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| Lyra Titan i on Basis Vector 4 experience? Hi Scott,You are most welcome to visit. Just contact me via e-mail and we can setup a time. Half my LPs are still uncleaned sitting in my basement waiting for me. Of course, I'm always looking for more! :)Dre | |
| Lyra Titan i on Basis Vector 4 experience? .Just want to follow-up a bit with this thread. I've had the fortune of having a few local friends with a couple of cartridges that I did get to listen to in my system. The time spent doing this was very educational. That time spent being listenin... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive/Vector 4 combo - balanced? .In the above post I should have said traverse instead of transverse. sorry.Dre | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive/Vector 4 combo - balanced? .Not that it is crucial by any means, but once you make the change both your cartridge signals will have similar connection points and the same amount of metal to transverse at the phonostage input. The sonic benefit is debatable of course.If you ... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive/Vector 4 combo - balanced? .I did not notice any noise reduction. - My phonostage can be switched from one input mode to the other on the fly. I turned the system all the way up and listened to the system gain noise on the balanced input mode then switched to single-end mod... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive/Vector 4 combo - balanced? .Below is how I wired my Vector 4 for operation with XLR connection:Pin 1 on both XLR connectors is not connected.Pin 2 of each XLR should get the positive (+) output for each channel if the phonostage positive (+) input is pin 2.(Right channel XL... | |
| Vandersteen 3A Signature in a small room? I'm posting this for clarification only:This is a quote from Richard Vandersteen about the drivers in the 2Ce Signature II as posted on the Vandersteen Website 12/23/2006.Sorry for the all CAPS but that is how it was posted.THE NEW 2Ce SIGNATURE I... | |
| Horrible Squee-gy Noise from Stylus Jay,I'm in your area. Maybe I can help you. I'll try to send you an e-mail so we can talk.Dre | |
| Has anybody tried the new ORG release Pop Pop I have the new ORG double LP and it sounds very good. Compared to the Alto Analog re-issue, the double LP to me is more dynamic, has more body for all instruments, and stronger low frequency reproduction.Hope this helps,Dre | |
| No deep bass or highs: VTF or VTA issue? Ian,Im sorry I called you Floyd based on your forum tag.Your gauge is one of the typical ones used and it should work well. To test the gauge (crudely) you can place a dime on the gauge. The dimes after 1965 should be in the ballpark of 2.268 gra... | |
| No deep bass or highs: VTF or VTA issue? Hi Floyd,Based on what Ive read from you so far, Id suggest the following in its entirety as a test:- Set the tracking force to 1.8 grams (If the cart/arm combo tracks at 1.7, you can try that short term for this test)- Raise VTA until bass just... | |
| Lyra Titan i and Olympos SL With regard to the Titan i and it's ability to perform well. I personally think it is one of the most balanced cartridges available. I've listened to this cartridge in many systems and it is definitely a top performer.With Skala owners mentioning,... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. I've been sitting on these notes since the RMAF in hopes of adding more as time goes on. Unfortunately, I haven't made time to write more thoughts. Therefore, I'll just post the first three rooms I started writing about.Hope you enjoy....RMAF 2008... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Albert and Mike,Care to share your impressions of this year's RMAF?Thanks,Dre | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Hi Guys,I've returned from RMAF 2008. I will try to post my thoughts in a day or so. I didn't take as many pictures or get to visit as many rooms as I did last year.For starters, I really enjoyed the time talking with folks and listening to some f... |