mikelavigne
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| Kuzma 4Point Tri-Planar Syntax already has the Graham Phantom II Supreme - I would name it the best uni-pivot so far.i'll echo Doug Deaton about the Triplaner VII, but my experience was with the Durand Talea 1 not the Talea 2...i had only the "1" when i still had the Tri... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? i've not read every post above, so forgive me if this has already been said.to me the issue is which format is most complete. which is different than most accurate. sampling (digital) can be accurate but it's inherently less complete. there are ga... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? there are more beautiful and more elegant, higher build quality tonearms, and less beautiful and less elegant, and lower build quality tonearms, but from my perspective they are all beautiful and elegant. i'm trying to think of a tonearm which doe... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? having never heard a Studer C37, or an Ampex 350/351 for that matter, i can't say whether they might sound the best for playback. in fact; those i know that have the most experience say to me that those 50's and 60's machines actually make the bes... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? i almost traded my Dobbins Garrard 301/Loricraft for a 220v 50hz C37 from Europe....but in the end i did not want to deal with the power converter issues. so i purchased the 'American' C37, the Ampex 350. which, like the C37 in Europe, has lots of... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? as far as best Reel to Reel machine ever built, i'll agree it does become a matter of personal preference. but there are some objective things that can be said. there is a difference between consumer machines, pro-sumer/broadcast machines, and mas... | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? interesting question. and one i've personally been trying to answer for 4-5 years. and i don't yet have the answer.my first deck was a 1/4" ATR-102 completely redone by Jeff Gillman of Precision Motor Works. this deck also came with a 1/2" head st... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? i love beautiful industrial design. the Linn CD-12, Mark Levinson #33, and the Rockport Sirius III are 3 i've owned where they combined high performance and elegance.i can appreciate the vintage arms and their simplicity. to me it reminds me of a ... | |
| Swiss amps Klinerm,sorry for the late response, i just saw the question.the darTZeel 458 monoblocks are the best amp i've yet heard. and that was for 30 days in my room.what i love about the dart amps, and this goes for both the stereo 108 i live with daily ... | |
| Modern Linestages people who buy $20k line stages can typically go to live music when they choose. it's more a matter of how their allocate time. some might enjoy bringing the best possible reproduction to somewhere they can enjoy it on their terms whenever they ch... | |
| Modern Linestages is every expensive preamp worth it? no. do some deliver the goods? sure they do.i have 'one of those' over $20k preamps with built-in phono stage. it's too bad it's sounds better than less expensive pre's, or even other expensive pre's, but it doe... | |
| QRP pressing of "Tea for the Tillerman" listened to 'Tea for the Tillerman' last night.it's one of the quietest pressings i've ever heard and is very dynamic and vivid. Congrats to Chad for the great work.i also got the 'Folk Singer' but have not yet listened to that. | |
| Oppo BDP-95 sounds GREAT? last spring a friend brought over his Oppo BDP-95 to compare to my Playback Designs MPS-5 digital player. he basically had the same question; how close could it come to the 'big boys' in terms of 2-channel music?we went back and forth with a numbe... | |
| QRP pressing of "Tea for the Tillerman" my 'Folk Singer' and 'Tea' will be here Monday, i've heard great things about these QRP pressings too. | |
| CD's vs Vinyl - Finally hear the difference even though i'm as pro Vinyl as anyone, and know that mid and higher level vinyl playback has significant performance advantages over CD's, i think it's a mistake to say there is something 'wrong' with CD's. i think it's more that CD/Redbook/16/44... |