david12
Responses from david12
| low profile tuners? Creek T40 or 43. I just sold mine for a Magnum Dynalab, but a wonderful, cheap good sounding tuner, about 2 inches tall, beat that. The current T50 is a bit taller I think, but still pretty slim | |
| Wavac vs. Air Tight /300B's I am not sure you can go wrong with Airtight, Wavac or Shindo. I have heard them all in various systems and I could listen to any of them matched to the right speaker as my last system. having said that, the best sound I ever heard was a Wavac sys... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. As far as the adjudstment to new kit is concerned, I am sure that is true, both for worse and better sound. We have all had the experience, I am sure, of an excellent upgrade, which clearly advances the sound of your system. A week later, you have... | |
| Devore super 8s or Acoustic Zen Adagio I was using the Adagios until recently, when I decided to upgrade. One of the speakers I looked at was the Devore 9's and I was most impressed. They do'nt look very impressive, but they sounded very good indeed. The main word I would use was natur... | |
| TW-Acustic Arm When I spoke to Thomas in April 08, he thought the arm would come in at about 6 to 7000 euros. That may have changed. I am sure it will be good, but more appropriate for an AC3 or Black Knight perhaps? | |
| Ortofon RS-309D opinions For the first time ever, I have used the precise combination you are asking about Curio, a moment to savor. I used the Raven one initially with the basic Jelco arm supplied by the UK distributor. A good combination it was too. Way better then the ... | |
| GamuT S-7 or S-9 speaker I listened to the Gamut room and was most impressed. There have been criticisms in the various show reports, particularly , of the first day, but I thought they were great. That means the whole package, including the electronics. The sound was pow... | |
| First Annual " Whaddya Get? for Xmas " How boring am I? Just a few books, sweater, a couple of bottles of single malt(that's more like it). I am afraid, no new kit or attention from leather clad ladies wielding heavy duty powercords. Still my own present to me, Daedalus Da-RMa speakers... | |
| Moby concert and ear damage? TOMRYAN The idea of relaxation is new to me and I'm in the business, family doctor, not ENT specialist. An interesting idea, though I am not sure I understand the physiology. As many of you know, the hearing sense organ is the Cochlear in the inne... | |
| Moby concert and ear damage? Wow, that sounds nasty. To answer the question re ear damage, the best indication is tinnitus. If you come out of a concert with tinnitus, you have sustained a degree of permanent hearing loss. That may not be much, but it's cumulative. That princ... | |
| equating class A to class AB SS amps? In general, I love tube amps. I know this is a generalisation, but the solid state amps I have found listenable to, were nearly all Class A, the Aleph 3 being the best. I would love to hear the new integrated based on the XA30, I expect that will ... | |
| Isolation /platform for TW Raven One Toffeng Precisely, it ain't the wall stand, it's the wall. I live in a Victorian Terrace with walls of nothing much more than plaster. How they support the Raven One I am not quite sure | |
| Isolation /platform for TW Raven One I use a wall shelf, so a heavy slate stand is out of the question. I am not sure how the wall shelf stays up as it is, even the Raven one is pretty heavy. I swapped the stock millenium feet for stillpoints with risers and heard a clear improvement... | |
| Cartridge recommendations I second the Benz Micro wood cartridges, I have an LP which is a wonderfully neutral cartridge, but just on the warm side of neutral, as opposed to the Zyx Airy 3, I used before. Unfortunately, they seem very expensive in the US, compared with Eur... | |
| Tube-friendly speakers Fjn04; I will be using my Viva Solista 845 SET initially and see how it goes. As to choice between the Devore 9's and Daedalus, I think I would have been very happy with either. Both are intensely musical as opposed to HiFi, presenting a natural, ... |