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| VPI JMW 12.6i Plus Tonearm - Antiskate I've owned the JMW-10 for a number of years atop a TNT. Setting the antiskate with twisting of the wire has worked fine and should not be a deciding factor in your purchasing decision. Harry Wesfield, who has heard and setup a turntable or two in ... | |
| Budget Preamps for Atmaspheres? Prior to my MP3, I had an audible illusions M3 which was excellent with the S30. I used single-ended interconnects with the shorting plugs without any problems. The AI M3's or M3a's are almost always available on Audiogon in the $700-800 range. Th... | |
| Coincident with 8 ohm vs16 ohm I own Coincident TV's. The 8 ohm taps should be fine. | |
| subwoofer mate for reference 3a de capo's ? The Alon(now Nola) thunderolt subwoofer is excellent | |
| Atma-sphere S-30, any users out there? I've been using an S30 for about 4 years, currently with coincident total victory's. Prior to the T.V.'s I had Alon lotus's with the 14 ohm woofer. I agree with Chris/Nutella, the S30, while certainly not inexpensive, is one of the highend's great... | |
| Tenor amp / Coincident Total Victory combo I'm currently using an Atmasphere S30 with the TV's and its a wonderful combo. The S30 predates the TV's but I did get a chance to compare it to some of the cary set's on my previous speakers, Alon lotus. The S30 was much more transparent and fast... | |
| Koetsu Urushi Cartridges - Differences? The urushi is made from a rosewood body and coated with a lacquer derived from tree sap. It is an ancient japanese art form and is also used to decorate pens, etc.Sonically, all three urushi's are identical, differing only in the type of lacquer u... | |
| Bat VK-51se vs. Atma-sphere MP-1 Mk II Just a few thoughts. You don't mention if you need a phono section. I mention this because the atmasphere comes with one and 51se does not.Regarding reliabilty I can't comment on bat but I have owned an atmasphere amp and preamp for some time and ... | |
| Need help with speaker wire for quad ESL 57's I have two suggestions, Magnan signatures(MS) and Gortz(GO). Both are flat cables and are excellent with all speakers but are an especially synergestic combo with electrostatics. The MS is one of the best speaker cables available and is what I per... | |
| Is Lyra Helikon too analytical? Another possibility is to hang on to the Koetsu and when you ready have it rebuilt with the platinum signature innards. I believe that Koetsu SE (southeast asia) will do this for you. Go to their website if this sounds appealing. | |
| VPI SDS....? The voltage, by itself doesn't determine the correct record speed. Rather, it is the frequency of the voltage, 60hz for 33.33, 81hz for 45 rpm in a perfect world. What the SDS allows you to do in combination with a strobe disk and neon light, is m... | |
| OTL amplifiers Oh boy, where to begin? Firstly, I should say that I have been an Atmasphere S30 owner for the past 4 years. It is simply the best amp I have owned. They have a speed and transparency that, IMHO, no transformer-based amp can match. The original fu... | |
| Cheap Strobe Light?? I just went to home depot and got a small florescent light. The one I got is eighteen inches long and was made to be used for wall or under the counter hanging. Works fine. | |
| Lee Morgan FWIW, The Sidewinder was the best selling album ever from the classic blue note era. If you enjoy his work with the Jazz Messengers this is a no brainer | |
| Reasonable preamps with phono stage I'll second the comments already made on the AI M3. I owned one for several years and it's an outstanding preamp and at the cost of a used unit, a ridiculous value. Your going to have to spend thousands more to get appreciably better.You may be wo... |