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| ZYX Universe silver vs copper Cousinbilly1,Rcupka is correct, you've got it backwards. The copper UNIverse has more lifelike leading edge transients. More jump. The silver rolls off leading edges almost like a Koetsu woodbody. It sounds more relaxed and smoothed. I'm not famil... | |
| The Isolator: the latest rip-off? Thomasheisig,I found an old carrot in the refrigerator. It is serial no. 003 of 1 x 10^58. It's yours for 5,000EUR + shipping and insurance. You've got 24 hours, otherwise it's going on ebay. P.S. Almost forgot to mention, it's VG++++! | |
| BIX TT Won't Hold Speed - Bearing Lube? My good friend Billbo, the Bix TT uses a DC motor. It is isolated from AC fluctuations by a step-down transformer, known in the common tongue as a wall-wart. Your idea is interesting but the Bix-ians would find it strange, foreign even. - Do not m... | |
| Who is Nick Doshi? Aoliviero,Larry Marcus is now handling Nick's product inquiries, as per the post above. Nick needs to focus on his workbench! Larry can be reached via his website: http://www.paragonsns.com/Nick's main product offering is the Alaap, a full-functio... | |
| 750 US MC cartridge options The ZYX Bloom is < $500 from SoraSound (Audiogon dealer and the North American importer). I don't remember what the next model up is or what he sells it for, but it might be worth asking.It's certainly worth contacting Mehran if you're consider... | |
| BIX TT Won't Hold Speed - Bearing Lube? I'm not familiar with the Bix bearing, but FWIW Teres bearings use automatic transmission fluid. Buy one bottle at Walmart and you're set for life.In my (completely unqualified) opinion there is no reason to pay for "audiophile" bearing lubricant.... | |
| The Isolator: the latest rip-off? Hi SirSloshed,Please offer my thanks to the Merlot! Hic!I always wondered what sort of widget Herb supplied to work around your table/arm incompatibility. (And yes, that dealer did behave like an idiot.)It was easy enough to imagine risers beneath... | |
| Who is Nick Doshi? Stop whining. At least we let you eat the goldfish first. It's tough to handle sushi after you get carpal tunnel. That's why we do it in that order. | |
| The Isolator: the latest rip-off? Nice analysis by NDoshi.Like Raul we have tried a DIY version of the Isolator on our TriPlanar/ZYX Universe. The UNIverse is a very well damped cartridge and it seems to mate especially well with the TriPlanar. For these reasons, what we heard was... | |
| Who is Nick Doshi? "Enjoy music, tolerate equipment." I wish I'd said that, and I may.Thanks to Nick for stepping in. Looks like we blew his cover, but this looks like a good development ... - for Nick, since it will free the time he spends handling inquiries to foc... | |
| Who is Nick Doshi? Hi Patrick,I'll third Cello's comment. Nick is up there with Mehran of SoraSound in the audio-nice-guys department.There are some tidbits about Nick's amp and preamp on my system page. Googling doesn't produce much because Nick is indeed a private... | |
| Help me make the best arm-cartridge matches Not knowing what sort of sound you prefer means that our recommendations will be more about what we like than about what you'd like. It's also hard to choose an arm that will compare well with the SY yet give you somethng different, since most of ... | |
| packing a turntable for shipping Following Theo's idea, if there's oil in the bearing you'd be wise to pull the platter and remove it. Otherwise it could end up coating everything. Instructions to keep, "This side up", usually mean, "Please tumble freely and often"!Put each compo... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Dan,You left that extra $12K here. Wasn't that your share of the lasagnushi? Nick,I'm a pussycat. Paul's the one who turned that EL34 into a puddle of melted glass. I think he biased the amp up to 800mv or something. Apparently it sounded fabulous... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Dan,Lasagnushi is a secret password, used only by a few cognoscenti during their most sacred rites. If you post it again Jyprez, Swampwalker and I will send Opus Galibier after you!I don't think Larry and I disagree on the UNIverse/2.2 as a combo.... |