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| After Walker Audio Reference Phono Amp... There are a raft of "usual suspects" phono stages at that highest level of performance. Only you can choose one that may sound better, to you, than the Walker. Opinions of others are worthless, or should be worthless, to you. | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable Fleib, I was going to quote the very same sentence of yours that is quoted already above by Hiho. To wit: "I got the impression that the Brinkman also uses a magnetic drive where the motor isn't directly connected to the platter."In addition to wh... | |
| Synergistic FEQ: Placebo effect or is it real Vinylmad, Have you seen and read this thread on Audiogon?:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1381868965&openflup&33&4#33Did some research on FEQ; it's obviously NOT a "real" electronic equalizer, such as I described.I ha... | |
| Synergistic FEQ: Placebo effect or is it real What is the FEQ and how does it supposedly work? If the word "quantum" appears anywhere in your response, I will say that it is a dubious proposition, to say the least. If it is in fact a frequency equalizer that you insert into the chain between ... | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Swampie, To be a Devil's advocate, I would say that a solid metal rod or a hollow metal tube is less likely to warp when it does expand and contract based on ambient temperature. Also, metal is much less sensitive to humidity, compared to wood. On... | |
| Another Platter Speed queston If all else fails, try to find out what type of motor you have, and then select an aftermarket motor controller that is suited to it. Not only will your platter speed be adjustable but also the constancy of the speed will likely improve, and motor... | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Agree with Doug; I think it's the non-regular structure of a good hardwood that benefits a wood arm wand vs a metal one, for dissipating energy. But this thread is not about wood tonearms; sorry. Love my Reed. Have really liked a Talea in my frien... | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Syntax, I like your sense of humor, but I must disagree with you on the subject of wood tonearms. I own a few that I like very much, and even in theory there are some properties of some hardwoods that seem well suited to the job. I don't own a Dur... | |
| AMG V12 Dear Theo, I confess I must have been confused by your words: "I would confess the fully tricked out LP12 does outperform the V12 in bass response as well as minute extraction of details, but at an additional $12k it should. My LP12 is well equipp... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine I think that back in the day, a few tweakers used to disable the suspension on SOTA tt's entirely and then mount them on any of many various isolation platforms. In other words, turn a suspended tt into an unsuspended one. Let the platform do the ... | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Ditto to what Doug wrote, especially on the first point about aligning the bearings. When I read the OP's description, the first thing I thought of was the built on tonearm on my Dual 1019 record changer, and then I thought of every tonearm I've e... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Theoretically, you are setting up a system with three different resonant characteristics, which could either be inaudible or cause some issues due to a negative effect on the constancy of belt tension. (One platform in vibration or resonating whil... | |
| AMG V12 "Fully tricked out LP12". Are you referring to the Linn? Would a Linn with all the bells and whistles represent a net cost significantly less than that of an AMG. Off hand, and because I am decidedly not a Linnie, I would not think so. | |
| AMG V12 I guess you may wish to change your moniker to "some_regrets", given the facetious responses.Here is my take on your actual question: If the AMG tt still is being manufactured, and if the local distributor still honors the warranty, then I would n... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Dear Thuchan,In principle, it might not be a good idea to mount motor, table, and flywheel on separate isolation platforms. Unless you also stipulate that said platforms should be identical in all respects and mounted on a common shelf. The issue ... |