davidlillis
Responses from davidlillis
| New cart for under 1K Jperry, Roscoeiii, Jmcgrogan2, Jmcgrogan2,Thank you for providing your input, your advice is incredibly insightful and helpful in making this decision.To clarify, my speakers are JM Focal 936 Elektra's and IMO they are on the bright side and sibil... | |
| New cart for under 1K I received a response from a seller that stated with my phono pre P-75 the Transfiguration Temper Supreme would be an amazing match. He's selling it for $1,300.00 which is above my price range, but is a consideration. I know nothing about this car... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? IMO, there are only three types of records to clean:1. Used, prior to the first play2. New, if they come from the pressing plant with hints of distortion (rare)3. 30 or more playsI use a Spin Clean because they're inexpensive and work well. The on... | |
| New cart for under 1K I am very much hoping the XX-2 controls some of the harshness in the highs and the sibilance. Post cart, speakers are an absolute next purchase! | |
| New cart for under 1K Roscoeiii,Thanks man! I think I'm going to jump on the XX-2! I'm assuming that it'll be a fine match with my Dynavector P-75, are there any reasons why I should think otherwise? Also, do you know why the cart would get 8 out 10?Thanks again, I thi... | |
| New cart for under 1K Thank you all for the continued responses. My phono preamp is a Dynavector P-75. I'm close to making a decision and think I'm going to borrow a Dynavector 20X2 and see how I like the way it sounds. I figure if I can get a hold of one to try for fr... | |
| New cart for under 1K Thanks Storyboy, I agree that the recording plays a large part in what we hear. As I type this, I'm listening to The Doors, Live In New York - Felt Forum and Morrison's vocals present an immense amount of sibilance in his "S's" and it's driving me... | |
| Phone Preamp help for VPI Scout w Grado Sonota MM I so glad I came across this post! I currently own a VPI Scout II with a Black Knight platter and 10.5SE arm (the TT Michael Fremmer demo'd a cart setup at the 2012 NYC audio show - not why I bought the TT, I got an incredible deal). I'm currently... | |
| New cart for under 1K Bob,Maybe a upper model Grado would be an option? Eventually my plan is to purchase a tube preamp, I really like the Mac 2300 since it has tone controls. I realize that tone adjustments introduce an additional path for the music to travel through ... | |
| New cart for under 1K I have another question: What do you guys think about the Denon 304? I have a friend that works at Denon and can pick up anything Denon or Marantz for half price.Thanks again! | |
| New cart for under 1K Thank you all for your responses. At this point, I would like to borrow about 10 carts, listen a month to each, and then make a decision. Pursuing such a cause is obviously not practical. I like the idea of a wood body cart, simply common sense te... | |
| New cart for under 1K Thank you all for your responses and recommendations.Redglobe, I agree with your assessment regarding the causes of sibilance. I have tweaked, and tweaked, and tweaked. One day (it's amazing how the ah ha moment in life can take some time), I thre... |