dodgealum
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| EMT and SoundSmith Also, to what degree is "jitter" the result of the moving mass of the cartridge versus the design and quality of the tonearm and associated bearings? As @millercarbon knows, Mark Baker of Origin Live makes a strong case for his composite arm tubes... | |
| EMT and SoundSmith @pops Haven’t yet—still working out possible arm and cartridge combos for my next table. Very interested in hearing EMT and Charisma but have not had the opportunity yet. May also move up the Soundsmith line to a new ES body model above the MIMC S... | |
| EMT and SoundSmith I agree with everything @millercarbon said but wonder how many SS owners actually take Peter up on his revolutionary policy. The typical audiophile likes to change things up, not wear things out. I’m guessing most SS owners sell and move up the li... | |
| Deciding on new TT and either a Zephyr MIMC vs an Audio Technica ART9 Sent you a PM. Happy to chat about both, which I compared directly in my system. | |
| Linear Tube Audio I wrote this about the Ultralinear:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-linear-tube-audio-lta-ultralinear-amplifierStill cannot recommend LTA highly enough. Paired with appropriate speakers some of the best sound available in a novel desi... | |
| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? I had a Whest phonostage a while back that was very ballsy, er ah robust sounding. | |
| Are you Beethoven or Mozart? I enjoy where Mozart sounds closer to LVB—like his string trio Divertimento K.563 or the Adagio for piano or even a few of his “Haydn” quartets. When Mozart gets dark is when you see his true genius. | |
| You went from Harbeth P3's to Compact 7's, and... Had C-7s for many years—loved them. Went to Daedalus and never looked back. They do everything the Harbeths do but better—scale, dynamics, detail. Check out the Muse Studio for a small floorstander that will fill the room! | |
| Anyone compare Herron VTSP-3a and Lamm L2.1 Deluxe? Don’t know the Lamm but own the Herron. Not sure if what you are looking for is a euphonic tube sound with added warmth but you won’t get that with the Herron. You will know you are listening to tubes because of the harmonic rightness and the air ... | |
| Soundsmith - Hyperion vs lyra ETNA @karl_desch Any updates on the Suessuro ES? @kingdombuildingcon Are you still digging the Lime? | |
| Cartridge Set Up Essentials All very helpful. I've got a DB systems protractor which I haven't used for years. I'll investigate the Fieckert. I did purchase the lupe with the MINT tractor but just found the whole approach very tedious so sold it. I did like the idea of align... | |
| Need a smaller, efficient floorstander There is a pair of deadalus athenas on here that have recently been update—really fantastic high efficiency speaker with a small footprint | |
| LTA ZOTL 10 Mk ii versus Pass XA30.5 I’m a huge LTA fan but for 86db speakers I’d go with the Pass hands down. | |
| The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance I learned something by experience recently that may add to the conversation--that the price-performance ratio in part depends on what you are connecting the power cord to. I recently had the opportunity to try several different power cords at diff... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses @szelda53 Interesting--the Apollo 11 and the Studio Muse both have the same Daedalus house sound but present the music a little differently due to the driver configurations. The Apollo 11 is meant for larger rooms (obviously--bigger speaker) and w... |