dgarretson
Responses from dgarretson
| Hypex Ncore NC1200 Amps at NY Audio Show in April Comparing all three rooms on Friday was inconclusive. The Merrills and Mola-Molas are obviously serious contenders and clearly surpass expectations for Class D by a country mile. However both Raidho and Vivid set-ups demonstrated uncoordinated and... | |
| Anyone going to the NY Audio show today to Sunday I went on Friday. The Palace is a lovely venue for this show, every bit equal to last year at the Waldorf. The show is relatively small but classy. Don't miss Zellaton speakers. | |
| Dr.John I'm with the OP on this one. One of last year's best. It sounds more like Dan Auerbach's role was greater than producer and that he and Dr.John jointly composed the material. As such it succeeds brilliantly-- and I'm no fan of the Black Keys. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2013 Dave Grohl's Sound City film soundtrack! All analog all the way through a Neve 8028:http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682339/dave-grohl-explains-how-a-70s-era-recording-console-rocks-his-world-in-sound-citywith Josh Homme, Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney,... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2013 At least Atoms for Peace surpasses Yorke's last solo and sounds closer to Radiohead. BTW this is a really fine sounding and good looking 2x 45rpm LP set with the special edition embossed gatefold.Other good ones, also on LP:Christopher Owens, Lysa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Harold, Congratulations on your M320III STR Improved-- at a fair price to boot. The body of my example does not carry the "Improved" designation. Maybe yours is later and better production. Looking forward to your thoughts on its performance mount... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Ct0517, At CES Franc K. mentioned a horizontal mass of around 100gm for Airline. He said that this worries some pivot arm guys, though in practice is "no big deal" w/r to LF performance. The Airline interests me as well-- incredible fit n' finish.... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? So far I've had two SS products. At Peter's recommendation, for Lyra Helikon I opted for his OCL tip glued onto the stock ogura-manufactured boron rod cantilever($550). For the Grace F9 I bought his turn-key replacement assembly comprised of alumi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Frogman, Sorry I was unclear. The perceived improvement in the cartridge was due to the retubing. It's not a deep insight, but a reminder(as Raul notes in several other contexts) of the sometimes undetected elephants in the room that bias reviewin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Harold, History will reveal that Copernicus listened to the music of the spheres through a linear tonearm and that Ptolemy was a pivot guy. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? While staging replacement of tubes at 1500 hours in my BAT VK75SE during the past week I have been astonished by the improvement in performance of the Precept 220/550ML. I'll take a hit upside the head on this. Unless one is set up to make instant... | |
| MerrillAudio Veritas to drive Raidho D1 at NY Show I heard Raidho D1 at CES this January, IIRC with JRDG electronics and a JL sub. The CD demo included very aggressive violin and piano music selected by the speaker designer to show if the speaker could deliver sharp transients without stridency. I... | |
| MSS HiFi Any relation to Baba Booey? | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dover, can you clarify a few points concerning the effective horizontal mass of ET? The manual states that it is 25-35gms. Is this the mass of the wand plus manifold tube, which is then increased by addition of up to 40gms in counterweights?I unde... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes, she meant "big and buttery" as a compliment. I don't think she was refering to me. |