fsonicsmith
Responses from fsonicsmith
| UPGRADE FROM VPI SCOUTMASTER I am another former VPI owner who thinks they are good, not great. I am sure that the new DD with "Fatboy" gimbled arm at 30K is a great deck. But at the price points of everything below that deck, there are better alternatives. I have said it bef... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Fair enough. Why not ask Brian? E.g; "Mr. Walsh-have you ever gone to client’s home and determined that there was no improvement to be made?" or "Have you ever done your work only to have a customer say it sounded as good or better before?". And t... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Are there any guys who like me totally know what they’re doing, totally know their rig was set up really, really good to begin with, who then were astounded to hear it brought to a whole new level? Millercarbon; you are one confident dude. I wish... | |
| Double Advent wiring question... About ten years ago I took my set of Large Advents (purchased in 1976 when then they first came out) to Van L Speakerworks and John not only re-coned my woofers but upgraded my internal wiring and cross-overs. They are not in my main system-I use ... | |
| Professional Turntable Setup ( Chicago area NW suburbs ) Weird for me-I had just reached out to him for the first time yesterday to do set-up on my two turntables.We traded a few emails and he seems like a great guy. I noticed him on a thread on another audio forum, "whats best". I tried to look up your... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Like I said, your descriptions are fictional at best. No correlation to how these speakers actually sound, only to how YOU hear them. Sciencecop reminds me of someone else that was posting up until recently-someone who had relatively few posts ... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 To an extent I agree. I did not care for what the guy was playing in the room with O/96's but on the other hand, he spied that I had a record in my hand-that I had just purchased from Vincent Belanger-and asked if I wanted him to put it on. It's a... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Prof;Just one little tweak with a smile;I don't love my Devores. I think they are sorely missing midrange magic and precise imaging. In my case, while they are quiet despite my high power amp (ARC Ref 150SE), I feel that they would be better suite... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 I listened to them at Axpona. Granted, the room was crowded and I had to stand in a less than ideal spot (right next to Jeff Joseph). I had no idea the drivers were so small-five inch or so? The sound was good but after five minutes I identified t... | |
| Axpona 2019 Funny how taste is so individual. The Tritons sounded mechanical to me. I heard all the notes, but not in a way I found particularly pleasing. For me, they would be a top choice in a home theater to reproduce movie sonics. They aren't terrible-hel... | |
| Axpona 2019 I was at AXPONA all three days this year. My favorite room--the Finest Fidelity Room--they spun records on a Steve Dobbins restored Garrard 301, Reed 2P tonearm ($13,500 together), $12,000 van den Hul catridge and a $25,0000 van den Hul phono pre.... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker When Art Dudley comments upon the quality of parts in a piece of electronics, I take notice. Herb Reichert who evidently had a history of repairing electronics does this too. I understand your point with loudspeakers and cables. I particularly sha... | |
| Do any of your Rolling Stones recordings bring "Satisfaction"? I just received my copy of the 30th anniversary reissue of Keith's Talk is Cheap Limited Edition on colored vinyl (mine is dark red) issued by BMG and the sound is stellar. Better yet, the music holds up very well. There's a superstar lineup of pl... | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? I am of the opinion, fwiw, that while you can and likely will get an improvement with the KPH on that deck, in the abstract it is best to put the money in the turntable/arm and phono stage and only then turn to expensive (>$1,000) cartridges. I... | |
| Tone Arm board material While I don't claim to be an expert, I nonetheless agree with Ralph. I am not new to plinths and armboards. If possible, mount the arm directly to the base of the plinth. This is not possible with a Thorens TD124 unless the armboard chassis is cut... |