don_c55
Responses from don_c55
| New Magnepan 3.7 i ? If the 3.7i change is diaphragm tension, I would say Magnepan screwed up all the 3.7's!After 40 years they should know how to set the proper tension.This change to the 3.7i sounds fishy to me! | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable Years after these "statement" products that are actually sold in any quantity, (most are not), they end up collecting dust in some millionaires basement!High end audio history is littered with past "statements" that did not stand the test of time! | |
| What does "voiced" mean to you? Atmasphere"In amps and preamps it pretty well means the designer does not know what he's doing"I guess Nelson Pass does not know what he is doing? LOL | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable The Classic line looks butt ugly to me. IMOWhy model a 30K turntable after that?Peter, if VPI expects to only sell a few, why bother making the DD at all? | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable @ SuteetatVPI uses NO tooling. Every thing is manufactured outside of VPI. All the VPI factory does is assembly of sourced parts!They should not have made the DD turntable look like the Classic series. That was a BIG mistake! They should sell dire... | |
| Best Phono amp under $2000. Pass Labs XOno used around $2000!All the adjustments you would ever need for MM or MC cartridges.Quiet, very detailed, and slightly warm IMO. High gain.Super reliable. | |
| Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier Yes!The Magnepan website has a photo of 3.7's and XA100.5's.I use the XA60.5's to drive my 3.6's in a larger room than yours, and have plenty of power. I almost never go out of class A. | |
| To port or not to port Here is your answer!http://www.stereophile.com/content/fifth-element-35-25-cheers-sealed-boxes | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine @LewmIn this entire thread "NOBODY" that used the timeline and "observed" the speed changes due to stylus drag came out and said they detected "ANY audible sonic changes!'This whole tread is about drag measurements that are "NOT AUDiBLE" on well d... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine I am not a fan of servo controlled speed. The speed is wrong a lot of the time! A properly designed turntable should run at a constant speed! If there is stylus drag (that audibly effects sonics) , then increase the speed slightly.I like the VPI S... | |
| Pass Labs Point 8 Series info I am a sceptic of NOS transistors!There is a fixed supply. Pass can only make so many amps.What if they sell many more then expected? Will they have a big enough pool to get very, very closely matched transistors? Will there be enough for future r... | |
| Pass Labs Point 8 Series info In a conversation with Pass service a year ago they said 90% of their sales were outside the USA!I do not see used Pass Labs XA.5 point 5's dropping very low.There is a big demand for used XA.5's, not so much for X.5's.They are already a relative ... | |
| Pass Labs Point 8 Series info The Pass Labs website now has been updated with point 8 info.They are missing the manuals downloads for the point 8 though.The point 8's are just starting to ship.Soon Mark at Reno HiFi will know what they sound like, compared to the point 5 series. | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. @MordanteFremer used to be a comedian, and once put out a comedy record. LOL! | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine I would like someone with the TimeLine to make very small incremental adjustments in speed similar to the speed changes due to stylus drag.Then listen closely at these different speeds, on records that have light and heavy modulation, and try to h... |