mikelavigne
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| After the thrill is gone agree on the room being the hard part with dynamic cones and boxes. cones and boxes can have all their advantages as far as authentic full range, complete top to bottom seamlessness and cohesion, and without non musical characteristics. horns and... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One "Last of the Mohicans" track 6 "Promentory" is epic. play it as warp 9. and if you have not watched the mountain chase scene accompanying that sound track it is awesome too....never fails to grab me. the movie version of this cut is longer and i ... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge look at it this way; almost 100% of the design efforts in the last 15-20 years have been advancing moving coils. why? they have some substantial advantages in performance. and phono preamps have got much quieter too, allowing for optimization of l... | |
| Mono block Preamp Lamm LL1 Signature is a true mono block preamp. completely separate left and right dual chassis. no remote volume control. https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/lamm-ll1-1-signature-dual-mono-preamplifier/ Gryphon Commander like... | |
| How Audiphiles are Different My intended point was only that we all experience sound differently, so it should be expected that audiophiles would all appreciate different systems/sounds and poor acoustics might be more critical for some than others. i think with experience... | |
| How Audiphiles are Different thank you @danager and @mahgister for the kind words. trying to be self aware, i view myself as an audiophile who is all in with maximum effort to enjoy every part of the hobby, serious room and system building, and the music. secondarily i h... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm It’s a true departure for what you was accustom to with your other tonearms?, I could say not a real departure but something different that at this moment like you more that what you listened with your other tonearms. @rauliruegas no, not mor... | |
| Nordost Cable Listed in Order of Importance 1-phono cables (from cartridge to phono pre) are most significant, as they deal with a tiny signal (.2mv - .5mv). not debatable. 2-after that the interconnect from your preamp to your amp is critical because that synergy is paramount to the whole... | |
| WAITAMINIT! Center stage disappeared with a Modwright KWA 150SE and Daedalus Athena V.2?! what he said. | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm let’s just say that a passive magnet has performance potential; but a sufficiently engineered powered magnetic field has an apparently much higher effect on performance. i’m not claiming any particular effect of the field coil. but i am saying th... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm @dover i've owned a few unipivots; many years ago (late 90's, into 2001) i owned a couple of Graham arms; the 1.5 and the 1.5tc. they were a bit wobbly. never owned a Phantom or Graham after that. i've owned 2 Durand Telos unipivots, and a Dura... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Dear @mikelavigne : "" the FCL is doing things that no other arm can do. "" That’s a serious statement, so I would like to ask: like what things? Thank’s in advance. @rauliruegas tonight i’m bringing out some of my big classical guns to rea... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm out of curiosity what do you consider great arms say in the 5 - 10k range? Kuzma 4Point? 4POINT9? https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2020/09/27/glanz-mh-124s-premium-tonearm-review/ or stretch to a used Durand Tosca. that would be the smart play. | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Early days, but how does it compare to the Durand Tosca - particularly in terms of transparency and overall balance. @dover 24 hours in with the Primary Control FCL, it fair to say it has a leg up on the Tosca in terms of liquidity, textures an... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm i did start a thread on What's Best Forum on my Primary Control FCL field coil loaded tone arm if anyone is interested. here; https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/primary-control-fcl-12-field-coil-loaded-unipivot-tone-arm.35126/#post-807799 |