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| Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex In my experience the best in this regards would be the original Ikeda 9 series, the ones without cantilever. It has the most explosive dynamics I've ever heard. Lots of references to it here, just do a search. The 9 Rex is considered the top of th... | |
| Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex Well, it doesn't get much better than the Proteus if you value things like soundstaging, inner detail retrieval and refined and open treble extension. Bass is deep, strong and tuneful too. Only when it comes to dynamic jump and mid bass slam you c... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? My biggest and most costly mistake was selling a Krell KPS20i cd player, that I owned and loved for many years. But after 20 years I assumed digital should have advanced enough to merit an upgrade. In the last 5 years various supposedly more 'adva... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? We all know the insane price difference between FR64S and 66S, but this is dictated by the collector’s market and has nothing to do with production cost. FR originally charged only 20% extra for the 12" 66S, around $500 versus $600 according to pe... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? Yes, and we can all thank the neoliberal idea of ’shareholder value’ for this unfortunate trend.It’s a disturbing sign of the times that some people - as seems to be the case here - believe that this type of greedy cynicism (corporate or otherwise... | |
| Can anything be down about this? There must be an agenda! @millercarbon, it seems there was another secret meeting at Hyde Island where the exact opposite 'strategy' was concocted. Based on the premise there is no perfect digital, the industry decided to put out a crappy product, but sounding just good e... | |
| Planning to sell my Micro DDX-1000, recommendations? Do your homework and check hifishark for current prices. You'll notice it's all over the map, but at least you can extract an average price that will likely sell (the ones with top prices generally don't sell).The best approach would be to split u... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? I give up too and will be going back to the (turn)table and put on some records, wondering what the hell went wrong here...... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? This reminds me of the story about the ants and the dinner table. It goes something like this: by accident some ants discover a table filled with food of all kinds. After their initial exitement they start thinking about how to tell the ’folks bac... | |
| unbeatable Class A integrated Try to find a Krell FBI. Apart from the silly name this was still a true Dan D design. It's basically an FPB 300 with a balanced line stage tucked inside. | |
| Musings from old school on High Fidelity 'High-end audio is not dead, it just smells funny'. | |
| o.k anybody know anything about shm-cd they claim there indistinguishable from the master? One of the ’advantages’ of digital is you can make copies of the master without any sonic loss. So the big sonic differences that existed between various vinyl pressings from different countries is mostly a thing of the past. So if the sonic quali... | |
| Been saving up for a big purchase. What to upgrade next? I would look at a different amplifier with more current delivery. All Magnepans thrive on power, the more the better. Within your budget there's plenty of options, especially if previously used is acceptable. I don't have personal experience with ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 The elusive Sony XL88D Custom is now offered on Yahoo for the princely ’buy it now’ sum of $3500. This is the one cartridge I would still very much like to add to my collection, but I don’t have the balls to lay out this kind of money for a 40 yea... | |
| TT Decisions, decisions... If you're partial to the wood console aesthetic, there's another strategy that would likely give a big improvement.Sell everything you have and find a Micro SX-111(L)FV or SX-777(L)FV. The SX series have the air bearing plateau, while the vacuum d... |