daveyf
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| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Hmm, I have a choice to make here, i buy the OMA table at $360K or..I buy the Basis Transcendence at about a third the price...and IMO the Basis not only with give the new OMA a hell of a run for its money, but also probably beat the pants off it.... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Their turnable in the new issue of Stereophile is $360K!! How this price comes even close to equating to this piece of gear totally baffles me! | |
| Favorite Platform for Linn LP12 @no_regrets Nice. Symposium, as stated above, makes some great gear! Their racks have long been on my radar as a replacement should I move away from my current Sound Anchor. Great to hear their shelf works well under the little fruit box. | |
| Yamaha RX-V4..any experience? @auxinput I currently own a receiver like you describe. The main power supply is certainly quite beefy, BUT the problem is that the various caps are placed without concern as to their heat propagation, which is what I find common on a lot of thi... | |
| Yamaha RX-V4..any experience? Thanks. I will be using the B&W 686's for the front channels, so i guess they should be ok with the Yammy power of 80watts/ch. | |
| Favorite Platform for Linn LP12 @radiohead99 I would suggest sourcing a lightweight rack for the Linn. Something like a used Target audio, or other small like kind rack. | |
| SF Amati vs Serafino @mobiusmu Sounds like you have an excellent room to place any speaker. Your current set up may rival the new Amati's. If you go with a larger speaker, i would definitely place them the same way you have the GT's. I would treat the room first and ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? Scot, nice suggestion. I have also heard good things about the AMG arms. They will be on my radar if i ever replace my WTA. ( hopefully they would be a step up??)@rbtstock While it is a fact that the make up of the table is going to impact what yo... | |
| The Linn Karousel bearing. It also depends on your power supply. if you have a Valhalla, then you would need to change that to at least a Lingo ( the Valhalla board is not sized to accommodate a Karousel). The sub chassis probably works if you already have a Cirkus fitted, ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? @rbtstock The standard recommendation for an LP12 is the Linn Ekos arm and its variants. I use an arm that while not popular with the other Linnies is extremely good on this table, it is the WTA arm. The WTA is light enough to not interfere with ... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @mijostyn The problem with just buying new LP's is the selection. There are numerous great LP's that have not been reissued, or are no longer available. I do agree with you that the likelihood of damage and wear is far greater with the used LP. ... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @antinn Having collected LP's for decades, I can tell you that the typical used jazz and rock album is going to have significant issues..primarily from scratching and groove damage ( VG-VG++). You damage the groove with pits and scratches ( your ... | |
| No-one talks about Rowlands anymore I had a fellow a'phile over for a listening session yesterday. I was using just my Rowland 8T modded by Jeff. My tube amps were not active. I think the sound was still as great as ever and the amp was just easy on the ears. I really like the model... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @antinn Thanks, that is very informative. One thing that I think is missing in this conversation is that IF one is buying old records ( flea market as an example) the potential for noise is going to be high, regardless of the cleaning regimen. S... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines IMO, Ultrasonic cleaning is definitely an improvement over a basic wet vacuum cleaning. I had a very noisy RCA Direct to Disc that I had assumed was beyond hope, yet after the US cleaning, it was much quieter and is now very impressive. I do think... |