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| Has anyone else heard the Walker BD V? And the one I heard, about 10 years ago in the home of my neighbor, with Lloyd himself presiding, cost around $40,000 at that time. That was before the carbon fiber stuff got added, I think. In the beginning, it was a highly tweaked Mapleknoll. Th... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm None or nearly none of the companies that market "wires" actually make any of their wires. They buy wire from foundries. After that, it's a matter of solid core vs stranded vs Litz, grounding, shielding, single-ended vs balanced connection, silver... | |
| Has anyone else heard the Walker BD V? To the uninitiated, what are the updates to footers and record clamp (of all things) that could effect a "huge leap forward"? I have heard the BD turntable in someone else's system, and I certainly agree it is among the best, probably THE best, in... | |
| intermitant phono tube cut out? Just a comment: I think I understand you to have stated that Modwright gives permission to replace a 12AX7 with a 12AU7, to "tone down the gain". While such a substitution would surely have that effect, the characteristics of those two tube types ... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Henry, The particular FM station I tuned into plays classical music only. At that time of night, they have a female disc jockey who has been doing the late shows for decades. I have heard her voice on many many different speakers and in many diffe... | |
| Question on FR 66s Thanks, John. As it happens, I own both an original metal Dennesen and a UNI. I tend to use the Dennesen only to set P2S. (I mark the desired distance on a piece of white paper and then set up the Dennesen so its pointy end is on one mark and the ... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Although I tend to take a purist approach to audio. (No tone controls, minimal switches and connectors, etc, etc.) I have lately come to believe that some of these gospel truths can be occasionally violated with no important negative consequences.... | |
| Question on FR 66s John, Is it not the case that for your statement that the P2S is irrelevant for the Dennesen or the UNI to be true, the cartridge must be aligned (ideally) perfectly with the long axis of the headshell. If the cartridge is "twisted" inward or outw... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Dear Nandric, I have to agree with Einstein who is in this case at least an "A" student. Putting a simple switch at the output of the tonearms will inevitably degrade the sound of both cartridges, because the signal voltage is so low in magnitude ... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Halcro, I can see you as part of a pit crew in a Grand Prix race, changing a tire in "less than 30 seconds".So far, I do the same; I plug and unplug, altho I do have two phono stages, one inside the Atma MP1 for LOMC (and also for LOMM, the Stanto... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges OK, I am no Einstein, and neither of us is a Rockefeller. So is there some other model made by Einstein that supports two phono inputs without buying 2 or 4 cylinders? (Do you need four cylinders to do two tonearms in SE mode? Four cylinders could... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Nandric, I did not know that Einstein made a phono stage with more than one phono circuit inside. That's a bit more difficult to achieve with tubes than with solid state. (The DSA units are solid state.) I have never seen that particular model of ... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Last winter, I had a local entrepreneur visit my home. He is Douglas Hurlburt, founder and designer of DSA phono stages (models I and II). He brought both for a try-out in my system, even though I warned him in advance that I was unlikely to pay t... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges So Nandric, Would say this Einstein is "no Einstein"?Today I went to Bill Thalmann's shop to see for myself that my new baby TT101 is indeed working nearly perfectly. In fact, I never saw my KAB strobe hold speed so solidly. The only remaining def... | |
| Rega Naiad - £30k ... sure, order me a couple The low mass approach has definite theoretical benefits, but low mass coupled with a heavy platter is asking for trouble from Isaac Newton. "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction", which means that there will be a tendency for t... |