mulveling
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| can anyone recommend a person in LA area to pay to install a tricky Koetsu cartridge Yes I agree with other guys you want to eventually learn DIY on this, but doing it your first time on a $$$$ RSP is not something I’d agree with! The (minor) additional challenges an RSP might pose are 3:1. Older models will not have threaded moun... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Well you resurrected a 10-year old thread, but you might be interested to know that TTWeights ended its business a couple years ago (or thereabouts). | |
| Add cartridge to current lineup Wow, a Trumpet for a 1st vinyl setup is pretty snazzy! I used to have one, really liked it. I also had a GCPH. The Trumpet is better for sure, but you'll need to add a Step-Up Transformer or Hagerman's Piccolo headamp in order to run an MC cartrid... | |
| Anyone use Koetsu with Harbeth Going from 10 year-old memory of a system that’s seen a lot of change over the years, but I’m certain my friend Tom used and loved Koetsu RSP with Harbeth Super HL5 (original version?). He has a great ear and wouldn't like a system that was overly... | |
| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 @chinacatThe 5751 silver plates, as you mentioned, are very revealing. However in my system it was revealing to the point of being BRUTAL. Including an excess of high frequency energy. I liked the effect for up to 30 minutes at a time, but then it... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone @terry9 It speaks very highly of your regimen that your stylus is like new after 980 hours. I hope I can say the same! Currently at 350 hours on my Blue Lace. I have a Clearaudio Double Matrix Sonic Pro, mainly because it's quick enough to use dur... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone I now have both. From the examples I have in my system, the Blue Lace is better - more dynamic, more lifelike. Yes the Coralstone is warmer. I like the Blue Lace better. And in either case the diamond cantilever increases detail and clarity over b... | |
| HeadAmp Blue Hawaii HP amp And let me add that a buying brand new BHSE is a stellar deal (especially in the context of high-end audio), and you’d also be supporting a great American small business in these trying times. The used prices aren’t discounted very much anyways. | |
| Only 1 Lacquer producer left, in a garage in Japan? Maybe one silver lining is that we'll have fewer garbage RSD issues because of this. Or maybe no more RSD altogether. | |
| Recommended S.S. amp type for TANNOY 15'' speakers I haven’t tried SS with my 15" Canterburys, but class D has always seemed to pair very nicely with dual-concentric Tannoys, going back to my very first Tannoy experience with Eyris DC3 and the (now hopelessly outdated) PS Audio HCA-2. | |
| Fyne Audio 302’s....anyone heard them or have them? Fyne looks like the new, maybe better Tannoy - so a lot of us Tannoy fans are curious and excited about them. Though I can't help you with the sound of Fyne speakers as I've not personally heard them yet, the buzz around them continues to grow, an... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners @oldschool1948 In that case where Legacy series are ruled out for width and/or WAF, check out Fyne Audio. A lot of Tannoy engineers started it up after Tannoy’s last ownership change (and a lot of outsourcing to China). Fyne speakers are all made ... | |
| Tannoy Speaker Owners Big fan of Tannoys here! They sound pretty great with any decent amp that’s not on the dry, bright, or analytical side of things. I’ve even heard them sound good from the old PS Audio class D amps of the 2000s, so I’d bet your much more modern NAD... | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush @elliottbnewcombjrThe "rush" sound from your source components renders roughly the same on both efficient and inefficient speakers - because your efficient speakers are equally sensitive to both the noise to the signal (i.e. signal-to-noise ratio ... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION @mijostyn I've run the RSP on a Fidelity Research 64fx, an FR 64S with a 20g Ikeda headshell (that's more than enough mass for anything), and a Graham Phantom II Supreme. I think the stones are better. |