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| Digital Stylus Force Gauge: Which One?? I DO have a use for a digital gauge -- but it's practical for reference rather than set-up purposes. I set the basic VTF using a good'ole Ortofon thingy (or a Shure) and then fine-tune by ear. The increments in the fine-tuning are difficult to mea... | |
| Sibelius Sym/Sakari/IcelandSO/Recommendation Interesting, Tweeker. I was lately sitting on two versions -- Segerstam & Barbirolli -- & kept Barb as my reference. I'll try out the Sakari/Iceland (Chandos, if I understood correctly). | |
| Speaker Suggestion for teenage pre-stereophile Can't argue with Asa's approach (BTW the LS3/5A *are* warmish). Especially, buy something nice now -- which will probably keep even as audiophilia nervosa expands with time. The Totem sounds good -- hadn't thought of that. The older models seem to... | |
| Speaker Suggestion for teenage pre-stereophile IMO, put aside ~100 for good speaker stands; these are always useful (i.e. not short-lived, more like keepers). The Energy's above are nice, used LS3/5A are also a legendary speaker (& a keepeer). Used Sonus Faber could also be the ticket. Las... | |
| song title that is memorable Unlikely phrase: "whistle thru your teeth & spit" (G-Dead). "My piano has been drinking (not me)" T. Waits | |
| Bruckner 9th... Otto, the Mravinsky version is enjoyable. | |
| DAC without power switch - alternative? As you don't want to touch the power chain going *to* the dac, an option is to install a heavy duty (hi amp) switch after the IEC receptacle on the dac... messy affair! And yes, do AVOID plugging units into an empty PS (i.e. one that's off).At the... | |
| System Plateau--Help Me Take The Next Step Good advice above. IMHO take the advice in the following order:*tame reflections*check the effects of equip support (i.e. try removing or replacing them, use your cans, too, for this)*review speaker placement*check the effects of power cables (giv... | |
| Clean Your Cables??? Yp, it can help to remove static build-up. If you have the patience & inclination to do it. I do! | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? Gs556 -- that's a nice performance of the Sonata (Serkin)! Sorry, off topic. | |
| Thoughts on Legacy Whisper Speakers Hi Clueless, I'm likewise (clueless) on the Whispers but DO know s/thing about Mezzo Utopias.Price: IF the electrical part is top-notch and the cabinetry in v. good condition (I would call it 8/10, a seller "9/10"), then $7500 looks reasonable eno... | |
| cartridge recomendations Hi Viridian, haven't I seen your 18/02 post before -- exactly the same, word for word? Must be deja vu...:) | |
| why does triod mode sound better than ultralinear? Btrvalik -- as you are driving Tablettes, I wouldn't change to triode if I were you. Tablettes are not very sensitive (as you note) &, if I remember correctly, they're not the easiest of loads... | |
| Impedance question AGAIN. KR with spendor LS3/5a Hi Tomho, nice amp/speaker combo there (I used to have the Rogers equivalent -- 16 ohms). Is there something wrong with the sound now?? Anyway, to your questions:>what is the difference with the 4/8 ohms change<Better matching the speaker lo... | |
| Nautilus 800 Vs Wilson Audio VI Vs LM Labs Utopia I have listened to all three & my experience with Wilsons tallies exactly with Jameswei post above. For your stated tastes, the Utopias properly driven & set-up could do the trick; I find them more "precise" than the others, even though th... |