mulveling
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| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? And I’ve had the same FR64fx arm, with a few of the same cartridges, mounted across a couple SOTAs and a couple of the CA Innovation decks. Some of the same cartridges again mounted on VPIs, albeit with VPI’s arms - didn’t try and mount an FR ther... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. "An amps ability to drive lower impedance loads has no relation to the amps quality." I can’t agree with this. The ability to drive lower impedance loads means that the power supply has to be up to the task. This would include such things as hea... | |
| Re-tipping a press-fitted stylus Joseph Long a.k.a. "Groovetickler" on Instagram, is the only one I’d approach stateside for any high-value / high-difficulty work. He’s shown some very impressive repair work on his Instagram history, across a HUGE range and number of cartidges. I... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? Big +1’s to @lewm and @tomic601 here. Throwing more and more money to "upgrade" into increasingly exotic components isn’t the panacea you think it is. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? mulveling, judging by your description Ortofon doesn't sound appealing. Do you like Lyra cartridges ? I actually did enjoy the Windfeld Ti and A90 - they're not completely dry & analytical, nor without their own unique charms. The Windfeld ... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Of course, I could not afford the setup that a 10K cartridge would require, but I have a question. What type of LP would be up to the task of producing such high quality sound? It seems to me that only the highest quality audiophile discs would j... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? I see. Are you also familiar with SME turntables ? @inna Nope. Their table are less common here in USA I guess, though the arms still get love. Think you'll be hard pressed to find 'philes who've had more than a few top tables, who are not a... | |
| Calculation verification please By normal convention "40/40" means 40 divided by 40, which is 1. Good point - division is not associative. Indeed I meant ((1 MEG / 40) / 40), same as applying the div operator strictly left-to-right without groupings. @sksos1 could you share... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? I really haven’t had any issues with woofer flapping on my Innovation Wood with the Universal arms. I do have it sitting on a HRS R3X isolation platform, with the LF feet factory tuned specifically for the turntable. I have a pair of REL S/510 su... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? I forgot to mention how the VPIs sound versus Clearaudio and SOTA. Aries 3, Avenger Ref. They’re darker sounding. Especially with the 3D and Fatboy arms (I honestly liked the late make metal unipivots). There is a bass-reinforcement effect that ca... | |
| Is there an 'Audiophile' Reel-to-Reel Machine for Under $1,000? Old tape decks in working condition are good fun, and whether or not they qualify as "audiophile" they can sound GREAT. Very warm, liquid sound quality. The antithesis of dry, analytical hifi sound. It’s a lot of fun. You may notice the rolloff in... | |
| Calculation verification please So yeah: For a typical fixed 47Kohm MM input, a 40x SUT gives your cart a 29 ohm load. You CAN’T raise that 29 by paralleling anything. If you try to add resistance in series, you will lose almost all of your actual signal before it hits the MM... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? What did you think of the difference between the Wood and the Master? @dwette The the extra mass (especially in platter) definitely makes a positive difference - in both sonics, and the fact that I’ve experienced (sometimes) woofer flapping wit... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? This is just about $50K. I put this here, because I have this, except mine is the regular Innovation turntable and I have the Statement record weight, at $30K for everything, but I am thinking about adding the field upgrade kit to the Master Inno... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? $30k table, $15k arm, $25k phono stage Agree with others - it’s a mistake to think like this. For example, the top-range Koetsu cartridges match brilliantly to Fidelity Research arms that can be found quite easily under $2K (used). There are ot... |