mikelavigne
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| 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... | |
| Interface: Cartridge-Preamp or Cart-Tonearm? you are right, i was referring to mechanical compatability, not character synergy.what i'm saying is that if you get the best possible arm, then it will always synergize with a cartridge that is properly designed. the pitfall is having an arm whic... | |
| Interface: Cartridge-Preamp or Cart-Tonearm? while the cartridge does need to be compatable with the arm's compliance in a general sense, most cartridges are compatable with most arms these days. and if a cartridge or phono stage is too colored to match the other, then one or both are to be ... | |
| Songs used for Imaging and Sound Staging Tests? there are many many that come to mind.but one that is amazing is from the Classic Records 45rpm Lp box set of The Weavers, Reunion at Carneige Hall--1963....."Guantanamera".great live recording, the 7 members are arrayed across the soundstage, you... | |
| Integrated with good headphone output among headphone lovers, the Japanese built Leben CS-300, which includes a number of variations (CS-300x, CS-300xs and just the plain CS-300), is generally considered to be the best integrated headphone amplifier.Leben CS-300xs thread on Head-Firev... | |
| Playback Design with Link Reference BNC Cable WOW Radioheadplayer,could not agree with you more. for those already lucky enough to have the PD and the dart pre those Evolution BNC's are amazing. they do require considerable break-in to reach their optimal performance. i've used my Nordost CBID1 (... | |
| EMM-Labs XDS1 vs Esoteric K-01 i've owned the Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD/server dac digital player for almost 4 years. it has an Esoteric disc drive, and has multiple digital inputs so works great as a music server DAC.if you are considering those players i recommend also c... | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator does the Equi=Tech meet Canadian code standards as well?typically Canadian power grid issues mirror US standards so it's likely ok. but i would e-mail Equi=tech about it. | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator note of caution. if you are dealing with installing an isolation transformer into your home make sure you follow local code requirements.....or your home owners insurance won't cover you in a fire related to power.the Equi=tech is fully UL rated a... | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator stop fooling around with 'stand-alone' power iso or re-gen systems. instead; do both at a much more effective level (both in performance and cost) with a 'whole system' isolation transformer. get an Equi=tech Wall Panel System and enjoy the lowest... | |
| alternative power supply for Garrard 301 still loving my Loricraft PSU 301 AR. | |
| Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne The wooden puck underneath the speaker?the pucks are Wave Kinetics isolation footers. the tt in the picture is also Wave Kinetics.i don't have the speaker footers, but i do use 7 sets of Wave Kinetics A10 U8 'gear' footers in my system and they ar... |