flyingred
Responses from flyingred
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Hagerman/Hagtech phono stages are awesome. Otherwise the Dynavector P75 used is a great deal. | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Ebalog, you are astute in picking up the sentiment in my post. Power supply components are not massively expensive and it would be possible for a manufacturer to incorporate a better specification for minimal increase in price.On your point about ... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Don't take this personally Gary, but I'm always amused when a dealer/manufacturer says something along the lines of "the power supply upgrade makes a real improvement." I don't understand why they don't just make their design sound as good as poss... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Warning - reading this board may damage your wealth! :)It's nice to be in like-minded company where it's okay to own a choice of arms and cartridges! A couple of years ago I was attempting to make the choice between Schroeder's DPS or Reference, i... | |
| tonearm match ZYX Universe Moerch and Triplanar Audiotomb, I smiled when I read your post because the Amazon design was optimized using the Moerch!The Spacedeck is a good entry level table and the Amazon is better, if not the best at its price point. I would suggest you decide what is important... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Before you pull the trigger, check out service, support and warranty for the DPS - their motor controller is proprietary and complex. I chose the Galibier, not just because it sounds better, but because the motor controller is a simple circuit usi... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable The DPS is an interesting table but falls short of the performance of designs from Galibier, Teres and TW Acustik.When I auditioned the DPS/Schroeder Ref/Airy3 the detail and imaging were good, however timing and dynamics fell short of the others ... | |
| Importance of headshell and tonearm alignment My first experience of setting up an arm/cart was on a TD160 with a SME mounting board and adapter plate (in about 1980). I struggled to get the cart aligned. With hindsight, I realize that my error was in trusting the accuracy of the adapter plat... | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? Travis, your point about financing inventory is important. It's pretty unusual for goods to be released for export with the vendor taking the credit risk. It's beholded to the buyer to fund his purchases without taking credit from the manufacturer... | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? Travis, you are right to point out that the 17.5% VAT is applied equally to imports and home production. However, some product/country combinations do attract additional import duties, levied in relation to "the tariff" at customs. VAT is applied ... | |
| cartridge Benz, Koestu, Lyra Hi Jeff, it's a system synergy and taste thing really! I heard a Glider in a system using class d amps and it sounded amazing (a good balance of warm cart and clinical electronics). I have an '80s Koetsu Black, which was inspected and re-tipped ab... | |
| Can anyone suggest a good universal headshell? You can find the Sumiko HS-12 at Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct and Needle Doctor for $40. I would buy from Acoustic Sounds because they do a great job stocking all that delicious new vinyl. | |
| Dynavector XX-2 Congratulations Kentamcolin, the XX-2 is a very enjoyable cartridge and it does bring out the best in any recording. | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? Audio Consulting in Switzerland build tube amps and phono stages, whilst being better known as the source RAM use for some of the components fitted to their CD player upgrades.I have two observationss to add to the debate on nationalism in audio p... | |
| Which Albums do you use for reference Listening ? Supertramp "Crime of the Century" for resolutionEmerson Lake and Palmer's first album for dynamics, bass extension (church organ) and noise floorMott the Hoople "Brain Capers" for rhythm and timingHalle Orchestra/cond Handford Carmina Burana (Orff... |