mikelavigne
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| I just heard the Wilson Alexandria XLF's Wednesday i'm going to bet that the tendancy to extra subs on the XLF's or X-2's have as much to do with amplification as to additional drivers, how do you get punch at the point of attack?....and the fact that the X-2 and XLF are a ported speakers.extra su... | |
| TriPlanar Tips i'll echo Pradeep's experience. the Triplaner is a fine tonearm. i owned it when i acquired the Talea 1, and even initially when i had the Talea 2. as good as the Triplaner was, both Talea's were better at most everything. it's not that the Tripla... | |
| Evolution Acoustics new triple run speaker cables hi David,you are welcome.no; i've not directly compared the EA Triple run to any other cables other than the double run.as far as Evolution not having the Triple run on their website, i have a different perspective. Kevin builds all the cables as ... | |
| Evolution Acoustics new triple run speaker cables i have the triple run Evolution Speaker cables that did replace the DRSC and the TR is quite a noticable degree better. and the DRSC were better than my long term reference the Transparent Opus MM2 speaker cables.i recieved the TRSC's in late May ... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet interesting points, i don't know the science about ultrasonic cleaning so i can't comment on the still water and the heated water points, but i can tell you that records much prefer blow drying to vaccuum. vaccuum adds static, blow drying does not... | |
| Anyone who has had a VdH Colibri for over 1000hrs i've owned 7 Colibri's. the last one 4 years ago.one of them was stellar, the rest were teases. like the woman who has too high regard for herself, some days it's heaven, other days 'not so much'.and yes, on some pressings wonderful, others it was... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet i own both types of machines. you can make a good case for either as the 'only' one; or make a strong case to 'need' both types.i made the same case on another thread that Norm makes about the fact that either machine likely improves on the other ... | |
| WATT PUPPY 3/2 WHAT AMPLIFIER?TWEETER wow! a dormant 11 year old thread brought back to life....and there is my 11+ year old response.what a hoot! | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet Thanks Doug.If an Audio Desk lets us enjoy more LPs that alone would make it worth the cost. What good are my 4,000 LPs if they're all in the "clean me" pile?says it all.what i do is use the Audio Desk and then if i hear more tics than i think is ... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet Jyprez:Be careful with ultrasonic cleaners. They can easily pit and damage surfaces unless matched with the materials being cleaned. When I worked for AMAT (a semiconductor equipment manufacturer) some years back we tested ultrasonic cleaning syst... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet i've owned my Audio Desk Systeme RCM for 3 years....and love it. and recommend it. previous to owning this RCM i owned the VPI 16.5 for 9 years, and then the Loricraft PRC3 for 4 years. i sold both of them.and then earlier this year i did purchase... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Marc,nice write up and sounds interesting. i'd love to hear it someday and see how it does relative to my beloved but departed Garrard 301/Loricraft.we need pictures!best regards, | |
| comparison between SS Spectral and LAMM tube amp back in the day; i owned Kharma and 75 watt Tenor OTL monoblocks. however; my Kharma Exquisite 1D's were a little easier load than the 3.2's. when i had the Kharma's i did listen to the 3.2-Lamm ML2 combo i did not care for it as it had a slightly... | |
| Goldfinger Statement, Lyra Atlas or Ortofon Anna? hi Alex,i've have only heard the Goldfinger at shows in unfamiliar systems, and i'm not sure i've heard the most up to date version at all. my impression was favorable but not very useful; sorry. 10-12 years ago the Clearaudio Insider Gold was my ... | |
| Goldfinger Statement, Lyra Atlas or Ortofon Anna? i've not heard the Atlas; but i hope to at the Newport Beach show next week.i have had the Anna since January; and it's the finest cartridge i have heard. simply amazing. i owned 3 A90's and it builds on the strengths of the A90 but has a richer t... |