lewm
Responses from lewm
| Best cost no object tube phono Reimarc, You need an in-home evaluation by another experienced and knowledgeable audiophile. Your story is much too complex to be addressed by anyone who hasn’t been in your listening room. I assume Dave Slagle knew you were using a cartridge with... | |
| Turntable Mijo, I am surprised you advise skipping the Eclipse upgrade. Is that because of the added cost? IMO, the Eclipse mod is so key to the best performance of a SOTA TT that I’d advise the OP to get it done and wait on the new tonearm purchase until f... | |
| Tonearm that surface mount without cutting a hole? Unless I miss my guess, cleeds you are talking about the DV507 Mk2. The DV507 requires a hole for the vertical shaft; it is not a surface mount type. So in that way it is unlike the DV505. But since you have tweaked my interest, I will double-chec... | |
| Tonearm that surface mount without cutting a hole? 52Tiger, Fair point about the cost of the named surface mount tonearms. I guess the least expensive conventional pivoted type would be the Dynavector DV505, which although long discontinued can be found on the "pre-owned" market for ~$900 to $110... | |
| Experience with DS Audio Optical Cartridge Systems jperry, that is possibly the shortest thread ever on Audiogon. One response! Which probably indicates that not many have had the experience of an optical cartridge, back in 2015 or even up to now. Rumor (and I hasten to emphasize "rumor") had i... | |
| How important is the cable between the SUT and phono pre? To minimize capacitance, in addition to other measures, experiment with unshielded cable. In some home environments, you can get away with it. | |
| Brinkmann and Koetsu? Astolfor, I am a little confused by your post. It seems you are saying you like the Zesto phono stage better than the Steelhead, but you bought a Steelhead. Then you go on to list the ways in which you think the Zesto (presumably you're referrin... | |
| Stacking mats on Technics SP-10R Thanks, MC. Now I get it. He needs a nakamichi TT. | |
| Lyra Lambda Atlas/Etna Mijostyn, do we imagine that any of the very best cartridges are manufactured by a machine? I think they’re all ultimately hand made. Also, you’re a fan of Schroeder tonearms, many if not most of which are made of wood. Tonearm changing shape woul... | |
| Clearaudio Concept TT subpar sound quality Borrow a real phono stage and then compare vinyl to spotify. There may be nothing wrong with anything except the probable A to D to A conversion going on in the "streaming hub". | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other To begin with, I rarely if ever listen to "popular music" from the 60s, 70s, and 80s on my audio systems, with the prominent exception of the Beatles and some others. But I do know what you are talking about due to my brief forays into that genre.... | |
| New Transrotor TRA9 tonearm coming soon Cleeds, Tempus fugit, don’t it? | |
| Stacking mats on Technics SP-10R Sorry, I don’t get why you need to stack mats in order to correct for eccentric 78s. And most of us wouldn’t know what mat sounds best with old 78s, which I assume could be shellac. For vinyl, I definitely would not recommend the original SP10 mat... | |
| Tonearm that surface mount without cutting a hole? Solypsa , do you own a Viv? If yes, how do you like it? | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other "Another issue I am noticing frequently is on more recordings than not the space in between instruments and voices is quieter. Some would say "blacker" but, they really mean quieter. With analog playback there is more ...fuzziness around the edges... |