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| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? Tccaux, 300w of quality tube amplification would be expensive. But, who says you would need 300w's? Read these comments by Peter Qvortrup, CEO of AudioNote UK, who now manufacture variants of the classic Snell's:http://db.AudioAsylum.com/mhtml/m.h... | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? To this day, one of the most memorable systems I have ever heard was in a showroom at the downtown NYC, Sound By Singer. Snell AIII's, VTL 300 mono's, Audio Research SP14, Roksan table, Koetsu Rosewood Sig., MIT cabling. It's been about 25 years a... | |
| Moving VPI TNT, Wheaton Triplanar, Transfiguration If you want to make the re-setup as easy as possible and still do as much as is practical to avoid damage, this is what I would do in your situation (in short, remove and pack separately anything that can move):- remove arm board with tonearm/cart... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dear Nandric, I am still waiting for my commission for the use of that endorsement :-)****I forget the first rule for any component whatever: listenfirst for yourself****Aha! How true; nothing like listening for ourselves. I find most descriptions... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Lew, mine too sat in the box for months because of some (not all) underwhelming remarks. My experience so far proves, once again, that even the cognoscenti are mistaken at times; especially when they are not patient enough to allow for proper brea... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks Acman, I just ordered a 412. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I look forward to your impressions of the 412, Chris. Actually, I have been seriously considering buying a 415 on the assumption (perhaps mistaken) that the body/motor of the 415 is the same as for the 420. I would like to experiment with fashioni... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? The two parts are most likely the two SUT's (step up transformers). The "MC stage " is comprised of the MM stage+SUT's. You may find this thread to be helpful:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1278350882&read&keyw&zzsut... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I agree that it is difficult "how to explain the performance of some cart without reference to some technological aspects". However, I personally am comfortable with and accept the fact (for me) that there is much about these interac... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nikola and Dover, after 20+ years using and enjoying the ET2, and more cartridges than I can remember, it did not take very long to hear that there was something special happening with the Acutex 420 STR mounted in that arm. My impressions of... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I too am happy to go along with recordings that other have. KBO is a no-brainer, the Simon is also good. No reason not to use more than one recording; including the Fagen. Re the Fagen, and some general comments applicable to all (IMO):While it ma... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The Grado XTZ was intended to be a more refined sounding version of the TLZ. I owned both (as well as the 8MZ) years ago. Both are fine cartridges, but while the XTZ was indeed a bit more refined sounding, it was also more polite sounding. The TLZ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nikola, I, like you (I think) appreciate good natured banter and word play, even if it occasionally borders on the provocative; we are all big boys after all. I don't understand why you still search for the meaning of the word carcass. The me... | |
| New phono preamp vs NAD 1020 The 1020 is the preamp section of the famous 3020 integrated minus the power amp. I owned the 3020 many years ago and it was a remarkably capable unit for the money. I recently bought a Cambridge 640P for my son's modest system. The Cambridge is m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Apologies for the duplicate post. I have no idea how it happened. |