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| Triplanar VII tonearm & Koetsu Jade Platinum cart. Thanks Feil , Dgad,Yeah , I actually had forgotten about the Dyna. Thatis another that I had heard was a good match. Dgad, alittle confused here though. Dynavector lists the weightof their arm at 1380 grams on their website. I am notmuch the tech ... | |
| Triplanar VII tonearm & Koetsu Jade Platinum cart. Hi Doug, girl and boys,I am breaking in my new Jade mounted on my Vector 3. I am pleased, but feeling that there is more to extractfrom the Jade. I am considering the Phantom. Could youtell me which tonearm or tonearms you would considerfor the Ja... | |
| Led Zeppelin-newly remastered I guess its time to dust these off for another listen,my system has changed considerably since last listen to the 10 CD box. My recollection is that I was not at allsatisfied, but I will listen again and try to elaborateon that. My Zep vinyl has b... | |
| Led Zeppelin-newly remastered I was at my local Barnes/Noble recently and they had Mothership packaged in cardboard w/DVD and a CD only versionwhich was packaged in standard plastic case. However, I noticed the Cd only version had the roundededges like I usually have seen excl... | |
| TW Acoustic Raven owners I believe the price is now $6,200. This was scratched on mycalender from a recent conversation w/ Jeff Catalano. Thiswould bring it in at around the price of a Basis 2500.FWIW,I believe the AC is at $11,500. Probobly right around theprice of (yep)... | |
| New house room size opinions please........ I now have Vandersteen 5A's FWIW in a 23+ x 12+ room. This isa living room , that I have dedicated to me me me. I have given my family the 19x18 family room. If anything, I wishthat the 12+ was at least 2-3 feet wider. This enabling me to get the ... | |
| turntable sounds better on warm summer nights My wife talks so much, I cant even hear the silent blackbackround. Let me acquit myself here, I have a male buddywho is even worse. Please see my related thread, "Take mywife, OOPS, Wool carpet, please. | |
| Koetsu cartridges - what arms work? I have just ordered the Jade Platinum and when I receive it, will mount it on my Vector 3/ Basis 2500. I had posted a thread on this, and received a bit of helpfull advice. I went to relocate the thread to update it, but could not bring it up. I d... | |
| TW Acoustic Raven owners I am also considering the TW Raven AC and thought this would be a good place to ask this question. I am going from a Basis2500/Vector 3 and obviously am looking for an upgrade as weall are when we open our pocketbooks.The first table in the 10-13K... | |
| Tube preamp noise question The basic tube of each tube type you have may be worth pricingto see if you can try a new set of one or the other or a set of both. Did you reverse left/right with both the 5881's andthe 6SN7's. If you bought the unit new, I would obviouslycontact... | |
| Add a external DAC, buy EAR Acute or go PC`? I now own the EAR Acute and have previously owned another formidable CDP w/ volume control. FWIW, I almost always prefergoing through a good preamp. It may not me as simple as just bypassing your preamp and going direct to achieve thesound that is... | |
| Tenor 75 w/ Sonus Faber Amati Homage? I had the Tenor with the Verity Parsifal and it drove it, butnot to the effect that higher powered tube amps did for me.It did have a very nice midrange though. I would say a sufficient pairing for acoustic music, but left me wanting with harder h... | |
| Listening chair? The two that Relax the back retail store had were:1)Backsaver Zero gravity (Mike and I have the Delta model) recliner. There is also an Alpha model as well as a powered version. MY Delta has the viscose fill option. Its so comfortable I would set ... | |
| Listening chair? I copy-catted Mike's chair and it is very comfortable.It is also on the Relax the back retail store website.I just love the chair, also comes in suede type clothwith options like viscose ( Temper-Pedic type) elastic. BTW, there is also a competing... | |
| Vandersteen 5A speakers I think the 5A likes some power, so you may want to considerthis. What is the power of the Berning. The Moscode is supposed to be a nice match. I will soon be evaluating a DNA500, as I am still awaiting my preamp. I can fill you in on that soon. I... |