mikelavigne
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| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive this question.....how the three drive approaches might sound different, guided me this last year to add some turntables. i wanted a top level example of each drive method. and then top arms and cartridges too. you can look at my system page for de... | |
| DartZeel CTH-8550 vs PS Audio BHK 300 Mononlocks Read John Atkinsons measurements of the Dartzeel. Ouch. sure.......then read Fremer’s listening comments. and how Fremer voted with his pocketbook.i pretty much listen to gear, i don’t measure it. but that’s just me. the all time most iconic mus... | |
| List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid by price paid.....custom room design and build...speakers....Evolution Acoustics MM7’sAmplifiers....darTZeel NHB-468 mono blocksdigital dac---MSB Select II with mono powerbases and 33 femto clockturntable---CS Port LFT1turntable---Saskia model two... | |
| What country builds the best audio equipment? random products and sources.reel to reel tape decks---Swiss---Studer, Ampex--USAturntables----Rockport--USA, Garrard---UK, Thorens----Germany, Micro Seiki----Japan......everywhere.Electronics----darTZeel, CH Precision, Soulution--Swiss, Lamm---USA... | |
| DartZeel CTH-8550 vs PS Audio BHK 300 Mononlocks i'm a darTZeel guy for 16 years. it always sounds special and the designs are minimalist and get out of the way of the musical nuance. the longer you listen to it the more you appreciate it.notice that darTZeel is an 'end-game' place for many. i'v... | |
| Useful Information Chuck, Must be a real PITA always being the smartest guy in the room.It’s lonely at the top........very lonely. he is not always that guy. :-) | |
| What's the best isolation system? @lloydcthe active devices i use (Table Stable TS units) use piezo electric sensors to sense the resonance in 6 axis, and piezo electric actuators to compensate for that resonance. they only make any noise when they level the load when fist turned ... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital 12, t w e l v e, years ago. the Meridian 800 and it's ilk are dead and buried. open your eyes.and the request was for ’top-notch digital’.and if the whole wide world was not shut down i would not waste my time with this stuff.question; who gives a... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital let me help you out here with some relevant information;" Per the RIAA: “Revenues from streaming music platforms grew 30% year-over-year to reach $7.4 billion, contributing 75% of total revenues for 2018, and accounting for virtually all the reven... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Most people have CD players. that’s not true. less than half have active CD players in their systems. and few are being added.maybe they have an old CD player or transport in storage. for the last 4 years i’ve had an ’old’ Oppo sitting in my clo... | |
| What's the best isolation system? in a micro-nano particle context i agree active has the same weaknesses, simply much much less than passive.but science and industry accept the precision of active isolation to help them accomplish appropriate tasks effectively.agree it’s expense ... | |
| What's the best isolation system? there is passive, that in essence is a spring. it floats, settles, overshoots, and is soft. even the best possible passive isolation works like this.then there is active which reacts to perceived resonance; it’s stiff since is can start and stop. ... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital a 12 year old thread.we live in the present. | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital “Top-notch digital“ is a misnomer since even the most expensive digital players produce serious audible errors. The three most serious errors are external vibration, vibration and flutter of the disc itself whilst spinning and our old friend scat... | |
| What's the best isolation system? this thread is so ’2002’; if you scroll up you will see posts of mine from 18 years ago. but things have changed and technology has moved on. there is a new sheriff in town, it’s called ’active isolation’. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/ac... |