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| Kuzma 4Point vs Airline - is it worth the upgrade? In my view the use of the word unipivot is misleading - the 2 vertical bearings are like a double knife edge as in the early SME's except that they are points/cups instead of knife edge/groove. Unlike a true unipivot the whole arm tube will chatte... | |
| EAR 324 vs Einstein The Turntable Choice Did you check for phase inversion and set the loading the same ? Try different loading ? I have found with my Klyne it prefers to be loaded much higher than normal, ie 47k for most moving coils. | |
| Reed tonearm w/ Raven One table-how's the match ? Hi there, I think the Raven 1 is great value for money and will work with the Talia ( yes I've heard the Raven ). However given you've already got a good arm, you might want to consider going up to the Raven AC 1 and stay with the SME which is exc... | |
| Sota Cosmos tonearm? I used to be a Sota Distributor and have installed many arms on the Sota. Personal favourites ET2 and SME V. ET2 - massive pinpoint soundstaging and excellent timing. SME V very organic warm and solid sound, we had success with Van den hul cartrid... | |
| To SME or not to SME? Mauidj,Any of the turntables you have looked at will be good. If you are nervous about the $20k, then spend less. What about second hand. For $10k you could get a second hand Micro Seiki RX1500 and a new Graham Phantom. Keep your Oracle as a bench... | |
| $1000 upgrade. Opinions? My view would be to replace the Audiolab. This amp is quite mechanical sounding and in the states you have access to some great pre/power amps at wonderful prices second hand. Because the Audiolab can be split you could do the power amp first, use... | |
| opinions on favorite cartridge Nobody seems to have read your question properly, which was which of "these" cartridges do you prefer and why. I have heard everything there except the GAS and Ortofon. My favourite would be the Carnegie, I used this on an ET2/Sota Star many years... | |
| To SME or not to SME? Mauidj - why are you fluffing around still. I thought you had decided to buy an Oracle. Have you changed your mind again. With regard to all these opinions you have to look at the rest of their systems. In the case of Sksos1 if you look at his thr... | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp Hi Tobes - we must sound like a bunch of old women with our comments. Next step if you want to go further would be to replace any Solen's in the signal path. Even the MIT will easily surpass these in speed, timing, dynamics and your pre will just ... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Hi there I've run ESL57's both single, stacked and with sequerra ribbons with Quicksilver 8417's. I got much better bottom end when I ran them as a single pair by putting them on stands about 18-20" off the floor and tilted up so the panels were m... | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp Tobes - I just saw your photos - I would suggest you push the caps as far away as possible from the tubes to minimize heat transfer. | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp Tobes, well done, Just to emphasize Rebs comment on bypassing, I would not recommend bypassing the Mundorf as they are built as 2 capacitors in one body with interleaved windings to minimize inductance. Bypassing would probably negate the design. | |
| A true believer If you sent 3 people into an audio shop with a selection of equipment and asked them to put a system together, I would put my money on none of them ending up with the same system. Cables are the same. And they are all right of course, assuming tha... | |
| A $300-$400 turntable tweak J Carr - thanks for the info - very thought provoking. The clamp discussion certainly has me thinking. The FAR clamp has a proud rim on the bottom so the force is applied to the out edge of the label. My FAR is up to speed in half a turn - so not ... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Mauidj,You have mentioned several times the Raven AC3 . Another suggestion would be to buy the Raven AC1 and mount your current arm/cartridge on it. This keeps your initial cost down and allows you to do further upgrades over time without having t... |