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| NAME SOME RARE AUDIO ITEMS THAT DID NOT TAKE OFF BUT SHOULD HAVE & WHY.HERE'S MY LIST roberjerman, The direct-drive Beveridge speaker to which you refer in your first few sentences is the 2SW. About 5-6 years ago, I bought a pair, including the DD amplifiers that are built into the base of the speaker, on a lark and because I had ... | |
| Happy with digital, but thinking about vinyl--looking for system specific recommendations Since your phono stage apparently has gain enough for an MM or MI cartridge, but not a LOMC (Low Output Moving Coil) type, I would recommend a top notch MM or MI cartridge. Sound Smith make a line of MI cartridges that have a good reputation, but ... | |
| TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! ! I personally would not pay $12K for a cartridge, but I don't think the idea is "beyond stupid".Davey, The (all tube) Atma-sphere MP1 will work fine with cartridges down to around 0.2mV, with no significant noise penalty, and this is without a SUT.... | |
| High End Reproduction is back Dear Syntax, Can you say more about the speakers or direct us to more information? Is the phono stage tube or transistor type? Thanks.Noromance, Surely you had tongue in cheek when you opined that this system "must be at least $10K". $10,000 won... | |
| AT ART-9 vs Audio Note IQ3 You're certainly within your rights to return it, but I doubt that it's really been damaged. Nevertheless, the possibility would play on my mind, too. | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm Ralph, So sorry that I volunteered you for TP questions. That was unfair of me. (I think maybe that was why you wrote, "sheesh".) | |
| who knows ZYX retipping or refurbish ? For what it's worth, the repair problem created by the sealed body type is one reason why ZYX discontinued the old original UNIverse, in favor of the UNIverse II, which has an open body allowing access to the generator. Of course, for advertising... | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm For what it's worth, you can call Ralph at Atma-sphere in Minnesota, any time. If he's available, he probably would be glad to discuss the TP variants. Ralph is "good people". | |
| AT ART-9 vs Audio Note IQ3 So, Invictus, apparently you have listened to both the ART7 and the ART9 in the same system, on the same (SME V) tonearm, and you conclude that the ART9 is superior. Can you say more, in more detail, about why you prefer one vs the other AT cartr... | |
| AT ART-9 vs Audio Note IQ3 Probably you are hearing the mounting hardware (tiny nuts and bolts) rattling around in their container, but I wouldn't say for sure.The notion, promoted apparently by AT, that the ART7 is "more for classical music" (compared to the ART9) is a bun... | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm You might ask Ralph Karsten (Atma-sphere) whether the standard 9-inch Triplanar will mount on the new SL1200GAE. If it does, very good choice. A 12-inch version of the TP is now available, as well. I own both a 10.5-inch Reed 2A and a 9-inch TP... | |
| TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! ! Invictus, On VA, one of the inmates posted that with his SME V, the new Ortofon Century will give a resonant frequency of about 10Hz, smack in the middle of the desired range. So maybe you ought to give it a thought for use with your SME V. For ... | |
| Technics 1200 Critic Fremer Praises the newer 1200G How about some specifications for the PLX1000? Fit and finish are one aspect of "value", but what about the technology built into the turntable? We know that the new SL1200GAE/GR/G is different from the old SL1200 in every possible way, except, ... | |
| Would a Technics SL-1200 MK2 be an upgrade from a Denon DP-31L? Dear Raul, I don't challenge your facts so much as I am surprised to read your post stating that the Denon servo mechanism (as used in the DP31L?) is "bi-directional". Can you cite evidence for that? JVC claimed publicly that the TT101 (and mayb... | |
| SAEC Making Tonearms Again! Just to add that SP10s used in broadcasting were usually seated into a very massive counter-top (for want of a better word to describe a broadcast booth). They weren't just sitting on top.Raul and I had this argument long ago. I believe DDs need... |