larryi
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| Changing from an XV1-S Ptmconsulting, I liked the Temper/Temper V cartridges, but, they were a bit dynamically dull and polite sounding (some would say "dark") for my taste. The Transfiguration line changed quite a bit toward a punchier sound with the Orpheus and with t... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Dcarol,I am happy to hear that you found a cartridge that pleases you more than the Dynavector. I never doubted that your table was more than suitable for bring out a high level of performance from your candidate cartridges. It is clear that, in y... | |
| ARC Tube preamp suggestions It is hard to guess what others might consider lush and warm, but, in my experience, none of the Audio Research linestages short of the Ref. 3 fit that description.What kind of price range are you looking at, what are your other requirements (e.g.... | |
| Dynavector XV-1s loading question. There is no specific recommended loading for any cartridge -- a lot depends on your phonostage, your personal taste, etc. With well behaved phonostages that don't freak out and overload from the ultrasonic peak, it is possible for most moving coil... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S As crazy as it sounds, there are dealers who will loan out cartridges for a home trial. I got to try the Orpheus L before making the purchase. I know of a dealer that lent out $12k Allaerte cartridges. But, one has to have a pretty close relations... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S I agree with the other posters that "new" technology does not necessarily mean better. I don't know of anything about the Cadenza Black's design/technology that makes it any "newer" than the Dynavector. If you liked the Cadenza Black more, it coul... | |
| Is the Basis 2001 a solid enough table to keep. I own a Basis Debut (vacuum clamp) with a Vector 3 arm based on a recommendation from a friend who is an industry insider who has heard hundreds of home installations (he recommended the table and arm even though he actually represents competing p... | |
| Speaker isolation or absorbtion - what is best? The only way to really know what will work best is to experiment. This is a matter of "tuning" so a change will alter the sound, but, there is no way to know if you will like or dislike the alteration.As a broad generalization, the Symposium shelf... | |
| Is the Basis 2001 a solid enough table to keep. Yes, all of their tables, even the cheapest are built to very high standards (very close tolerance machining) and will perform well for a long time. The 2001 model has a top quality bearing and motor, which are very important to achieving quiet op... | |
| Linn CD12 CD Player ...Opinions It has been quite a while since I've heard the CD12, but, it at least was a terrific sounding CD player at that time. The fact that it is old does not necessarily mean its sound is out of date. A lot of current players purposefully use older chips... | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer Capnbob,I believe the way this is done "manually" is to convert millivolts to db, then you would do a left minus right and right minus left calculation to determine crosstalk. A straight reading of channel output would not account for channel imba... | |
| When does analog compete with digital? I have a problem with the concept of "competition" between formats. I need both to enjoy all of the music I've collected and I expect both to deliver a high level of performance. Also, my system has been assembled so that, on a basic level, both s... | |
| Graham Phantom B44 2 or Taela ? To me, it is close to impossible to say which combination of tonearm and cartridge is really going to work in any system without an actual trial. Unfortunately, such actual trial before purchase is almost impossible to arrange.I have not seen or h... | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer I ordered one from Acoustic Sounds and I had it in five days (at cheapest postal rates).It took less than 10 minutes to fine tune azimuth with this meter (very stable, unequivocal readings). Unlike the Wally instrument, the readings held steady. A... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? My system, by about 4X (No, my car is not totally a POS). |