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| Did Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blow up my woofer? If you have woofer pumping it should be visible, because the woofers will be moving a great distance at sub-sonic frequencies. Sometimes lighting can highlight the issue. When I upgraded my rack & turntable to the current ones, absolutely all ... | |
| Did Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blow up my woofer? This happened to one of my big Tannoys a year ago. Turns out a lead wire to the woofer became disconnected. Most likely the lead came from the factory with a marginal physical connection, and the large amounts of energy thrown around the cabinet d... | |
| A new equipment rating system based on time % free time spent on listening Well I’m relatively young and not married so I do have a lot of free time, but the *prime* free time is weekend nights when I’m drinking and truly enjoying no worries of or preparations for work the next day. Weekend days are for sleeping and reco... | |
| Turntable options whart,Nice one on the Jade! It is indeed one of the most eye-catching of all Koetsus. And any of the stone bodies sound absolutely phenomenal. I got bit by the bug when I heard an Onyx 9 years ago, and the fever hasn't relented since then. Yes,the... | |
| Turntable options I run a Koetsu Coralstone (plus others) on my Master Innovation and absolutely love it. It is pure, musical joy. Worth the ludicrous expense (and make no mistake - for me this is a LOT of money). But it has been a long-ish road. I started with an ... | |
| Ways the stylus tip is attached to the cantilever I've only ever seen big blobs of glue bonding a nude diamond shank to boron and ruby/sapphire rod cantilevers. Sometimes this is quite sloppy. With aluminum pipe cantilevers, nude diamonds don't seem to need the glue. These glue-less mountings loo... | |
| Clearaudio Turntables Definitely stay away from the magnetic arm that came bundled with the Ovation until recently. I believe they've dumped that and now bundle the new "Tracer" arm with rigid bearings, which I'd expect to be a big improvement. The upgrade to a Univers... | |
| Why price of Tannoy speakers from online retailers in UK is cheaper than in US Tannoys do tend to show up used for great deals - they’re not always posted, but you’ll find a great deal on Kensington GR/GRF-90/Canterbury GR if you’re patient. The GR versions of the pepperpot/alnico drivers are what you want - they really are ... | |
| Why price of Tannoy speakers from online retailers in UK is cheaper than in US The problem, so to speak, with the direct sale model is that most of the companies doing it are small and haven’t been building speakers for very long. They can’t touch the long-established brands like B&W, Focal, Tannoy, etc in accumulated R&... | |
| Why price of Tannoy speakers from online retailers in UK is cheaper than in US Well they are made in UK, so the North American distributor must be taking their cut. You can get a brand new pair of black-ash Kensington GR from Upscale Audio for $10,800, which is a great deal. I like the natural oak finish, but $7.2K is a hell... | |
| PRIMALUNA OR ROGUE AUDIO Love my Rogue gear, plus they offer amazing support not just for in-warranty units, but for out of warranty and 2nd hand units. Upgrades are available for reasonable cost. And all their gear sounds awesome. I run Apollo Dark monoblocks in my syste... | |
| MC suggestions @tomic601 The Ares does indeed ring like a bell; that's not one of my favorite features :(Sometimes I simply ran it with cover removed; you could also use an HRS damping plate if you remove the loading hatch plate and the (IMO ugly) tube cage. At ... | |
| MC suggestions I can also confirm the Cadenza Bronze is also a great match for the Herron VTPH-2A! I think you could be very happy with that pairing. In my 2nd system I’ve been mixing/matching between the Bronze, Accord, Herron, and a Rogue Ares Magnum phono sta... | |
| MC suggestions Here’s a dark horse: Shelter Accord. Not sure if they just discontinued this model, as it was recently removed from their website, but you can probably still find it right about your price range if willing to buy direct from Japan. A bit warmer an... | |
| Counterfeit Audioquest Cables The most counterfeited high-value AQ cables have been the Sky and K2. For those particular models, you’d want to buy from a trustworthy seller that can verify the cable’s history all the way back back to purchase from an authorized dealer. From us... |