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| Leaving the Naim game . . . I ended up with a similar naim system - 250s, isobariks, full LP12 etc for almost 20 years, having "upgraded" along the way.I woke one day about 12 yrs ago and wondered why I hardly ever played anything on it.Eventually got some ATC active speake... | |
| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup It may not make sense but it is the case.It is generally accepted a ssd will decrease the noise within the computer's environment helping SQ. The music is contained in an external HD.I used the same playback software on the Mac with OSX and when ... | |
| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup I found the most improvement in my, quite old mac mini (approx 8yr), was to replace the hd with a ssd loaded with linux. the sound quality was probably 25% better. Subjective I know - however I compared it directly with the dell lap top I previou... | |
| Active studio monitors anyone? I have used various active ATCs for over 10 years. With the right ancillary gear they sound fantastic, they are not over analytical or fatiguing, create an amazing sound stage and are pretty cost effective.I heard The magico Q7s ii driven by const... | |
| CARTRIDGE WOES? Analogue can throw up unexpected results, there are so many variables in adjustment, phono stages etc.I owned a Linn TT in the past and changed my supex cart for the then "must have" toika cart. It was set up for me by the dealer - even so it was ... | |
| Treating Floor in New Construction - Reducing Footfall and Vibration My room is over the garage. Fortunately the garage is quite high so I was able to strengthen the music room floor by running two 10in deep joists under and perpendicular to the existing joists. I laid a very dense sound deadening materialhttp://ww... | |
| Turntable for life I have owned a Garrard 401, Linn LP12, SME20/2, KuzmaXL4 and now the DC motor version. I would certainly not recommend the Linn, I have heard a few TT which better or equal it at a lower price. I cannot see me changing the Kuzma now or in the futu... | |
| Aesthetix Rhea signature phono stage Thanks for the responses, anyone compared a Rhea with a Manley Chinook or an Allnic phono? | |
| Experiences buying used cartridges Have sold quite a few of my earlier cartridges to help fund the purchase of an upgrade. They have all been in perfect working order, one or two had been re-tipped and I always made that clear.Never had a problem, one buyer even sold the cart on fo... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Ok Bill. Not sure of the provenance of the Kuzma DC motor. I have not tried the air line arm on my TT - something I would like to try sometime. Is the idea -behind using a mega compressor - that it charges a large reservoir tank, so the compressor... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Hi BillThe new single motor enables the XL to retrieve more detail. I guess it must lower the noise floor. It has v good speed stability, all the XL strengths are there - powerful dynamics and bass etc - however depth and spatial aspects are impro... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline hiI have a Kuzma 4pt with a ref XL, single motor. I have used - in this order- benzLp ebony, colibri, airtight PC3, shelter harmony and now Atlas.I would avoid the benz and colibri. All the others are excellent. My most recent cart (atlas) is supe... | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Thanks Lubachl.I used Adobe illustrator as it gives a bit more control over the placement of lines, then printed out the image and measured the angle.The veho is fairly cheap, I believe the dynolite has some software to enable the placement of mea... | |
| Room correction - what device works best? I have found adding reflection absorbing panels and bass traps have made a tremendous improvement. Mostly DIY. A good site for advice is real traps.com. | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Great pictures ninetynine.I have used a cheapish scope, a Veho 400x from amazon. http://www.veho-world.com/main/shop_detail.aspx?article=40Not as good as the Dynolite but does give decent results. Needs a lot of patience to get clear imagesthis is... |