mikelavigne
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| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Tangram and Sirspeedy; addressing quality control and customer service issues regarding the Colibri's.IMHO Mr. vdH likely knows more than most cartridge designers about what is important to performance. of course; that is just my opinion.his produ... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Nrchy,thanks.serious comparisons are a bit of work and not particularly looked forward to. what makes them fun is not knowing how they will turn out. i usually learn something whenever i seriously focus on comparing gear. my current system can rev... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? further comments regarding Colibri questions;Tafka Steve;yes, Frank Peraino had some frustrations with his Colibri. to explain, you need to understand that some Colibri's have very short cantelivers and then the canteliver is attached to very low ... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? hi Guys, thanks for your kind words. before i continue with my 'ramble' i'll try to answer/comment on your posts.Doug,the UNIverse was copper coiled and had the silver headshell weight.Smokester,yes, i have compared the Colibri to my much-loved Ko... | |
| What's your chair ? Frank, congrats on the chair. i'm sure it will be very comfortable. as far as angle; i fooled around with that for 2 or 3 months over 5 years ago and have not changed it since. you will find a perfect angle that allows you to comfortably read or l... | |
| What's your chair ? Agaffer; although 'comfort' is a personal subjective issue; i would disagree with your statement;"There is no chair more comfortable than the Eames."if you added "to me", then i would have no issue.my opinion is that from an objective standpoint; ... | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx a few years ago my brother-in-law and his friend visited my home. my brother-in-law is a fairly good amatuer trumpet player and his friend is a professional jazz trumpeter. they brought their trumpets.after dinner we retired to my dedicated 2-chan... | |
| Looking for an incredibly dynamic preamplifier Exlibris; yes, the price is fairly steep. but when you consider it includes a world class (and maybe world best) phono stage (it doesn't need cables between the phono and pre), you don't need an expensive power cord or any power conditioning (for ... | |
| Looking for an incredibly dynamic preamplifier Exlibris; i have had a number of SOTA preamps in my system over the years. none do dynamics anywhere near what the darTZeel preamp does in battery mode. this thing is literally 'alive'. it's like the music had been 'chained down' and it is suddenl... | |
| best CD player for you:Reimyo,P8i,AA,Esoteric x01. Emigene; i use the emmlabs and find it very natural sounding. the reference that i use for performance is my Rockport tt and live music; not other digital players.i have heard the emmlabs combined with the Halcro and Wilson X-2 and Wilson MAXX II ... | |
| ASR Emitter ii Exclusive i would certainly be 'game' for it if anyone has a spare 'ASR Emitter II Exclusive' sitting around they want to ship me.;^)since the dart is Swiss and the ASR is German i would expect these similarly focused products to cross paths soon. | |
| DarTZeel Preamp Herve Deletraz (Mr. darTZeel) sent me an explaination of why we had some problems with battery power initially that i thought i would pass on to those interested.**************Herve's message; "this is ONLY for the pre-serial machine you have:The ... | |
| ASR Emitter ii Exclusive the darTZeel preamp and amp are configured similarly to the ASR Emitter II Exclusive. the dart pre is battery powered, includes a phono stage, uses a propritary connection system (50 ohm BNC cables) between pre and amp, and then has an AC powered ... | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx OB, "To me the Maxx ll blows away the VR 9 at less money"where did that come from? is it somehow directed at me? maybe you are simply trying to make a point about costs but your approach hits close to home and i just wonder what your intent is.if ... | |
| Best phono preamp? Want world class the best Perdillo, either you want 'world-class'...'the best'....or you want the best phono stage for around $2000 used. they are not the same thing.if you want world class they will start around $7k and go up to $40k at retail.OTOH there are some wonderfu... |