fsonicsmith
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| Good carts with SME V The important thing to keep in mind is that the ability of the tone arm to properly track the cartridge is far more important than what cartridge you actually get. In this regard an inexpensive cartridge will totally keep up with one that might co... | |
| Reed 3P dealer If you had the opportunity to make your Reed purchase again, would you go with the 12” or a shorter length? Just curious. I realize you directed your question to Chakster, but if I had it to over again, it would be the 10.5 too. I love the sound f... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I’m being a bit thick at the moment and don’t catch your meaning about "audit" with the Perspectives. When you audit a class in college, you take it for knowledge but not a grade. I was trying to be a wordsmith; I would love to learn how the JA Pe... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Prof, I think I've said this before but the 0/93's really impress with synth bass heavy dynamic party music-e.g. LCD Soundsystem. John DeVore is a synth fan and that has some influence on the strong suits of his speakers. They will make you and an... | |
| Blocking the propaganda @fsonicsmith - I think in some ways you overstated your "filter" and drew the ire of other members. For example, you acknowledged learning about a tonearm via the forum, but then did your own research. If so, you are still finding value in the f... | |
| Blocking the propaganda Now get your lazy a** out of here and start learning audio from the ground up, and no, we don’t want to know what, if anything, you learn. I learned something about you tomcy6. I learned to put you on "ignore". But if you had something known as "r... | |
| Blocking the propaganda There are a couple of large threads praising that speaker here on Audiogon. Are all those people fools or propagandists?And one example does not make any case for anything anyway..I don't have the patience or ability to tolerate straw man BS. I d... | |
| Blocking the propaganda And for people who are newbies, thinking all the stuff written is 'propaganda? Foolhardy to an extreme. Plenty of folks really care about helping others to learn, and care about what they write.Well, let's examine that. That speaker manufacturer w... | |
| Blocking the propaganda He’s controversial, he’s opinionated and he’s a classic NY character, but whether you like him or not, he’s helped to promote vinyl/analog more than any single person I can think of, offhand. Without a doubt. And I DO like him, even though I only ... | |
| Outer ring - who uses and what are your findings I have used my copper TTW outer ring with a variety of decks. I have used it with and without center weights. Here are my thoughts. The outer ring does help with records that have minor warps. I can see the difference with less tonearm movement an... | |
| Finally took the Bryston 4B Cubed plunge TAWW, it is very refreshing for an owner of a piece of high-end kit to be objective about it. Thank you. I wish there were more people on enthusiast boards like you-people who are able to avoid ownership-bias. I own gear that most would consider a... | |
| Thorens Turntables What is your budget? You may want to give Greg Metz of STS/Classic Thorens a call. He is located just outside Nashville. I know that he has several tables, not all of them TD124's, ready for sale. Greg is like a Swiss watch maker. He cleans up vin... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? There is no doubt in my mind that a modest cartridge properly set up in a top quality deck will sound significantly better than the reverse. I just had my TD124 totally tricked out by an expert-STS in Nashville. This project included a motor rebui... | |
| Upgrade to AMR DP-777 SE or look elsewhere I have an AMR DP777 and if it were me, I would have it repaired and upgraded. I agree that for you, the answer should depend on whether you liked the DP777 before it failed. My understanding is that the SE primarily adds more bass slam/authority. ... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES I recently bought cryo-ed 10-2 romex from VH audio and had an electrician install two Oyaide R1 duplexes with two runs of 10-2 romex to my breaker panel, so each duplex has it's own 10-2 dedicated run. One run is the cryo-ed wire from VH Audio and... |