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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Although I'm no longer using the ET2 at the moment, one record I found that is readily attainable is Joe Jackson's Jumping Jive. On the track titled "Five guys named Moe" there is a part where Moe is repeated 5 times. With the ET2 you can clearly ... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Halcro, yes VW's have always been reliable, simplicity is the key. I would rather have your 356 than any 911. I ran an Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe ( the real one ) for a few years and it handled way better than anything they make today apart from may... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, Plaudits for the use of linear arms and high compliance MM's should go to Harvey Rosenberg of New York Audio Labs who demonstrated at an audio show about 30 years ago the following system - Linn Sondek, Eminent Technology ET2 air bearing ... | |
| Denon 103 vs 103r opinions - Sonic Differences Bpoletti, the OC9 has a reasonable bottom and top end but is threadbare through the midrange, the Denon is much more musical to my ears. ( Both cartridges used in Sota Star/ET2 ). | |
| Denon 103 vs 103r opinions - Sonic Differences I still have fond memories of my Denon 103 which the original Garrot Bros worked over for me with a Boron/Aluminium hybrid cantilever and weinz parabolic diamond. Incredibly musical, very good timing, down in focus/resolution slightly but a cartri... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Tonywinsc, thanks for the explanation. It corroborates with my experiences, we must listen. The downside of using our ears is that errors in other areas such as VTA, optimum tracking weight can influence what we hear and the process for dialing in... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved Emm Labs XSD1, Eximus, Mytek, Naim, Moon 750/650, AMR-77, Wadia 861SE with GNSC mods, Meridian 800 are some of the digital front ends I have heard extensively. Emm Labs was probably the most musical, but had the advantage of full AIR Tight amplifi... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved My current DAC is 32-bit so all I need is the download resolution and voila - I'll have true 32-bit resolution in my system.Sorry mate, all your 32 bit Sabre DAC is capable of is reading a 32 bit word. What comes out the other end is not 32 bit ev... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Hi Lewm, I'm guessing on the Dynavector, but I would assume that although the Dynavector has a high mass in the vertical plain, because it is a balanced beam, ie the counterweight at the back balances the arm to zero, then they have added electrom... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, yes I can understand that if we are changing from a glue joint to a pressure joint then this would explain it. I note that Namiki use laser technology for their diamond cutting, so I guess advances in technology may have made it more prac... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Atmasphere, yes I get that and I dont think there was any difference in deflection on eccentric records between a conventional arm and the ET ( with the dampening applied). The amount of deflection will vary depending on the horizontal compliance ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, I would question your comment about repairers replacing the cantilever and diamond rather than the diamond on its own. When I used Garrot's many years ago I witnessed with my own eyes under the electron microscope the removal of the diamo... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Yes I agree with Lewm that AS should be applied, with due care.In my experience as a dealer and 30 years of audio I have found that very few TT's provide a platter surface and armboard surface that are congruent, that is if the platter is level th... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Mapman, It is feasable that a digitally mastered recording could sound better through an analogue medium than digital because playing back via digital in the case of CD adds another A/D & D/A conversion, and if played back via computer/dac at ... | |
| Nude Turntable Project Obviously if you cant hear much difference between a copper mat and a pigskin mat, then your system is either not very resolving or it is too highly coloured to hear differences in components. |