fsonicsmith
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| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? I recently bought eight Isoacoustics Orea Indigos for my Devore O/93's. They made a huge difference, but not one I liked. Things sounded spacey and disconnected. It was fun to listen to, and my bass both tightened up but became much less extended.... | |
| Thorens TD124 with Fidelity Research FR-24 Arm help You would likely get faster responses in the analog forum. I almost never come to this forum but was bored. I have a TD124 and mounted a few arms before coming to my last arm (I think), a Reed 3P. The TD124 has a very low profile due to the design... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! @rixthetrick; the Gaia's and the Oreas are two different concepts as I explained in my first post in this thread. No, neither provide the "zero stiffness spring" that you repeatedly endorse. The OP praised his Stillpoints. I have those under my Ga... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! I thought boats floated. Boats float. You need to learn some simple grammar. Turds float too. That should be close to home for you. And then there is the famous Monty Python skit from Holy Grail. But if you are referring to my reference to "fr... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! IsoAcoustics provides a "calculator" to determine the best footer for your particular component. If nothing else, they have impressed me by providing such a fantastic tool to the consumer. For my Devore O/93's the "calculator" kicked out Orea Indi... | |
| Companies that repair/refinish speaker cabinets? I'm pretty sure Bondo and automotive spray paint isn't the solution for a high gloss, maple burl veneer, but if they'll provide me with a rational quote, I'm not picky...You're probably right, particularly if you don't intend to have the repairs d... | |
| Companies that repair/refinish speaker cabinets? It should come as no surprise that they arrived damaged as the original boxes are only adequate for one shipment and only then if they are strapped down to a shipping pallet. I know, I was the original owner of a pair for five years. Besides the m... | |
| Volti Razz Loudspeakers If I was going to buy a third set of loudspeakers to rotate in and out of my system, it would be these. As I have referenced in at least 4 other threads on this Board, I loved the sound of the Rivals at Axpona 19. My maxim, not that I have many of... | |
| Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed. Jeez, @erik_squires you used to seem like such an intelligent well-grounded bloke and now you seemingly have come off the rails (over the last few months). Whether you know it or not, that is not the point of Jim Austen's piece. Not at all. Perhap... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! Jim’s book is ok, but underrates importance of quality of gear. Setup can’t fix mediocre gear. You can’t reach upper level sound by tuning and tweaking average gear. Anyone disagree? I’m not too bothered by that. :) Wow, this just gave me a Eurek... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! Revolution going on in digital, and a new DAC under assessment, and I'm going to spend time on a stand? I'll let someone else do that. Can anybody understand Doug's entire posts? I can't. I am reminded of Geoff but Geoff's weird statements ar... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! Doug (Shroeder);I respect your opinion and agree with much of what you have said in this thread with the exception of the height theory, and on that, I was the first to disagree. Have you read or even just casually perused Jim Smith’s "Get Better ... | |
| Footers under my speakers double the perceived value of my speakers! Scary how few audiophiles can arrive at correct conclusions regarding such things. The improvement is not due to vibration control, but to physically elevating the speaker. The speaker will sound far better with raised soundstage. Just one reason ... | |
| Mingus Ah Um by Mofi millercarbon5,116 posts07-10-2020 1:58pmWhen you get up around $125- or even when you don’t, any time sound quality is paramount- save your money and look for it at Better Records. A White Hot Mingus does cost substantially more. However it sounds... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc I'm a little surprised that the MoFi Mingus Ah Um D2D, featured in the latest S'Phile has not been mentioned. It is largely sold out on preorder. It is not cheap-$125 and up depending on reseller for two 45 rpm records reportedly (Jim Austin wrote... |