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| just auditioned tannoy yorkminster The Tannoy Prestige Pepperpot models are *extremely* revealing of upstream gear. And, this is the rare exception where that doesn't mean the speakers themselves are sterile / analytical / bright / unmusical. Just put together great sounding gear t... | |
| Step up transformer for Benz Ebony TR cartridge Dailycitrus,Congrats! It's a really superb SUT at a reasonable price. It made a significant improvement on the VAC Renaissance III's phono stage (which had a Lundahl MC SUT built-in), and now that I'm getting more used to the sonic signature of th... | |
| PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better? Mclsound,If that's true, then I can at least understand why you're upset. Charging $900 for basic replacement grilles is not what you'd expect from a company that took pride in its work, ownership of its products, and prioritized customer satisfac... | |
| PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better? The whole hifi industry -- where $200K speakers are the new 100K speaker, and the landscape is littered with 1m/2m cable runs that each cost as much as good cars -- and in selecting a product to bash as overpriced, you choose a nice looking $14K p... | |
| Step up transformer for Benz Ebony TR cartridge I'd look for a SUT with a step-up ratio of at least 40:1. That'll yield 32dB of gain, and the cartridge will see a load of 29 ohms (assuming the SUT is hooked into a 47K input). That should be sufficient; the loading would be analogous to that of ... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE The Tannoy models with pepperpot/alnico drivers (from Kensington SE on up) are all more resolving than the tulip waveguides (the Churchill being the ONLY possible exception here), but they don't have anything close to a "hifi, edgy" character unle... | |
| Rogue Owners Unite The M120's run so hot because they're a cathode bias design. It's tough to combine high-power cathode bias and PCB without issue. Such a configuration is better served by point-to-point wiring. The current model Rogue amps all use fixed/adjustable... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE The Yorkminster, Canterbury, and Westminster SE should all do very well in a room that size. You may wish for another couple feet beyond that 16' with the Westminsters...but if I could go for them in that situation, then I'd probably do so. The 23... | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge Compatability Hi Greg, Fortunately Ortofon always uses the proper @10 Hz dynamic compliance measurement, which is what's expected by most of the online resonance calculators (like the one you were using). Static compliance (i.e. 0 Hz) numbers will be much highe... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE In short, your 2 choices represent 2 very different approaches to music reproduction! I have a friend that would go for the Magicos. | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE My preferences are strongly Tannoy biased, so I'd take the Kensington SE over the S5, unless it's a very large room. I preferred the former, in the exact same system, for its midrange sweetness and musicality. The bass is quite different between t... | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge Compatability I've had past setups as low as ~ 7.1 Hz calculated resonance; with that cart (Ortofon MC Windfeld) I had phenomenal bass quality/impact, amazing detail retrieval, and razor-sharp imaging, but the top end was too hot for my tastes -- possibly a res... | |
| Rogue vs Joule Thanks Jeff. And no, in fact I don't (hardly) ever leave, as I work from home :) | |
| Rogue vs Joule Don't know about the synergy in that particular system, but I've heard the Rogue Athena and Hera sound awesome into M180 and Apollos, respectively. In the long run, I slightly preferred the Hera II over a VAC Ren III into my Apollos, and that's sa... | |
| Seeking opinions on Clearaudio vs. SOTA tables A friend and I listened more to the Innovation Compact. I'm totally smitten by its sound, even with JUST that $1200 Cadenza Red. When I started this thread, I really didn't know my dealer would be bringing in that Compact; perhaps he reads these b... |