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| My final table , hopefully ! Moonglum, Good to hear that your table is working so well for you. As I said, I never had problems with my HW19 and it is still going strong in someone else's hands. My mild concern with VPI is not with the number of models, but, rather, with ho... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Many years ago I had a VPI HW16 (IV) with a Graham arm on it. That was a very good table that is completely trouble free (it is still at work in a friend's system. Before that, I had the older, non-golf ball version of the WTT (it had a plastic ... | |
| Would increasing the gain in the amp give more weight to the sound? Any negatives? Oops, I did not attach the URL, for some reason insert URL is not working:http://theartofsound.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-10335.html | |
| Would increasing the gain in the amp give more weight to the sound? Any negatives? I have not tried it myself, but, I know that some people increase the sense of body and weight by inserting a 1:1 "repeating" transformer into the line level signal (e.g., between the phonostage and linestage, between CD player and linestage, or b... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers I don't think it is quite as simple as a great digital system will sound even better with good phono gear added. I have problems with optimizing my system for one or the other. I had a setup that sounded quite good with both my CD player and my ... | |
| When will there be decent classical music recordings? I find that most classical recordings deliver more detail, particularly for higher frequencies, than I hear in actual concerts. Yes, someone on stage, like the OP has a different perspective, but, the records are meant to sound somewhat like what... | |
| mc cartridge loading Jonathan Carr, the designer of Lyra cartridges says much the same thing as Atmasphere--loading is only needed with some phonostage which overload when presented with RFI. I have found that with most high quality phonostages, not much more loading... | |
| Dac to remove Digital Glare/ edge A lot of CDs of pop and rock music sound terrible because the studios master them that way (deliberately or by indifference, I have no idea). This is evident when you hear the same music released by specialty houses that sound substantially bette... | |
| Any options for low power class A amps? There is a brand that specializes in low-powered, Class A amps, many designed for high impedance speakers and single driver systems utilizing Lowther or Fostex drivers. That brand is First Watt (an offshoot of Pass Laboratories).I heard on such a... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Mapman, I don't know how easy the Triangle speaker is to drive, but, I do like how it sounds. It is a nice and lively speaker that has a somewhat "bright" top end that is not harsh or hard or sibilant--a VERY hard trick to pull off and something ... | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers I heard them with Momentum amps and the combination sounded quite good. I cannot recall what speakers I heard with the Devialet; the sound was not bad, but, not that engaging either. I terms of looks, small packaging and flexibility, the Deviale... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers I think that most often people who are SET fans arrive at that point after going through a range of other choices. Low-powered SETs tend to be an end-point only after a long search because it takes some experience finding the relatively few speak... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland My personal reaction to most of the better solid state gear-Soulution, Constellation, MBL, etc., is that they sound very good and do not have the bad qualities ascribed to solid state (grainy, harsh). While I cannot point out anything obviously w... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Inna,Some other integrated amps to consider include something from Vinni Rossi (can be configured in MANY different ways, including tube stages) and Lavardin and LFD integrated amps (simple, really nice sounding medium power integrated amps). I'v... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences I am pretty much a tube electronics person. My current phonostage is a Viva Fono, which is thoroughly a tube unit, including tube rectification. But, if I had a reasonable opportunity, I would get a particular solid state phonostage that I heard... |