larryi
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| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sirspeedy,Oh no, I fully realize the context of your statements. I find your comments to be well informed and reasonable.Phono involves balancing so many variables that is hard to be certain ANY comment on sound quality has some universal "truth."... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sir Speedy,I agree with everything you say. It's not that I am slamming the Temper V, it is just that I prefer something a little more dynamic, which is what the Orpheus happens to be. My Titan is too new to justify replacing it (besides, I like i... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Lewn,Good point. I forgot about the issue of the Allaert having very thin coil wiring, and therefore, being prone to damage from any current from what it is connected. A transformer would cure any DC offset issues. | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Hi OEM,The Allaert works well with the very expensive step up transformer from Audionote (uk). I don't know if it works well with others. The two Allaerts I heard have very low outputs that require really high gain and/or a step up transformer. Th... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration I know several people who have very expensive Allaerts (one person's cartridge is over $10k) and they all love the cartridge. In just my casual listen, I think they make terrific, natural sounding (not flashy) cartridges. But, they do have very pr... | |
| Confusion about "high-end" racks Mitch,30k buys the "basic" HRS rack. The one I saw (three section) cost twice that. The system sounded very good, but there is no way for me to say how much the rack contributed (the other stuff in this system was none too shabby, as you can well ... | |
| Confusion about "high-end" racks I too find it impossible to really determine how important a particular design of a rack is as far as impact on sound. My approach has been to find a solid, stable rack that is configured the way I need it to be, and to rely on shelves and isolati... | |
| Confusion about "high-end" racks A friend got a huge 3 section HRS rack and two amp stands. This is the most solid, substantial and beautiful stand I've seen. Each shelf is designed with dampeners that are specifically tailored to the load of each shelf. The company works with th... | |
| Opinions on Marantz SA-7S1, Nagra CDP I too like a compact player with front/drawer type of loading. But, the Philips mechanism that Nagra employs is really meant for top loading, so Nagra had to engineer a drawer to move the whole transport in order to convert it to front loading. Th... | |
| Opinions on Marantz SA-7S1, Nagra CDP I heard the Nagra CDP in a friend's system for several hours. I liked the sound -- clear, detailed and open, without being overly edgy and brittle. None of us preferred it over the Naim CD555 that it was being compared to, but, it is about half th... | |
| Attractive room treatment is it possible? Yes, as noted above, a room built from the start with built-in treatment can look quite nice. A friend has a Rives-designed room that looks beautiful. Bass traps are built into the corners of the room and are covered in fabric so nothing is visibl... | |
| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. Most tube gear, except perhaps hybrid linestages (with just a few teeny little tubes), have the tubes proudly displayed. I don't care that much myself about looks, but, if it good looks help with sales, that can more than pay for cosmetics. The st... | |
| Top ten tube preamps My personal favorites are:Audionote (uk) M-10 (silly expensive and WAY too many big boxes, no remote control, but magnificent in the right system. The M-7 sounded very good at a LOT less money, though it too is pricey.Emotive Audio Epifania (with ... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view I wonder if Class D tends to shine more in certain applications than others. I note that some of the big supporters here have notoriously difficult speakers that would tax most amps. For example the Apogee Scintilla has an impedance curve that dro... | |
| I have just purchased the latest Sound Lab M1 Hi Winston,I don't have any amp recommendation for you (I'm in the high efficiency/low power camp), but I thought it was an interesting coincidence that we both have an Epifania, Vector arm and Basis table (I have a Debut Vacuum and a Lyra Titan c... |