dgarretson
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Of a half dozen NOS MM/MI that I've tried so far, AT20SS is probably the best.In October TAS Harry Pearson praises seven "third- generation" MCs(ZYX Omega, Kubotech Haniwa, My Sonic Labs Eminent EX, Dyna XV-1T, Miyajima Shilabe, Clearaudio Goldfin... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? MTV Unplugged is seminal Alice-- a perfect companion to Nirvana Unplugged & acoustic Pearl Jam Benaroya Hall. Good to have it on vinyl. After showing early promise Ray L evolved into a pretentious bore, but maybe worth another chance. | |
| Confused about compliance matching with airbearing With cartridges of high 30-50 compliance it has been easy to see cantilever deflection in action, to hear the associated distortions, and to compensate by releveling the manifold to "center" the cantilever. I can't measure level accurately enough ... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator 3 Airbearing Tonearm It's a 9gm affair made from a single layer of CF with a foam core for strength and damping. I also have a half-weight flat wand made with the same technique. There is an audible improvement mated with medium- and high-compliance cartridges. I have... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl Carlos269, Seems to me that LF quality(as opposed to undifferentiated quantity of LF) is a result of issues particular to the formats and also the relatively high level of LF distortion found in typical audio systems. In my anecdotal experience, a... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator 3 Airbearing Tonearm 25gm for MG-1 is the spec for the arm and the tube without a counterweight. The photos and long arm design suggest that the counterweight is heavy. Stock Trans-Fi with the new short flat wand is around 75gm including counterweight. My customized T... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Blonde Redhead Penny Sparkle, aptly subtitled "your OTHER WORLD (DREAM) IS INSIDE HERE----> Here sometimes, not getting there, will there be stars, my plants are dead, Cove or prison, Oslo, penny sparkle, everthing is wrong, black guitar, spain... | |
| Next Upgrade for VPI Scoutmaster TT Stanwal, I have been considering the .2 Audiopoints for a TNT motor & flywheel. Do the .2s have an adhesive back or a threaded stud? Do you use them with the cup bases, and if so, do you hear improvement with the bases?A soft pad underneath an... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl Coltrane1, IME with a highly modified CDP the grip on the room and effortlessness and scale of SACD approximates a high-end vinyl rig. However RBCD on the same modded player is not far behind, and easily surpasses SACD on the same player with stoc... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl "Once your set-up is up to the mark, the quality of the recordings become more important than the format.."Well said, but getting one's front end up to that "mark" is precisely the problem. Short of that mark one's relative opinion of the formats ... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl Assuming that you are interested in RBCD, you will get more by retiring the Sony for a RBCD player capable of giving the Marantz/Benz(and whatever phono stage) serious competition. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Pleasantly surprised to hear a song from the Mumford album open the Fox TV series Lone Star. | |
| DEXA D-Clock or Neutron Star? I have not tried either, but have two second-hand reports that the Neutron Star is excellent. With several Audiocom generations to SC4 I found that results are all about the quality of the power source. Get the best clock & PS that you can aff... | |
| Favourite ECM Titles New Charles Lloyd Quartet "Mirror" | |
| Velodyne DD12 or DD15 Rwwear, IME while both produce the same result, a tight bowel is preferable to a loose one... When using Vel DDs for music, it is easily appreciated that the max servo setting has better control/transient response without sacrificing authority. I ... |