martykl
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| The closest approach...really Detlof,Funny you chose Soundlabs as your "compromise". I have reached the same conclusion: If I go with ESLs, they'll be Soundlabs (or is that "Sound Labs"?) for the same reason. Now I just gotta figure out where to put 2 giant panels and I'm all ... | |
| The closest approach...really GGSheer power/large scale dynamics was the main thing I was driving at. In the case of the MBL, you can add a certain sense of dimensionality to the imaging (particularly a soloist in front of full accompaniement) that is different, and for me, mo... | |
| The closest approach...really I'd guess that few people (in practice) judge a system by it's fidelity to the live performance that the recording in use represents. As several have noted above few people have had the opportunity to compare. Even for those who have had the oppor... | |
| Rega P5 W/RB700 Cartridge Match / Mate ? Johnny,I hope I made it clear that my comments reflect only my own experience. I noted the details so that people wouldA) have some context in which to evaluate my conclusionsand B) make some determination as to whether they are likely to produce ... | |
| The closest approach...really GG,If your original question was:Can the Quad/Gradient combo be beaten? I'd say, depends what's importaant to you.Visit one of those crushingly loud MBL demos the company hosts. You may well walk out saying that there's no way in hell you'd trade ... | |
| Rega Elys II cartridge: Is it worth the money?? IMHO, Rega's RB300 is probably the best value proposition in my 30+ years in this silly hobby and, interestingly, despite their performance (unremarkable, IME) the carts become viable options for RB owners simply because the clever mounting system... | |
| Rega P5 W/RB700 Cartridge Match / Mate ? Johnny and Lears,My Exact has been mounted on both a stock RB300 and a modified RB250 on tables from Acoustic Solid and Transrotor, respectively. In both cases I used the 3 point mount to set overhang. The phonostage is a Rhea which allows optimal... | |
| Budget phono: crisp, lively, with controlled bass Lehman Black Cube - your description is just about spot on for this unit.Good Luck,Marty | |
| tonearm geometry question The perimeter of an LP is a circle. The radius I refer to is the portion of the radius of that circle (that portion between the first groove and last groove) on the LP that any tonearm will ideally track. An LTT tracks a (portion of) a particular ... | |
| tonearm geometry question Atma,You needn't optimize the pivot point - I'm saying you optimize the tube length to the chosen point. I was only trying to explain that the (silly) flaw in my reasoning was that the dual point null (Baerwald) eluded me as I was focused on the p... | |
| Songs about the end of the cold war / Soviets Duke,If you like that lyric, check out "God On Our Side" by World Party - a really eloquent statement on the subject of righteous warfare. It's on the CD "Goodby Jumbo" which is on my short list of all time faves.Marty | |
| tonearm geometry question Atma,For any length tube it would seem that the geometry is the same (save the headshell offset), no? Now, to accomodate any "normal" tube length the pivot might have to be moved back some, but if I've (finally) got Baerwald figured out, it should... | |
| Verity Strange stuff..As I noted above, I shuffled a whole bunch of amps into and out of a system featuring Parsifal Encores. My Cary 300B monos, which work wonderfully with many other speakers - including Merlin VSMs - couldn't drive the P/Es at all. An... | |
| tonearm geometry question Sorry to bother everyone, but I think the bulb just came on:Any tube length defines an arc of a fixed degree of curvature. So long as that arc crosses any radius on the LP at the 1/3 and 2/3 points of the section of radius being tracked, total dev... | |
| tonearm geometry question Upon reflection, I can visualize 2 nulls across the radius (baerwald), but it's not intuitive that this would minimize total deviation from the desired radius - the calculus is beyond me. But, the same logic could be applied to create 2 nulls with... |