mikelavigne
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| Low volume listening dynamics high sensitivity speakers are important, but even more significant is the ’first’ watt of your amplifier. most music lives in the quiet subtle passages, and some amps suck at low volumes. they need to get going to come alive.....especially some (b... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive i’ve not heard all the best vintage direct drives, and so don’t want to claim i have. but i’ve heard the best one, and that is the Rockport Siruis III, which i owned for 8 years. but the very best one is a Sirius III modified and improved by my fr... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive NVS costs $45K brand new. EMT 948 costs $10K NOS or $5K used in perfect conditons with tonearm. when you get into vintage turntables compared to new, there are no rules. and you have to view value with time adjusted dollar values. the EMT 948 w... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? Reading first few posts, it seemed like a decent idea. Then came mikelavigne's link and..."How do you post anything after seeing this?" sorry, i'm just all in and enjoying the hobby. my system is not intended to be intimidating. you see all the... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Can you comment on your statement above, if the drive is capable of micro speed stability would it not be able to maintain its speed or for that matter a stationary dot on a wall over a 1.8 secperiod? the speed almost does not matter within a ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Mike, hi. I thought it was a little instructive that on WBF you didn't mention much in yr comparison to existing NVS of yr new CSPort and Saskia. Now I'm reading you have some strong opinions on potential negatives of servo and use of such on NV... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive It is weird that people on this forum are not familiar with EMT 950 and 948 DD turntables.They work different compared to Technics SP10 mk2 and mk3.EMT DD have a powerful DC motor and lightweight platter. IMHO it is much more proper servo control... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science science serves music reproduction, but does not and cannot define it.it’s up to human hearing to pass the final approval.the best designers are most able to determine what tools science offers that get’s them the closest to the sonic vision they h... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? I would want to come off as a braggart or of being boastful. assuming you meant to insert a ’not’ in there. :-)but honestly this is a hobbyist site. and while i agree posting a picture of expensive gear with price tags plunked down in a room with... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? All one has to do is go back through 17 years of posts and judge for themselves. completely agree. long time posters like you are well known and respected. and it's easy to look at posting history and see what goes with a poster. system pics ma... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? If having no system photos de-legitimizes forum contributions in the view of some readers, then those readers are missing out (and being rather shallow). i don't see that being the case. well founded ideas stand on their own. OTOH if you have r... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? i’ve had pictures of my room on Audiogon since 2004 when i built my room. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 it’s the most visited Audiogon private (non dealer) room by far. but relatively little activity in recent years. even though i’ve t... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Dear @rauliruegas thank you for the kind words my friend. it is always a pleasure discussing the finer points of vinyl playback with you. you say that in your 3 today TTs MUSIC flows and spin with speed stability that at least you can’t detect.I w... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive At 53K before tonearm I would hope the Saskia has what your previous DD’s did not. I would love to hear one to compare with my much less expensive set-ups. the Rockport Sirius III direct drive was way more expensive than the Saskia even back wh... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive why servo’s suck.....In order to pick up sound accurately from the analog disc, the rotation of the platter must be rotated at a constant speed without any “fluctuation”. In general, accurate rotation is obtained by servo control by negative feedb... |