folkfreak
Responses from folkfreak
| Power conditioning from the ground up I can share my experience with balanced power having used an Equitech 10WQ in my last system. This is a big (385lb!) built in conditioner that while providing good power was a pain in use. I found the system to be unreliable constantly triggering ... | |
| Modding Synergistic Research MPC to Galileo status Continuing on my tale of SR power I've now received the Transporter Ultra SE and have it hooked up to all my source equipment. It makes another major step up on Michael's MPCs preserving all of the air and detail but adding much more bass depth an... | |
| Tonearm recommendation To be clear, I’m talking about changes in VTF of +/- 0.05g here so nothing that’s going to do any long term damage to anything. It may be just as much room temperature interacting with the damping in the cartridge, who knows and it’s certainly not... | |
| Tonearm recommendation No, not what I meant at all. I am well aware of the VTF/VTA interaction you describe and appreciate the need to adjust the two iteratively. First time I observed this was on my old TriPlanar and the effect was not subtle (from recollection 0.5G or... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Just wanted to offer another endorsement of the blacks. I’ve had bad experiences with after market fuses in the past but I just installed a set of Blacks in my DCS Paganini stack (4 boxes) and in my ARC Ref 2SE Phono and 40th Anniversary Pre. Stil... | |
| Tonearm recommendation ct0517 -- further to "repeatability" when it comes to tonearm setup. Firstly I should discuss my approach to setup. It’s the typical iterative VTF/SRA approach using a Cartridge Man stylus gauge (best device of it’s type I’ve found, unreliable lit... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Regarding the Durand tonearms I can certainly speak to the current model the Kairos that has replaced the Talea. As noted the tonearm material is now a composite rather than wood, as well as performing better I believe this material is easier to w... | |
| ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDED TO SELL Michelle, sorry for your loss. I believe you listed the system but it was probably removed by the administrators, guess it undermines the main site. Anyway based on my having had a chance to see the list while it was up it is clear you have a nice... | |
| Modding Synergistic Research MPC to Galileo status Further to my last post Micheal suggested I try the modded MPCs on my speaker cables rather than the PowerCells -- great suggestion as this placement (with Galileo MPCs back on the two cells) made a nice step up. It also freed a Galileo MPC to go ... | |
| Modding Synergistic Research MPC to Galileo status Just chiming in on this thread and am happy to add my experience. Based on a comment in my system description I sent Michael two of my old dual lead MPCs to mid to Ver.2. They are on my two PowerCells and surplus as I'd already changed them out to... | |
| Focal utopia Be Nova vs Magico q3 Thanks for the response, I must admit I don't bother with YouTube for looking at audio stuff, seems to be a bit of a waste of time, and detracts from the time I could be listening to my own system :-) | |
| Focal utopia Be Nova vs Magico q3 I've owned the Q3s since they were first issued, mine replaced the pair of V3s I owned before. I cannot comment on the Focal speakers I'm afraid but here are some thoughts about how to get the best from the Magicos.firstly they deserve the best am... | |
| Magico Q3's at Goodwin's High End In regard to the Soulution 710 -- I suspect that you will like the sound with this amp, and it will work well, the Soulution line was recommended by Alon Wolf I believe. I do think when you have the time and the funds you may find the Soulution 70... | |
| Magico Q3's at Goodwin's High End Having a good chance to check out the amp requirements of my Q3s now. VTL MB-450s (450W 8xKT88 tube) in the shop for upgrading to MkIII status so have a pair of Silicon Arts Design ZL-120 (120W, MOSFET) in their planceSo OK yes the 120W does drive... | |
| Magico Q3's at Goodwin's High End Having triggered what seems to have been a very interesting discussion (if off topic) on singing I think Rtn1 gets it just right. I'd argue that in a pop music study the tricks should be in the service of reassembling that same perspective -- whic... |