johnnantais
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| Best Integrated for 400 dollars If you're looking for new, try the new Rotel RA line integrateds, which have an incredibly musical sound: I heard the RA-01 driving a pair of Tetra louspeakers, and I can't stop thinking about it since! Great micro-dynamics and dynamics. I believe... | |
| Suspended Turntable-which one? Longish Not to throw a wrench into your works, but your AR turntable is one of the best-isolated decks out there, and is one of the best (if not the best) at communicating Prat. Mod it, and change the tonearm. If you want to get the most out of your Shure... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Julie, yeah and there was lots of misinformation! First of all, the first air-bearing tonearm was apparently designed by Infinity, the makers as well of the Black Widow tonearm, as well as speakers. From there, the design went on to Old Coloney, a... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? I have a Maplenoll - had different iterations through the years and have gone back to the original Athena with fluid damping trough which, as was said above, sounds VIVID compared to most of the 'tables out there, with great Prat and deep, powerfu... | |
| 3 Top Cartridges Picks Decca cartridges, because nothing yet designed has ever managed to equal their slam, and they are extremely detailed while being incredible at imaging to boot. However, they are a bitch. And I've been using it for years. Shure V15VxMR, because it ... | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Black Widow! I can't believe it, but I read a comment by someone on AA that the Decca tracked very well in the Black Widow, and I was surprised as that was the LAST tonearm I ever thoguht a Decca could track in, being ultra low-mass and having kni... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos TechnoPop: Kraftwerk, Yaz, Depeche Mode, Art of Noise, Yello, Colourbox...If you haven't heard these on an idler-wheel 'table, you haven't heard them period! Idler-wheel drives excel in the bass, where they have greater reach, power, slam and spee... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Of course I can't know what's going on out there, so for you people who may be rushing to glue your slabs together before I have a chance to post new assembly photos, heed these instructions! First of all, choose the straightest edge on each slab ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos That easy? Thanks for the info, now I can post photos of my favourite beaches! I'll call it "The Ultimate Non-Resonant Platform". | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Thank you very much Albert, both for your support and for putting that "little blue clicky thing" up for people to use. I am abysmally ignorant of all things computer as I have spent a good part of the last 15 years haggling over the price of toma... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Listener57, thanks for the compliment! I am actually more of a full-time adventurer/traveller (totally and blessedly audio-free, except for bouzouki music, Balinese gamelan orchestras and African drums) in life, but when I'm stuck back home, I mus... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Ooops...A total mess, I know, I should just stick to my 'tables and stay away from computers. Short version: photos at http://www.terrypogue.com/Johnnantais/john.html. See explanation (twice! Don't you hate that tricky copy/paste feature?) above. | |
| Help I need a new cartridge and stylus The Shure V15MRx is very good, and probably unsurpassed at sounding good in just about anything (I'm making no judgments here). I own expensive moving-coils, a Decca and a Grado Woodie, and still the Shure is quite probably my favourite cartridge ... | |
| I need audition advice I'd personally be very grateful if you bought a Blackbird, which is practically guaranteed to be great, as no one seems to know anything about it beyond what Fremer wrote! Add to our knowledge and write a review! You'd be the first on the block! I... | |
| Building high-end 'tables at Home Depot: Photos Here is the promised information, which includes the rationale for this project and suggestions for experimenters and for doubters and DIYs and other possibilities. Refer to the other Home Depot thread for more in-depth information. I will start w... |