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| Isolation transformer - does it offer protection i have no technical experience or reference.OTOH i do use an Equi=tech 10WQ Wall Panel System which uses a 10kw balanced isolation transformer for my audio circuits in a dedicated room. i have all the lights, HVAC and non audio electical on a sepa... | |
| What defines a good tonearm I just wanted to get a copy.right. :^) | |
| What defines a good tonearm Dear Mike, Did you actually hear a difference between a Reed 2A and a Reed 2P? I thought the only difference between those two was the fine-ness of the VTA adjustment up and down.Lew, my first Reed was not designated 'A' and in fact was somewhat '... | |
| What defines a good tonearm Ralph wrote;Mike and Dan, I assume that both of you have LPs that you recorded yourself and released commercially. What is the title of the LP? I'd like to get a copy.i have your Lp (or at least one of your Lps), and respect your dramatically grea... | |
| What defines a good tonearm i had the Triplaner VII in my system on 3 different tt's over three years compared directly with the Reed 2A, Schroeder Ref SQ, Reed 2P, and then the Talea 1 and Talea 2. each tt had 2 arm boards and although i used multiple different cartridges m... | |
| What defines a good tonearm to be clear, i've never claimed any specific tonearm as best, only the 'best i've heard'. what i wrote;the very best arms i have heard are the Durand Talea 1 and Talea 2 in my system, in other systems, and at shows. i would also add the Continuum ... | |
| What defines a good tonearm So Mikelavigne, what do you think is the current state of the art in unipivot arms and why?ok. but first, a caution that i'm an observer of performance and maybe even process, but really no technical guy at all. like anyone that is around all this... | |
| What defines a good tonearm hi Lew,my perspective is that the most significant percieved and discussed weakness of a unipivot is actually it's biggest advantage, which is the freedom to wiggle. it is the micro and nano wiggling following the groove unimpeded that gives it th... | |
| What defines a good tonearm i'm convinced that of pivoted arms, only a unipivot has the potential to work ideally. that's because anything not a unipivot will always be fighting itself to travel the groove correctly.as always, reaching a theoretical potential is challenging,... | |
| what power cord do you use on the playback designs i use the Absolute Fidelity power cords on my Playback Designs MPS-5 from Gary Ko of Genesis Loudspeakers. I also us an Equi=tech 10Kva isolation transformer (the 10WQ Wall Panel System). i think power cords must be considered in the context of a ... | |
| Reed tonearm w/ Raven One table-how's the match ? Rockitman,one of my Reed 10.5" 2P's had Red Cedar, the other had Cocobolo.the 1st generation Talea has Jatoba wood in the arm wand, the 2nd generation Talea has Brazilian Rosewood. i have one of each. there is no choice of woods with the Talea.i'm... | |
| Reed tonearm w/ Raven One table-how's the match ? Opus 88,yes, selling both Reed 2P arms.i have (had) 5 arms on 3 turntables; the 2 Reeds, the Rockport linear tracker, and the Durand Talea 1 and Talea 2.i made a decision to have one turntable and 2 arms.a month ago i sold the Rockport. i've put t... | |
| Reed tonearm w/ Raven One table-how's the match ? i have seen and heard the Raven One at shows, seems like a fine tt that plays above it's price point. i cannot imagine why the Reed 2A (i've owned one of those) or the Reed 2P (i currently own 2) would not work quite well with the Raven One. neith... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital to echo Dan's comments, i'll be glad to compare any digital hi rez format to the inner grooves on any of my classical Lps.yes; i've owned world class linear tracker arms and they do give you some benefits. however, the better and best pivoted arms... | |
| Interface: Cartridge-Preamp or Cart-Tonearm? If I were to buy a Talea tonearm, what cartridge would work with it at a $1500 price point? (I know that's not exactly how this thread started, exactly...)honestly, i do not have much experience with new $1500 cartridges, either retail list or 'st... |