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| Jeff Rowland's Continumm See Continuum Review for my review.Guido my friend, JRDG, Soundings and I are in the Mountain Time Zone, one-hour behind Central.Dave | |
| Ribbons caught my att.- should I buy or build? Listen. If you think you can do better, then DIY and good luck to you.Dave | |
| Can Ribbons be part of the s.o.t.a.? Why not?Like many tweeters, not just ribbons, the big problem is seamlessly integrating it with the midrange. DALI's done a pretty darn good job of this, although I don't think it's ideal on the 400 (I forget the model name, they've got so friggin... | |
| What Vinyl quality should I be using? 05-31-08: Sns asked:"Have you guys even tried a rcm with vacuum?" Yes, long ago and far away. It was a VPI used under supervision of a used LP dealer.IME, Disc Doctor is superior. Dave | |
| What Vinyl quality should I be using? Sns, I don't want you washing my dishes... ;-) Did you remember to rinse? LOLGood lord, I'm sorry to hear that you cleaned 2000 records and didn't realize that you weren't getting them clean? Too bad my mother wasn't there to inspect for you.Ok ev... | |
| What Vinyl quality should I be using? 05-30-08: Sns said:"An absolute necessity is a record cleaning machine with vacuum. Any other means of cleaning is just pushing the dirt around."I disagree. Rinsing a record is no different from rinsing the dishes. Do it right and you end up with ... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Yeah, those speakers are too far into the room. I suspect that they were pulled out there to remove midrange coloration caused by bass nodes interferring with the mids. They need to go back closer to the wall, but the nodes need to be avoided. Dea... | |
| Turntable, where is my bass??? Burning in anything in the phono stage is tough. I bought this inverse RIAA circuit http://www.hagtech.com/iriaa.html from Hagerman Technology which really speeded up the process. It's really hard to know what's going on 'til you've gotten everyth... | |
| Best Recording of Music I'm not going to name a best, but it was interesting for me to see Eden Atwood mentioned. Her version of "Blame It On My Youth" on her 45rpm Groove Note vinyl LP "The Ballad Session" is one of my favorite demonstration pieces. It starts a cappela ... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Looking at you system, I suspect that your Wilsons are not optimally set in the room. With the proper set they'll sound much more dynamic and stress free. You seem to have enough power to drive them, but the any flaws in the set will prevent you f... | |
| Turntable, where is my bass??? So, are you saying, other than the IC change, nothing's changed recently? Can we assume that the bass is fine with SACD, DVD-A and CD? Has any furniture or the speakers been moved within the room recently? When you listen on your headphones is the... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System I think that around 10% is a reasonable target, give or take a few percent. Those that don't hear any difference should only spend 1%. If something blows you away and costs 20% then you'll need to seriously consider blowing your budget.Ideally you... | |
| Micro Fiber Cloth for Record Cleaning 05-29-08: Nrenter said:"I'm looking for a cheaper alternative for the Disc Doc pads, and ran down to Walgreens to see if this would be an acceptable solution."Have you tried the HomeTex micro fiber clothes recommended by more than one here?Dave | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD Borrow a Cambridge to listen to in your system. I suspect you'll hear an improvement; however, if you do, then why settle on a Cambridge? It's not exactly top of the heap and your other equipment is superior. Also, consider getting a universal pla... | |
| Review: Jeff Rowland Continuum 500 Amplifier Here's a follow-up on the little $355 phono stage now that it's got between 150 and 200-hours:My first impression still holds, it's very transparent, revealing and sweet. The quietness is incredible, no different than the line-stage with the unive... |