Sovtek/Calypso tube pop at startup this afternoon. I won't go into what I mean by that. For those not familiar with the tube issues Aesthetix went through I'll refer you to the archives and Jadem6's excellant review of the ... | |
| My Rhea's new partner arrives today I should be outside stacking firewood now that it's finally quit raining here in New England. I should be, but I'm not!The Calypso experiment is progressing very well. It did occur to me that I might tame some of the slight edginess by switching o... | |
| My Rhea's new partner arrives today Hi Jfrech. Well, the Calypso definitely sounds better if one doesn't connect both amps to only one channel! Now that I'm over that senior moment I am hearing more what I would have expected from the Calypso. It sounds much closer to the BAT now, b... | |
| My Rhea's new partner arrives today Ubglub, the Rhea has no volume control so it has to be used with a pre-amp. The Calypso is the linestage of the Aesthetix Saturn series. The Rhea and Calypso together are very quite, this is with no music playing. I do hear some noise when the Rhe... | |
| My Rhea's new partner arrives today Well, this is a tough one. The Calypso is more detailed than the BAT. The image is very focused, to the point that the voices and instruments almost line up behind each other. It is very quiet with the Rhea. The BAT seems to throw a much wider sta... | |
| Teres 265 or 320 vs. Sota Cosmos That's quite a tease! | |
| Music Hall MMF-5: laid back sound? Stefanl, we're talking about a Project arm here that just is not that outstanding. It is adequate, but nothing more. I know and love the 103 (mine is a 103R mounted on a Basis Vector) and I agree that it is an awesome cartridge for the money. If w... | |
| Music Hall MMF-5: laid back sound? Judy, Judy, Judy! ( my best Cary Grant. ) You're right on, IMHO. I don't think a 103 would be a good fit. I do think a Dynovector 10x5 or the like might, but it seems we've already priced ourselves out of Jfacker's market. But there is no real ass... | |
| Music Hall MMF-5: laid back sound? Hi Jfacker,I owned a MMF-7 for a while and it sounds to me like you have covered all of the tweaks known to help the Music Halls. I'm not familiar with the goldring as I used a Shure V15VxMR, but I would think that trying a different cartridge sho... | |
| Beginning the Analog Adventure Stapimp,For the RCM, just google "DIY record cleaning machine". You'll get several good hits. You will see that you can go mild to wild. I have a picture posted of my own under my system. It was made with an old Hoover vacuum and I spin the MDF pl... | |
| Beginning the Analog Adventure You could really improve things for very little money by building your own RCM. It will be every bit as good as a 16.5 and probably won't set you back more than $50 bucks. IMHO, once you decide on which cleaning solutions and brushes work best for... | |
| Turntable Setup advice requested You might ask A.J., basis_info@basisaudio.com. He's always been very helpful to me. I know it is not cheap, but I think I would upgrade to a 2001 to get the damped suspension before trying something else under it. Just my .02 | |
| lenco 75 idler wheel moving on his spindle Yes, I believe it is. Mine has the same side play. Just be sure it is lubed with some clean grease and it should be fine.BTW, you should take the time and read through the thread titled "Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot" if you haven... | |
| Room Acoustics Corner Problems This sounds quite a bit like my finished basement listening room. The only difference I can tell is that mine is about 8' longer on the back of the L and the foot is another 5 feet wider. I'm surprised the pipe is going mean losing as much as 1.5 ... |