mallen123
Responses from mallen123
| Survey-What is your most used source? LP followed by SACD | |
| Esoteric E-03 Phono Stage Resurrecting this thread. I would also be interested if anyone has compared this to a Zesto Andros. | |
| To ring or not to ring? I think an outer ring is well worth it.I am selling my TTW mega ring used with excellent results on my clearaudio master solution that my buyer did not want.I bought a clearaudio innovation TT with matching clearaudio ring otherwise I would keep t... | |
| Waaaah. Snapped off my cantilever. How about shearing off half the diamond on a 50 hr Benz Lps cartridge that I had just bought 30 days earlier for $2500?and then finding out Benz had a 12 mth wait for their $900 retip?Sound smith was not an option as a non factory retip would have... | |
| Anybody Using Room Correction? How goes it? Tried shakti hollographs, did not like the effect and returned them. Then I tried 16x48 " ASC tube traps in all four corners.Huge difference in bass as well as mid and high range imaging.No more one note bass! | |
| Tired of bootleg I have seen them and they definitely appear to good tube true.Has anyone tried asking the seller for the serial numbers to confirm?If they are fake, Curious why agon does not cancel those ads. | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Gbmcleod,In case u missed my post, I extensively audtioned the hollographs, and while they changed the sound significantly, in my system in wasn't for the better.If anyone is considering these, Buy with right to return or used at enough of discoun... | |
| Need advice on how to dip a toe into digital load iTunes on your pc and copy all your CD's to your computer in ALAC format (apple lossless - close to full CD quality). Also get Pandora (free) on your PC so you can hear new music in what ever style your existing favorite bands play.Whenever I... | |
| Target Has Beatles Vinyl you won't find any original Beatles with decent quiet vinyl anywhere even close to the latest reissue except at very high prices for mint versions.Yes the reissues are not 96k remaster, but they are 24 bit, and the $250 set I purchased from Amazon... | |
| Esoteric K-05 or K-07? I run my K-1 in a 10" open Zoethecus rack above a very warm Cary v12 amp.It has 4 " clearance and never heats up.Agree with others posting on the sound. Esoteric is more neutral than my previous Wadia which I loved, but I like the k-1 even better.... | |
| Accuphase or Esoteric? I think a lot depends on what the rest of your system consists of.I have an all tube based system with Avantgarde Duos, and I just replaced my Wadia 16i with a K-01. I also have an Oppo 105 which I am keeping to play DVD audio and stream Pandora. ... | |
| SUT advice I tried Bob's DEvice's new Sky Cinemag SUT with my Ortofon Anna (.2mv, 4ohm ) into the MM stage of my Zesto Andros.The SUT was Bob's demo unit with the low output section broken in, but not the high output section.On high output section, it seemed... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Agree with Zenblaster. They do make an audible difference and in some rooms/systems might be a good improvement.Audition with right to return as I did.As far as cost, figure 40% off list is what Shakti sells to dealers, so roughly $700 is what the... | |
| Wadia S7i vs Esoteric K-01/K-03 vs MSB One thing I did not mention on MSB that you might want to consider is their new Analogue DAC starting at $8K and going up with additional inputs and the upgraded power base.I heard it at Newport show and it is very good sounding piece that is a go... | |
| fair price for Avant Garde Duo 2.2 $7500 is a fair price for the 2.2. I saw a pair of Duo Omegas sell for $11K a few years back, which was a good deal as the Omega upgrade costs $8K alone. It replaces the drivers in the mid and tweeter and the crossovers. |