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| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. You need the VTA fairly negative as a rule of thumb on Koetsu. The back of the cartridge should be level. If you know Koetsu this indicates the front of the cartridge being tilted up or a negative VTA. This can only be achieved w. a spacer. The be... | |
| Review: Wilson Audio X-2 Alexandria Speaker Jbatlanta,I am still using my sub. My room is incredibly huge. That should explain it easily. There is no limit on what we can spend. In that regard, I am also pretty much getting close to done for now. That last few changes really brought me to t... | |
| Graham Phantom B-44 "Custom vs SME mount" Ted,I would get the Graham / Custom mount. I find the SME mount versatile but not as elegant. You can email me offline for more details. | |
| To Raven One owners..... Motnic,Congratulations. I love mine. I only wish I had more time in the day to listen. | |
| Which arm best for SME30-2? I have had Koetsu on my SME, Schroder, Ikeda etc. I have a lot of experience. I would suggest keeping your SME V and adding mas to the underside of the arm. I used Blue Tak. Koetsus are low compliance cartridges. Usually about a 10. You need an ef... | |
| To Raven One owners..... Motnic,I went from a Hyperspace to a Raven AC. The Raven One is similar to the AC having compared them side by side quite often. The Hyperspace basically has a slight warmthm, a touch of bloated bass and a slightly rolled off top end. The Raven co... | |
| VTL TL 5.5 VS Conrad Johnson CT 6 VS Shindo Auri Use your ears to decide. There are no absolutes. Different preamps work with different amps differently. | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? Stiltskin,Whatever you put into the phono would define what the phono stage is. Basically, it has be taken as a single source component. Only as strong as the weakest link. Also, Zanden has a SUT as does Kondo. I would say the cartridge needs to m... | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? Halcro,I have compared the arms but in a limited manner. The Schroder SQ I have as an effective mass of 18 -22 gm depending on the mounting plate I use. This greatly affects its performance. Obviously a low compliance design won't sound as good. B... | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? The Grandezza is a great arm with the right cartridge. A low compliance cartridge will thrive with the arm. But if the cartridge is medium compliance it will be a negative effect. The Phantom is a fairly low effective mass which mates well w. a Ly... | |
| Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8 My Watchdog as per Wilson was not needed w. the Maxx IIs. But in reality, simply turning the sub on & off answers the question. It is an absolute must. That is w. Maxx IIs. I had WP7s so it is easy to deduce the WP8s needs. If I optimize speak... | |
| Copper foil I did the ribbon experiment. It was a fun go at it. I made 4 inch cables & 2 inch cables. The 2 inch were 0.005 thickness while the 4 inch were 0.007 thickness. The 2 inch had beautiful highs but lacked bass in my system. I then tried again. T... | |
| Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8 Jkaalman,I am not sure but I think you can change the resistor values on the tweeter section of the WP8 if you want to attenuate the highs or increase the highs. Not sure, but I have read threads of people using a different resistor set on the WP ... | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? I would rewrite your thread title a few different ways. Linear Tracking vs. Unipivot could be one title. A 2nd would be tonality vs. accuracy. Colored vs. Accurate is in and of itself biased. As a Raven owner, I would suggest that the table takes ... | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Thanks. |