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| Questions on PHILIPS TRANSPORT MECHANISIM Of all the parts you mention only the pro 2 is easily available. It's good, one of the best Philips transports modules. | |
| Anyone familiar with the Manger driver? Sbfx -- the diy you present reminds me of the those Audio Physic Medea I had many years ago.The diyer probably achieved better implementation I assume... | |
| Kharma Midi vs. Sonus Faber Stradivari Amati Larryi sez (Having) heard Kharma speakers in two home systems (the result was) a strange combination of dry, antiseptic sound and dynamic lifelessnessActually, my experience in a nutshell with all but the "Grand" with the diamond THiel & partn... | |
| Cartridge come from the new school that continues to believe that a resaonably priced TT will play well with a similarly priced cartridge -- anything more is a waste of money.Viridian's vhoices are fine. I would add another one: the cartridge the TT came wi... | |
| Speaker cables from same brand as interconnects? Jwp: Sean - transfer speed of an analog audio cable has to do with ALL of the factors in the cable- overall design, conductor materials( and size, shape, and number of conductors, etc), dielectic materialYes, many factors do inluence signal transf... | |
| Why Tube Pre-SS amp over SS Pre- Tube amp? Adcom sez: The preamp signal is smaller,more delicate and fragileNo it isn't. Although yr thinking *should* be logical, it so happens that the line signal is usually higher than what goes into the amp. There's attenuation involved in the preamp, r... | |
| Greek Audiophile - Documentary Video Hi Bombay: Busted! I have actually met some of these people, and listened to their systems. However, I think the film is more than a display of systems.I actually found this little film moving in certain ways. Nicely made; the editing, the music a... | |
| Bi-amping???? Passive biamping means that you still use the speaker's "passive" crossover. The amps receive the full-range of the signal from the preamp and feed this to either the mid-high or the woofer section of the speaker. The spkrs' internal crossover the... | |
| Electrical issue Mab33 -- I haven't seen the schematics, I'm afraid, so there is little I can actually say about the circuit.It was made by an acquiaintance and its intended use is for medical diagnostic equip -- not hi-fi.The net result is to lower the noise floo... | |
| Second round of auditions under my belt Hmmm, I beg to differ slightly vs Herman above. Despite the somewhat negative commentary. The commentary can be seen as a desrciption of the listener's experience and the writer doesn't seem to claim anything more than that.Indeed, midbass is a cr... | |
| How can I reach vinyl nirvana with my setup? you need to have a VPI or better TT to just get decent vinyl soundAFAIK yr TT AND yr cartridge, both, are fine. You SHOULD be enjoying good sound -- at least, I've heard the TT and found it great.Check all the cartridge connections; borrow another... | |
| Electrical issue I have given up trying to figure out why and have happily accepted the result.Noise is probably coming from the mains and the pre has a serious grounding scheme on it (finally!). Balanced helps with common mode rejection.I had a similar problem an... | |
| How can I reach vinyl nirvana with my setup? Place yr TT on suitable support, as above. "Neuance" shelves are a good and reasonably priced option ($~200). With the rest of the money, you may want to look for a used phono.Before you do that, check out yr phono chain: "It lacks the power, pres... | |
| Recommend digital source for opera & classical? As I listen to identical music (in inverted order: orchestral & opera), here are some thoughts. These are heardly the last word on the subject, of course: (in no order)*Burmester 001 -- this is very good and provides powerful output & an a... | |
| kronzilla who listened? Excellent sounding amps: i've listened to two models, both confusingly referred to as Kronzilla -- or so I think.In all cases, the spkrs were dipole -- "planar" & electrostatic. Blanket statement is, the resulting sound reproduction in these a... |