mikelavigne
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| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? as asked the question is not answerable.there are so many levels of analog that you can't really say. i have what many consider to be the very tip top, bleeding edge of digital performance. yet, my best vinyl or tape easily surpasses it.however; a... | |
| Soulution or CH Precision regarding darTZeel and dynamics and fast transients, i would say that you have it completely in the service of the music. and that the amplifiers you are considering are 3x or 4x the price of the 108 stereo dart. granted the mono darts are even mo... | |
| Soulution or CH Precision i play in that sandbox too; ultra uber Swiss solid state.if you read the current Stereophile you will read about the new darTZeel 468 mono block amplifiers and 18NS preamp, and the CH P M1.1’s are contrasted.http://www.stereophile.com/content/dart... | |
| VPI's new "Vanquish" Ultra High-End turntable is a STUNNER! maybe a better name is ’The Harlot’? :-)who would want that thing in their room? hopefully there are choices for the accent color. or maybe VPI visits different customer rooms than i’ve ever seen. i can’t recall a room where that would look right.... | |
| Active isolation; what can it do for music reproduction? what might be happening with speaker spikes on the concrete is that it’s digging in a bit on a molecular level so the depth is changing slightly. if you use some sort of disc under the spikes (copper pennies actually work well) then you will stop ... | |
| Placette RCV Passive Pre between pre and power amplifiers? agree with George, up to a point.it will depend on the impedance match and output drive between your CDP, and the Placette RVC, and then the same with your amps.the odds are that you will prefer the Placette RVC to your active preamp in the signal... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? with 30-50 year old RTR decks there is such a wide variance of condition it is very challenging to be able to compare and draw any conclusive conclusions. and further you need to separate transport and tape handling performance from heads and outp... | |
| Active isolation; what can it do for music reproduction? Jose,i would not want to hold myself up as any tech expert or authority. i have some opinions and observations only. that said here are a few products i know about.besides active; the top level of passive i’ve used myself are the air suspended Roc... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? Mike, my daughter will be living in Shanghai for a year. She is going to look into getting the CS Port turntable. It should be much less. Rock and Roll! Rock and Roll indeed!wow! congrats on having a daughter that (1) can buy a turntable like tha... | |
| Active isolation; what can it do for music reproduction? Hats off to Shannon Dickson for his landmark article on vibration isolation and for his suggestion to attach a large auxiliary air canister to my single airspring Sub-Hertz Nimbus Platform via the air fitting on the airspring, thereby making the ... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? i use the information at hand.when i observe the depth of ct's experiences in his system link it's clear he has spent lots of time on the thread issue. i know from my time studying the AS-2000 when i had it on order that the whole drive thread que... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? i agree with your views up to a point. it is possible that one choice is actually better or best all around, and not just a different set of compromises. but more likely it's as you put it.were i to go down the string drive, heavy platter road, no... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? feedback from CS Port LFT1 users i’ve spoken to is that the Kevlar string works exceedingly well. directly compared to a number of tt’s, belt, idler and direct drive.i’ve not heard it personally. and have never owned a ’string drive’ high mass pla... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? CS Port LFT1 is not distributed in the Western Hemisphere as of right now.in the UK it’s 47k Pounds Sterling....including the linear tracking arm. i think that includes the VAT. then the granite base is a few thousand more.so equivalent to around ... | |
| Active isolation; what can it do for music reproduction? Mike, everyone has a right to their own opinion. judging results based on the theoretical dots not connecting for you is your issue, not mine. i have satisfied my own concerns.next case.please visit me and listen for yourself if you like. many have. |