markmendenhall
Responses from markmendenhall
| New cartridge - Benz Micro or Ortofon Cadenza? For what it's worth, the Bronze just simply continues to amaze me. I don't pretend to be a cartridge expert by any stretch, but the Bronze caused me to immediately go out and buy about 30 various jazz vintage albums, order 50 new anti-static album... | |
| New cartridge - Benz Micro or Ortofon Cadenza? Just replaced my Benz H2 with a Cadenza Bronze: good move on my part, I love the Benz but the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze is in another league altogether. More dynamic, better bass and exceptionally large expansive sound staging. Plenty of detail, high... | |
| Choice of riaa and pickup - Norway callin' just bought the Ortofon Cadenza bronze which replaced a Benz micro H2 high output MC cartridge - the Cadenza bronze provides improvement in all areas I loved about the Benz: tight, full and musical bass, excellent soundstaging in all three directi... | |
| Benz Micro Wood SL - Repair or Replacement? after 10 very satisfying years with the Benz high output H2 wood body MC cartridge, I decided to buy the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze - just time for something different and an opportunity to use the MC setting on my Cary PH-302 phono pre; after a coupl... | |
| PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better? as pointed out above, and a point with which I agree, the 'pudding' in speaker design and manufacturing lies in the crossover - any decent cabinet maker can copy a speaker enclosure design and produce a nice looking cabinet, line it with damping m... | |
| Amp is plugged to the wall, why use a conditioner? KnghifiGlad to hear you've solved both the current and noise issues. I must consider myself lucky, for whatever reason I don't have noise issues plugging the amps directly into the wall outlet. Everything else runs through the Shunyata conditioner... | |
| Amp is plugged to the wall, why use a conditioner? here is my recent experience, fwiw: originally I plugged both my mono Jungson JA-50 80 watt class A amps into my Shunyata Hydra, along with just about everything else. In my wall I have two sets of outlets, both high end receptacles, one running o... | |
| Can anyone identify the little black speakers ... I own the Aurum Cantus Leisure 2SE's and these look different. For one thing, the cabinets of my speakers taper on each side from a wider base to a narrower top. These look fairly rectangular. The tweeter looks different to me as well. | |
| Cary Audio Electronics Constellation I'm interested as well. I now own a First Sound pre-amp, but my reference for 10 years was the Cary SLP-98P which served me well. For a second system, I'm considering the new AE pre. A quick inquiry to Katie Wright of Cary Audio resulted in a repl... | |
| Mixed Results from My Hifi a dab of cool whip on the tonearm shell head tends to take the edge off and add sweetness to an otherwise dry recording; listening drunk softens brittle or bright recordings, I find a good single malt scotch minimum 12 years old is best; on dull r... | |
| Nottingham TT - external power supply? Have had the Nottingham Spacedeck/Spacearm for about 10 years or so, with the Benz H2 high output moving coil cartridge. Only have about 400 or so hours on the rig, but was considering a lower output cartridge which would allow me to use the MC se... | |
| Jungson JA-100 Standard vs Luxury version I went from the JA-100 standard edition to the JA-50 luxury edition monos. While having sacrificed a little bit of power, (the JA-50's actually produce 80 watts class A), the improvement in sound quality was evident. Aside from looking 10 times ni... | |
| First Sound Presence Deluxe mk III upgrade? Having just purchased a FS Presence Deluxe III, I must say it is the single most impressive piece of gear I have owned. I replaced the fine Doge 8 pre-amp and noticed an immediate improvement in every area of sound reproduction. Of course the FS c... | |
| How is it ? that a tuner smokes the table ??? I own two 1970's vintage Luxman tuners: the T-530 and its European counterpart, the T-02 and they have become my preferred source components. Outstanding musicality and sound reproduction, unbeaten convenience and a tremendous variety of musical g... | |
| Your First System 1973 - catalog ordered from some place in San Luis Obispo, CA - Dual 1218 tt, Pickering cartridge, Harman Kardon (530 ?)receiver, Infinity 1001 two way loudspeakers. First set of separates which replaced a Sony bookshelf system into which I insert... |