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| What do you think of your Soundsmith Cartridge I've owned a Zephyr and a Zephyr MIMC (and still do) and I like them but have never fallen in love with then. I have a VPI Prime and a Manley Steelhead. I would describe the sound as up-front and lively, but they don't do soundstage and depth and ... | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond Interconnects ? I tried many different XLR IC's between my ARC Ref6 and ARC Ref150se in all different price ranges. Mogami Gold, Morrow MA-6, Sommovigo Airwave, Harmonic Technology (model unknown-dealer lent them to me), and then Clear Beyond. The Clear Beyond ar... | |
| Morrow IC's To the OP. for all I know you are a shill for Morrow with an intent to throw out the subject of Morrow as further marketing for Morrow. I commented as to the quality. Meh. The MA-6 phono cable version does a good job but in my system, the MA-6 as ... | |
| Morrow IC's His biggest effort at pure unabashed P.T. Barnum-huxterism is to think that advertising a $10,000 speaker cable will imbue his product with the image of being a true worthy competitor to the established big boys on the block. Go to this forum's sa... | |
| Morrow IC's IMHO, and only mho, Mike Morrow is a salesman first and foremost, a business manager second, and he is not one iota of an innovator. The thing that really angers me is his thrusting his 60 day satisfaction guarantee and his "you gotta break these ... | |
| Magnepan 20.7's & Tube Amp I have zero quarrel with Ralph and I always read his posts with nothing but respect. The short speaker cable with monoblocks suggestion is also one touted by Mike Sanders of Quicksilver, and Mike Sanders gets widespread respect from all on both si... | |
| Strange buzzing from turntable https://www.sound-smith.com/hum-problems | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue Interesting. Congrats on the move-I know the feeling of excitement that comes with having Steve upgrade his amps-I had a DNA.5 upgraded to A+ and a DNA-1 upgraded to B+ right around the same time you did. I am tempted, but both my SMc amps sit aro... | |
| Aurender N100h owners I have the N100H. What possible function do the VU meters have anyway? It is as silly as McIntosh sticking a VU meters on their turntablehttp://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=turntables&ProductId=MT1...If McIn... | |
| How important is the rack you use for your components As with cables, the more refined your gear, the more difference a quality audio rack makes. That is just my personal experience and therefor it is just one anecdotal data point that is infinitesimally significant. I went from an el-cheapo threaded... | |
| Is powerfull Amps only for low sensitivity speakes? I have DeVore O/93's and an ARC Ref6/Ref 150se combo. The GS 50 is identical to the Ref 150se but looks much nicer. First, it is a very good and very quiet amp. Second, you are going to need a very good pre, and preferably an ARC. Someone else pos... | |
| Need Tonearm help for a Thorens TD124 Mark II I think you mean a 3009SII arm. My dad had both a TD124 and that arm and I had both restored. There used to be guy named Alfred Kayser that restored vintage SME arms with new knife bearings and wiring. Long story short-I was never happy with the t... | |
| Charley Hansen (Ayre) Passed Away This is gut wrenching to me. As many of us knew, Charley suffered a spinal injury in a bicycling crash many years ago and was wheelchair bound. Stereophile did a feature piece about Charley about three years ago and he certainly looked healthy whe... | |
| Most transparent power amp Yes, Ralph, sorry. Thx-I misread your post. I think I was tired from a long day at the office when I read it. When you said;The simple fact is that four ohms is not good for **any** amplifier made regardless of the technology, and this is easy to ... | |
| Most transparent power amp The simple fact is that four ohms is not good for **any** amplifier made regardless of the technology, and this is easy to see in the amplifier's specifications. Distortion is always higher, and the distortion is of a type that is easily heard as ... |