markmendenhall
Responses from markmendenhall
| The urge to tinker is awash. What TT might better mine and why? Uberinteresting thread: a year ago I swapped out my spacedeck/spacearm (9”) for an ace spacedeck and ace Anna 10” arm; at the same time I added the Kiseki purple heart ns cartridge which replaced a cadenza bronze i use a walker audio motor contro... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K freesoledoes not coincide with my daily experience - I own the Oly 3's, run a Hegel cdp with a Pass amp and tube pre and the highs are anything but 'piercing'; I auditioned the Sopra 2's with the beryllium tweeter, and if you want to hear a bright... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K whatever harshness you heard through the Olympicas was not speaker relatedrecording, gear, or room related causes, but not the speakerthe Oly 3 has a unique ability to allow almost any recording to sound listenable; great recordings sound excellen... | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? speakers are not designed by ‘bean counters’nor do speaker designers manage the company’s books good grief | |
| Many seem to be talking about their last system . two other issues often, and correctly mentioned, just can’t be completely overcome by even the best of equipment: 1) recording quality, and 2) room acoustics room acoustics can be modified to an extent but recording quality just can’t, and most m... | |
| Many seem to be talking about their last system . Lots of reasons we older philes are departing the trainAfter 40-50 years of trading, buying, selling, hoping, reaching, praying, searching - it gets a little tiresome, and the ‘grail’ has either been found or we’ve come to the realization that it’... | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? something I think we may forget or ignore is how dependent a quality listening experience is based on the medium and recording itself during the same listening session I can go from awe to indifference to surprised to amazed to disappointed and th... | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? I know I’m getting sucked in by a guy who writes like a 7 year old. For that reason alone I’m a fool. There comes a time though when nonsense requires confrontation. As a SF Olympica iii owner, I know first hand just how monumentally off base c... | |
| Harbeth 40.1 vs Sonus Faber Olympia III Again: why? Details please! | |
| Harbeth 40.1 vs Sonus Faber Olympia III “much better” and “no contest” descriptors are frankly just not helpfulyour preferences are just that, preferences, nothing more describing what you hear, explaining sonic differences, clarifying and comparing can help others understand and maybe ... | |
| Not enough power what does it sound like? Excellent analysis above; I have painful, expensive, agonizing experience over-driving amps that resulted in damaged tweeter voice coilsthough my system doesn’t sound ‘loud’, I know it is as soon as I try to engage in normal conversation; it’s cle... | |
| Looking for straight talk on Focal Sopra No 2 speakers FWIW, listened to a pair of Sopra 2’s at a local dealership yesterday; my impressions vs my Olympica 3’s Initial impressions: stunning bass, doubt a sub would ever be required by most people, tight fast deep authoritative powerfulSoundstage - imp... | |
| best sub to match SF olympica 3 I use the JL Audio E-110 supporting my Oly 3's, using the high pass feature with excellent results. I could add a second sub, but don't feel it's necessary. The 'leap of faith' required to insert a $1500 sub between $20k worth of amplification a... | |
| Phono Preamp Recommendations Interesting the Cary PH-302 MK Il phono pre doesn’t get more love in these threads. Four 6SL7 vacuum tubes, plus vacuum tube rectification, mm and variable impedance mc settings, US made, dead quiet, very musical unit. External power supply avail... | |
| Good carts with SME V Snacky - as a fellow Kiseki owner, I had the same issue with warped records. I solved it by purchasing a couple of Vinyl Flat record flatteners. An hour in the sun at 80 degrees F. and warped records come out pool table flat. Great product, as ... |