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| Cartridge attributes, recommendations w/Thorens? Ortofon X5 MC, street price 125 US, it's a killer cartridge for the $$$,loon | |
| What does an extra $1000 spent on a p. cond. do? If you've got well engineered equipment with well designed power supplies, very little, but if you have mid line equipment, with adequate power supply designs, then it can be a benefit. Beware, even some of the biggest names in the business design... | |
| Does vinyl outsell the hi rez formats? Is vinyl getting more issues and wider distribution?Is there more and more vinyl play back gear coming out?Is there more and more SACD/DVD-A in you local disposable electronics/software store in high res formats?When was the last time you heard so... | |
| Crossovers The orders are the degree of turn over at the knee, the point where the cross over rolls your drivers off. The 1st order is 6db/octave, and the 2nd is 12, and 3rd is 18, and 4th order is 24db/octave. The higher the order the sharper the cut-off. T... | |
| Best active crossover? Brytson 10B | |
| How Much Abuse can a Cartridge take? Clean that puppy and move on. It will pick up dust and derbis as it cuts the edge off the label. I've never ever ever done that, at least not more than say a hundred times and one day, overnight!Diamond is pretty hard compared to vinyl and paper.loon | |
| sacd,vinyl, and rebook.... SACD is usually a marginal improvement over CD if any, see the Stereophool article on Norah Jones this month. There was NO change and they validated it. They queried the recording company and I have not heard the answer yet.As for vinyl, when the ... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines I have two, a second one as back up, and to the question on the thread. It is unwound mechanically but the thread is vac'ed into the waste bottle.The Monks outclasses all other record cleaners by a huge margin. On fluids, I use: 33% IPA, Double di... | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers Montana's, Dunlavy, Duntech, VMPS (bottom choice) Legacy Audio, Focus/Whisper, there's a bunch, or old Altec Voice of the Theatre or Klipsch K-horns with a Sub.I know what you're after but---- with the exception of those listed above and I'm certa... | |
| Curious about ML23.5/336 The 23.5 was clearly one of the best ever, and for the 20.x, you can arc weld with them if you want to.loon | |
| Have you tried any room treatments? save money at www.foambymail.comI have them and they work as well aw sonex. | |
| Is Kimber 8TC a significant upgrade from 8PR? Best bet is watch e-bay for some teflon insulated 18 guauge silver plate and quad them, terminate them and spend the balance on music. About as good as it gets for the equipment you will pair it with. | |
| How does this happen--CD defect? vvvv | |
| Who u gots da most uv??? At least 50 in vinyl, LD, DVD, and CD, no SACD's yet but I do have Phil and Friends on SACD. Odd Sony includes a cut from that one on their demo disc that came with my NS999ES.Close seconds, Floyd, and Dire Straits/Knoppler(s)loon | |
| Bryston 3bsst Vs. Coda 11 One is high end and one is high mid fi, the Coda is an excellent component, the Bryston is just very good. On the other hand you will not go too far wrong with either one, and as was mentioned above the Bryston will hold it's value. The Coda will ... |