johnnyb53
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| Audioquest Dragonfly I had a Dragonfly for 3 weeks. I agree with Peter_s; it matches up nicely with the Sennheiser 580s. It's really nice to get this really clean sound, some oommph behind the headphone signal, and analog volume control that doesn't toss away bits whe... | |
| Looking for hi value CD/SACD player... Another +1 for the Marantz SA8004. I'm a vinyl junkie, yet in a store demo I heard the SA8004 make a redbook CD I was very familiar with sound stunningly real, lush, rich, and musical. To be able to tap other digital sources into that excellent DA... | |
| Blue Point No. 2 on a RB250 There are a several excellent high output cartridges in the $300 range that should work well on the RB250, including the aforementioned AT150MLX, Stanton 681EEE, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Grado Reference Platinum, or Goldring 1012GX or 1022GX (if you get... | |
| Blue Point No. 2 on a RB250 The Stanton 681EEE MkIII is discontinued, but is evidently still available at LPGear.com. LPGear also has the NOS Stanton replacement stylus plus a range of house-branded replacement styli including one with Shibata tip. KABUSA.com also offers a J... | |
| Blue Point No. 2 on a RB250 From what I've read, Roy Gandy, CEO of Rega and prime mover behind the Rega RB tonearm series, is not fond of Sumiko high output moving coil carts. Gandy is a bit eccentric in some of his views and would have a strong opinion about his own cartrid... | |
| Sealed vs. Ported Speakers I think of transmission line speakers are a good idea in the "ported" camp and wonder why there's not more of that sort of thing. They are a good idea. I think the reason you don't see more of them is that their more complicated internal structur... | |
| Sealed vs. Ported Speakers Sealed enclosures used to dominate high end speakers; ported speakers were often dismissed as "frat boy" speakers. However, over time things reversed. Sealed enclosures may roll off at a gentler 6 dB/octave, but they start rolling off at a higher ... | |
| Impact of USB 3.0 on Audio For Mac users, there's an easy way to neutralize this issue. I keep my music files on a USB 2.0 drive. When I first moved my files from the internal drive to the USB drive the music sounded flatter and more threadbare. I recently downloaded (and b... | |
| Why do I like the Denon 103r so much? If you use a tonearm with a removable headshell, you could swap in a heavier headshell to increase the effective mass. E.g., I have a Technics SL1210M5G. The stock tonearm eff. mass is 12g with the stock extremely light 7.5g headshell. The LPGear ... | |
| denon dl 103 w/ origin live silver mk II: help I believe the 103 likes a heavier arm, at least medium mass...? If you run the DL103's factory specs (e.g., dynamic compliance of 5) for arm/cartridge resonance, you'd need a tonearm with an effective mass of 30g or so. Apparently this is not the ... | |
| Why do I like the Denon 103r so much? I believe the 103 likes a heavier arm, at least medium mass...? If you run the DL103's factory specs (e.g., dynamic compliance of 5) for arm/cartridge resonance, you'd need a tonearm with an effective mass of 30g or so. Apparently this is not the ... | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? 10-09-12: Stickman451... I would agree that eventually, one day, digital will reach vinyl's performance and will even surpass it; that day just hasn't arrived quite yet...I agree too, that eventually digital *should* be able to equal a high qualit... | |
| Why do I like the Denon 103r so much? 10-08-12: SchubertIf really on a budget, which many good folk are, the DL-110 is not all that far behind.I have a DL-160, which is the 110's big brother, with a finer stylus and better cantilever. Given how my $325 Audio Technica AT150MLX leaves t... | |
| Anybody Ever heard of THESE Speakers? I heard a demo of the GoldenEar Triton 2's about 1-1/2 yrs ago before the Aon series came out, but they share the same excellent folded ribbon (Heil-style motion transformer) tweeter and similar woofer/passive radiator technology. | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? 10-08-12: TmsoroskJohnny,,, have you watched one spin while it plays? I have, to the eye it's quite slow, try it.Nuh-Uh! |