mdalton
Responses from mdalton
| FEZZ audio I know Jeremy @ Aural Hifi - good guy. I also know 3 other reputable dealers, 2 in Northern virginia, one in north carolina, who carry the brand and think very highly of it. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk what’s eta of your etsuro? | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk nope. have gotten instructions, and pretty easy to change. May wait until it’s burned in a bit before I experiment. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk Back from my two-day trip. Before doing anything else I tried different ground scheme vs my prior SUT. Added ground between phono stage and SUT (in addition to tonearm and SUT). Hum pretty much gone! (consistent with @mulveling predi... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk am on road for couple days so only got one lp side in. Way more dynamic, without losing koetsu magic. So very good initial impression. However, have a noise issue (hum at high volume no music). pretty sure it came at 1:30 ratio, 29 d... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mijostyn Look at it this way, you have a svelte SUT, lol! | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @rauliruegas Turns out it’s 11 lbs, but yes, am surprised. It’s replacing a very small unit that weighs just over 1 lb. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk SUT arrived today. Much bigger and heavier than expected - serious piece of kit. Rothwell has been fine, but this thing seems serious - I think it weighs north of 7 lbs! Hoping to get it in system tonight. | |
| Recommendations for a phono stage: Gold Note turntable w/ MC cartridge to ARi50. i would think you’d want to push that budget a little given that your turntable runs $7600. And a new PH-5 is only $1k - not alot for a decent phono stage. I have the PH-1, which is discontinued. Very nice, punches way above its weight. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk i’ll be damned. He was running a Fuuga - the whole system sounded so good I didn’t focus on that at all. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk interesting. I’ve only heard Cessaros once, at Capital Audio Fest last year. Was Wagner II with a TW Acustic system put together by Jeffrey Catlalano of High Water Sound (NYC). Sublime. Have never heard Hornings, but they are intrigu... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk Just had an “aaha!” moment. Your dealer is Gestalt? Does that put you in Nashville, which also means Atelier 13? And have you ever listened to the Cessaro horns? | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk absolutely no offense taken my friend. Hashimoto has a pretty legendary reputation (like Koetsu), and I’ve read over the years lots of comments from Koetsu owners re the magic of the combo (like @mulveling for example). I also have cor... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk Hmmm, what do you think it should run? Intuitively it doesn't seem out of line to me. I’d guess at $3k it’s probably about 2x cost of parts (includes attached interconnect to eliminate one set of RCA connectors). Compare that to EMIA,... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mulveling Thanks! Yeah, it’s a cool room even before the tubes warm up, lol! Love your stuff - I see you’re rocking Hashimoto HM-7s - feels like I’ve stumbled into another good decision with my Swissonor SUT… |