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| All Merlin family members. kyyuan, I think 8' is too wide. I used to think 8' was great - great width, depth,..... but I then moved them to 6' width, and moved my listening chair to 10' back with the alignment to the ears via the alignment gig/tool; wow........ The stage in... | |
| Blue Circle BC3 vs BC21.1 Give them time to get back to you also, as the Blue Circle gang is on their first vacation since 1990. I think they'll be back around the 12th? or so. My opinion, any preamp with its gain of low level signals, esp phono stages, should have externa... | |
| Sumiko Celebration Arming I hear you on the Graham/Celebration not exactly being a good match 4yanx. As the energy the cart puts into the arm can be abit much. But add just a dabb more silicone to the Vector's bath, and that completely goes away! I mean like hand in glove,... | |
| Sumiko Celebration Arming I love mine on a Basis Vector. I don't have on the Fly VTA, but the dual bearing, uni-pivot in silicone really allows for serious fine tuning. In addition to VTA, VTF, super stable azimuth and antiskate, the amount of damping can really dial in al... | |
| At what point can you hear a Fast or Slow Table? sdcampbell, as a young musical student, it was always known that side 1 of KOB was a 1/2 step up. And we were made to transcribe them, and play them that way! It wasn't easy - but later on, on gigs and jam sessions we'd play it that way and mess w... | |
| Nirvana SX-Ltd vs Jena Labs Symphony I liked the Nirvana sx. But the Tg Audio beat it here. More cohesive, vivacious regardless if it was a Blue Note record or a large Symphonie. More hall info, better bass soundstaging - better PRaT too. On a Basis, Blue Circle, Merlin setup. The ot... | |
| Isoclean Fuses and where do you purchase these from? What dealers carry them? I have been looking at these with a "Stocking Stuffer" perspective....... | |
| Cart for Basis Debut/Graham? I would add to Kurt's great post. I would have you seriously check out a Sumiko Celebration (new from @$1100, to used for much less)Works much more friendly with your unipivot bearing, than any Shelter cart. Better frequency extremes than a Koetsu... | |
| Joule Electra OPS-1 or 2 MkIII I have a OPS1 Mk4 and it is super silent! Even more details and a much better soundstage than my older Xono. Better defined, meaty players in the stage, more hall info, better layering and seperation of players in the stage - example: much more de... | |
| Optimal loading for a Sumiko Celebration 1k. I have played with different brands and values of loading resistors. With 3 different preamps, and to these ears, 1k was always spot on. Nsgarch has good advice above, but 1k is where the music comes alive. It is almost comical, but there is a... | |
| benz ref 2 or sumiko celebration Sounds about right to me! 2.2, p75 phono enhancer is the way to go there. Right at 2.2 does seem to be the most used as well. That P75 is a sweety for the $$$. Funny thing, is the Celebration really seems to work well with unipivots. Everyone who ... | |
| Who can help me with a ghost in my system I bet the AudioMagic IC's, being a ribbon might not be grounded? or shielded either? the Cardas Gold ref is both. Switch the Ic's and see? The AudioMagic might work with the Ikemi anyhow(as its grounded), but you might have both a goofy ground iss... | |
| benz ref 2 or sumiko celebration I am a huge Sumiko fan. Not really of the BPS, but the older Talisamn S, SHO, and my current Celebration. I switched to a Benz H2 after the SHO started to go, than traded the H2 in for a L2 for a time, then to my current Celebration. Definitely mo... | |
| TG Audio cables - Opinions? also give "ryhno" a email, a fellow A'gon member. He is a Tg Audio dealer now. Also Bob Neill via www.amherstaudio.com . Bob is a great guy as well to talk audio with - a real good guy. And Elliot at the Tweak Shop is A+ too. But all will probably... | |
| Merlin Owners... I preffered Tg Audio to Golden Ref. esp in terms of the High Purity IC's, but speaker cables as well with my Merlins. More hall info and yet smoother with much better staging. Esp. great soundstaging in the bass regions (think symphony double bass... |