gakerty
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| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading I loaded several carts (from Lyra Delos through 3 different Benzs) at 47K through my Pass XP15. Sounded clear and extended, and not "bright" at all. TBH, it sounded almost the same at ~1K vs 47K. Perhaps the Pass is one of those phono stages th... | |
| New turntable: please help with cartridge selection: Ortofon vs Lyra vs Charisma vs Hana If you like the Benz Z's sound, but with more frequency extension, I'd suggest sticking with Benz and trying the Gullwing SLR. A fantastic cart, with the fullness, "warmth" and sweetness of Benz, but with ample treble extension. The Benz LPS is ... | |
| Audio envy - dang! I received a bi wire set of the SP11 yesterday. I had orginally ordered the SP9, and Captain offered to upgrade me to the SP11s. Cap is a good guy to work with BTW. The SP11 sound great out of the box, ostensibly neutral overall, excellent freq ex... | |
| Clearaudio Ovation Upgrade I’m way more than satisfied with the move to Ovation from Concept. I’ve had the Ovation for almost 2 years now, and I’ll still shake my head at how awesome it is. : ) At the time of the upgrade I had a Benz Wood SL and got to compare the same cart... | |
| Clearaudio Ovation Upgrade Feeling a bit lazy this Sunday morning, but from a recent relevant thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/upgrade-clearaudio-performance-dc-or-move-up-to-ovation " I went from a Concept Wood (w/ Satisfy arm) to Ovation w/ Tracer. The O... | |
| Upgrade Clearaudio Performance DC or move up to Ovation? I went from a Concept Wood (w/ Satisfy arm) to Ovation w/ Tracer. The Ovation performs flawlessly, and presents a fuller, yet more nuanced sound, with a complete "black" background. It's a perfect table for me, and brings me joy. That said, I'm... | |
| Turntable Speed Turntable speed for me needs to be accurate enough to tune and play a guitar to. If the band is playing in "E", I want to be able to tune my guitar (using a tuning fork) and solo along to that (given a modern recording where the band had the righ... | |
| I am getting some new tubes for my amp, and I want to do a 24-hour burn in. How? For new/NOS tubes, transducers (cartridge, speakers), new amp...etc. I’ve always just listened to music and not sweat the burn in. If a piece is defective or you just don’t like its sound in the context of your system, you’ll know if from the onse... | |
| Your advice needed, speakers to buy $8K to $13K +1 khowlett. I am a new owner of Legacy Signature SEs and am smitten with the sound. Airy and extended in treble, powerful, but not bloaty bass, smooth midrange, just easy on the ears, being quite detailed, yet non fatiguing. They're not even ... | |
| Does Age Matter? 43 yrs, I'm like 85% records, 15% digital (mostly streaming from hard drive or Amazon). Analog is far more fun, tweaky and musically engaging to me. It better be with all the money I've spent on my rig! | |
| RME ADI-2 direct to amp I've run my ADI-2 directly into my poweramp (Rogue ST100) and it sounded good, albeit a bit drier and less full than when running the ADI-2 through my preamp (Rogue RP7). I suppose these are preamp colorations (or perhaps there was an impedance i... | |
| Audio envy - dang! I just wanted to add how pleased I am with the O’nestian 4:3 XLR in lieu of the Morrow MA6 between my Pass Xp15 and pre amp. This is not a knock on the Morrow. It sounds smooth, full, inoffensive, but just lacks that treble extension and air tha... | |
| Audio envy - dang! I'm currently trying out AE O’nestian 4:3 XLR between my Pass XP15 phono and my preamp. It is replacing a Morrow MA6 XLR, which I've enjoyed for a couple years and is quite a bit more expensive. Compared to the Morrow, the AE have notably more... | |
| yet another tube preamp recommendation thread avanti, you have a Rogue Stereo 100 as your amp, correct? It's hard to argue with the RP7+ST100 combo. That's what I have and the match is fantastic, especially when you roll tubes to your liking. Dynamics, punch, silky treble, "3D" soundstage ... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars Got to hear the Wilson Alexandria (or was it is Alexx?) at Music Lovers the other day. The sound, for lack of a better term, was "effortless", and frequencies were well integrated. It’s was hard to describe, it’s like the speaker wasn’t even there... |