karl_desch
Responses from karl_desch
| Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue Couldn’t agree more. The 2019 White Album sounds so great. But I bought the non deluxe version without the Esther demos... | |
| Turntable platforms I recently demoed my unsuspended, 70 lb turntable on an HRS S1 platform and really liked what it did. Better clarity, bass extension and micro detail retrieval. Just swapped it out for a vibraplane for similar good sonic result with a bonus of z... | |
| Casual Listening Attempt #2 Brinkmann Audio I think you will love the A90 on the Audiomods. If you go A90, make sure you get the SRA correct as it has a big impact on the sound. | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I acquired a Marantz 10b from the original owner and sent it to Audio Classics a couple years ago for inspection and repair. It operates without flaw and sounds amazing. | |
| Only 1 Lacquer producer left, in a garage in Japan? I discussed this issue with a close friend of mine a mastering engineer who cuts lacquers on a Neumann VMS 80. Saff Mastering. This is truly a big deal. Lucky for him, he buys his lacquers through the small production in Japan. These japanese la... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations Thanks for the excellent discussion and ideas. I’ll do the numbers when I am there this summer! | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations @chakster All excellent points. I guess it would be unlikely to be cheap enough to overcome those shipping charges? I'll have to wait an see. | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations Don't want to derail this thread about cartridges available in Japan but...I will be in Japan next fall and was wondering if a new turntable, like a Technics SP-10R would be significantly cheaper if bought in Japan? Any way of looking into this? ... | |
| Pass XP-22 or ARC Ref5se? The Pass XP-22 is an amazing preamp in my system. So quiet and clear. It would drive any Pass amp. | |
| Soundsmith - Hyperion vs lyra ETNA @dodgealum Continuing to hear amazing things with this cartridge. I'm appreciating that the Sussurro doesnt call attention to itself just lets you here new things in familiar recordings and really get the musical message. My evaluation is somewhat... | |
| Soundsmith - Hyperion vs lyra ETNA @dodgealum I also had the non-ES version of the MIMC star. My initial impression was positive but I also felt like it sounded a little "closed in" for lack of a better term. Very clean and low distortion but not the expansive soundstage I was us... | |
| Soundsmith - Hyperion vs lyra ETNA I have only listened to EMT outside my home so I can't tell you what kind of changes to expect compared to a Lyra or SoundSmith. I do have the perspective of breaking a Lyra Delos. So what Bill says above is an excellent point about MI versus MC... | |
| Soundsmith - Hyperion vs lyra ETNA I don't think you'll be disappointed with either. I have had three main carts on my table for the past couple years. A Koetsu RSP, a Lyra Atlas and a SoundSmith MIMC star and most recently traded up to a SS Sussurro. To my ears, the SoundSmith ... | |
| 30 Watts of class A power: What Speakers are you using and suggesting? Vandersteen Quatro work very well with my Pass XA 30.5. Although not efficient speakers, they have a powered sub integrated and an easy consistent ohm load. I only ever see the needle twitch on the amp when the electronic dance music is thumping... | |
| Name Your Top 5 Most Musical Dynamic Sounding Tonearms of All time? I’ll mention the Mørch DP-8 here because what it does with the bass in my system. It’s grip on the low end allows for excellent musical dynamics. Love it with SoundSmith Zephyr MIMC and Lyra Atlas. |