moonglum
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| Is the "standard" Linn Sondek LP-12 surpassed by newer turntable brands and designs?? Dear Jim,You have my sympathies. Picking up on the subject of tyre kickers. There is no doubt that there was an element of snobbery or superiority complex amongst those who were part of the Linn "revolution" at its peak. It started from the Chairm... | |
| Is the "standard" Linn Sondek LP-12 surpassed by newer turntable brands and designs?? Interesting Nandric. It's not an occurrence I've ever heard of but consulting the web shows it has happened. It's important to note that the oil in these cases isn't emanating from the bottom of the well but coming from the top. My guess is that t... | |
| Is the "standard" Linn Sondek LP-12 surpassed by newer turntable brands and designs?? Dear Jim,It is a popular and understandable misconception that the Linn is a "tweaker's dream". The fact is that once you have settled on a basis (such as the Valhalla, perhaps with the glued rather than spot-welded sub-chassis) then no further al... | |
| Is the "standard" Linn Sondek LP-12 surpassed by newer turntable brands and designs?? Dear Jim,I cannot comment on the current base level LP12 but I can describe "used" versions of it (and if you are interested, comparisons between the ultimate maxxed-out Linn LP12 vs other top-level turntables) Like many I formerly owned a 1980s V... | |
| Turntable Recommendation 15K budget Avid Acutus, Brinkmann, Oracle, Nottingham,, Although I endorse EBM's enthusiasm for the TW Acustic Raven, which I also use, from your list, the only one I would consider is the Avid Acutus (Ref? If it's within budget, but the standard one is also impressive). | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Dear Larry, If you glance at Clearaudio’s home page they display 9 (yes 9) different T/T models. http://clearaudio.de/en/products/turntables.php I’m not sure if VPI did 9 models at any point but Clearaudio’s output remains impressive. ... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Saki,Reading that review mentioning the RB1000 reminded me of this item which perhaps should also be on everyone’s list :http://www.audiomods.co.uk/More information :http://www.audiomods.co.uk/completearms.html...and for an extra £100 you get "mic... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Hello Saki70,I agree with you that the Jelco is superbly engineered and a first choice on many top tables as the starter "package". It is certainly no disgrace and at its price I can’t think of many alternatives. This is an interesting budget alte... | |
| My final table , hopefully ! Although I currently use a TW Acustic Table with Phantom MkII arm I can’t blame anyone for looking at the Prime. It’s a real VFM table that would justify a price tag twice that of what is charged. (Based on personal demos).The others, such as the ... | |
| When will we ever hear turntables demoed fairly? Many “boutique” retailers will only offer 3 (if you’re lucky) turntables to compare. One of these might be a potential candidate.It’s unlikely you’ll be able to compare with the alternates from your shortlist.They might be able to demo same arm... | |
| VPI 3D printed arm mod. So...would it be fair to say it's not quite a Kuzma 4-point, more a Hadcock quasi-unipivot? | |
| What Does a Cartridge Compliance/Tonearm Mass Mismatch Sound Like? Hi Raul,Believe it or not that was a compliant MI cartridge(MMIII) mounted on an Ittok LVII. It was a "borderline" match but still clearly not quite good enough. In 4 out of 5 cases the sound of this combination was sublime but very fast warps wer... | |
| What Does a Cartridge Compliance/Tonearm Mass Mismatch Sound Like? Dodge..With induced resonance you won't just *hear it* you will actually *see it* (the tonearm will appear to be alive, depending on the speed of the warps etc...).Another observation is that the sound can exhibit "phase-y" behaviour i.e. a centre... | |
| What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline? Dear SunnyJim,Initially, since A/S is a constantly moving target and whatever setting we use which sounds "good" to our ears is the "accurate" one, I confess I read your post with a slightly different interpretation i.e. "which of these methods ha... | |
| Speakers Corner The reason I mention this is that for reasons best known to themselves you can get the odd disc that seems to magically materialise lint out of nowhere e.g. the HFN/RR Test Disc. I've owned 2 of the HFN/RR and they persistently do this despite bei... |