helomech
Responses from helomech
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 If I were in your predicament, I'd try to stretch the budget a bit and try the Marantz TT-15S1. They come with a pre mounted Clear Audio Virtuoso cartridge.I think the turntable is actually made by Clear Audio and rebadged as Marantz.I think it's ... | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI I can't help but wonder what it costs VPI to print their 3D tonearms. | |
| Class "A" sound, as related to Stereophile. I tend to compare audio classes to automotive classes.One can spend $400K on a Lambo Aventador and take a very fast, thrilling drive around the Nurburgring, or someone can buy a $100K Nissan GTR, and get similar numbers. The drive is just as thril... | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI Biketony,Congrats on your new rig. I'm glad it turned out to be a good upgrade over your Thorens. | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI biketony,I didn't own the Classic for very long but in the brief time I did, it didn't outperform my Thorens. My Thorens does have some low rumble noise at higher volumes that the VPI did not. I currently have a $300 cart mounted to my Thorens (w... | |
| Has anyone NOT listened to their system for a long time? I think these situations were the major contributor to the success of Bluetooth speakers and sound bars. | |
| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! I would never imagine that 88db/ 6 ohm speakers in a 14x16' room need a high power amp (unless their specs are misleading). I think you'd be hard pressed to beat the already mentioned Parasound A23 at that price point. That amp should provide more... | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI Update: I took a gamble on an Acoustic Signature Wow XL with their TA-700 tonearm.There was very little info about these tables on the Web, aside from a couple good reviews from the common fluff Hi Fi mags. What attracted me to the Wow was the hig... | |
| Leaving the Naim game . . . The Exposure stuff stands the test of time and is simply great sounding gear. You made a good choice. | |
| Help, my system sounds lifeless! Definitely need smaller stand mounters for that space, maybe with a small sub. | |
| Upgrade Opinions, Thorens vs VPI Raymonda,From what I've gathered from other forums and experienced VPI users, the newer Classic 1 models aren't up to par with the older models, particularly because of the difference in motors. I know I had the Classic set up correctly and troubl... | |
| TurnTable Quest I have not heard a restored AR, but I'm sure they're very good. | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? I got a pair of speaker cables to sell.. They're made of military and aerospace grade beryllium copper, harvested from fragments of a comet that only passes near earth's orbit every 100,000 years. These cables are then coated with platinum, becaus... | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? Audiophiles want magic!!!!! | |
| TurnTable Quest Check out Dave's fully restored Thorens models at Vinyl Nirvana. These tables will walk all over many similarly priced new tables. The cartridge also makes a huge difference. I started this hobby on the budget end, which only ends up costing more ... |