flembo
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| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer Like anything blanket statements like "good for looks, not for SQ" gloss over tens of thousands of counter examples. My case: I run an old McIntosh power amp (MC-2300) and I love it. It's perfect for my needs (driving old, power hungry speakers)... | |
| Power conditioner some say yes and some say no. I should add I'm kind of a 'budget' audiophile -- what I have is what I could afford. | |
| Power conditioner some say yes and some say no. In my case I have to use one -- one of those old Tice units (badly reviewed sometimes) and the big old "power block" storage device. I bought the set simply because my house is wired is at 30A, my power-amp if used at higher volumes caused the lig... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING I've been using unipivots that came stock on my VPIs for...7 years at least and while I'm not qualified to talk about what the advantages/disadvantages over a gimbaled or knife-edge or univpivot, my Lyras have worked splendidly to my ears.Now, hav... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING rushfan71,Now that is interesting. I have one of these:http://www.lyraconnoisseur.com/Products/Products_Analog/Erodion/erodion.htmlI wonder if I set things up the way you do with your Bob's Devices unit I might experience something similar... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING @pani You're probably right about new schools and old schools, but you can have both. I don't have a Delos, but I have a pair of Helikons, a pair of Kleos and an Atlas and when your system is working in synergy with the Lyras, you get wonderful to... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING I'm not sure about deleting the thread. I think there are lotsa lessons in here.It's clear plenty of posters are familiar with Lyra and immediately knew something was very amiss with the OP's original take -- thus all the mocking and derision and ... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Fremer in that AnalogPlanet review above mis-typed some of the spec info for the Delos, particularly the loading range. Here are the specs directly from the Lyra website:http://www.lyraconnoisseur.com/Products/Products_Analog/Delos/delos3.htmlSpec... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Some important parameters to remember with the Delos:https://www.analogplanet.com/content/lyra-delos-moving-coil-cartridge"As with any line contact type stylus, correct VTA/SRA is critical to optimizing performance so a VTA adjustable tonearm is r... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING In all seriousness, if you get your Lyra, whatever model (I own / owned Helikon stereos and monos, Kleos stereos and monos and an Atlas) dialed in correctly you will be rewarded hugely.Having said that, alignment, VTF and VTA need careful attentio... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Let me be second in line for the Delos. I will absolutely buy it for $500 right now if @phill55 falls through. Please. There's no reason for you to put up with that POS cart. I guess I could put up with it for a little while. OK, $750 because I'm ... | |
| Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays?? I had a sizable stock of NOS blank reels I got out of storage last year and bought a refurbished Teac X-10M -- a two track deck capable of 15 i.p.s. I love it to death. It just sounds fantastic to my ears.I've been dubbing LPs and 45s to 'hi-rez' ... | |
| What is better, analog or digital? Endless roundabout, but I'll weigh in. What's better is what sounds better to you on your system. I have a great analog set up IMO and a pretty large record collection (maybe 2500 LPs or so) and consequently I would say analog, generally speaking.... |