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nandric

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Best undiscovered speakers on the market today ?
The Ascendo speakers from Germany. Designed by Prof.Scheuring and voiced to the pattern of the Quad electrostat but with killer dynamics and extension in thebass. Time and phase coherent and very musical.Regards, 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear Lew, Your jealousy reg. my arm pod is such that you even use such 'arguments' as gallions and slaves against the innocent thing. I expected, to be honest, some reference to your beloved Newton and his laws but I needto deal only with the argu... 
Flawed? Wilson's Aspherical Propagation Delay
The German Ascendo speakers have a movable tweeter by whichyou need to first measure the distance between your earsand the tweeter and then use an instruction diagram to determine the right distance of the tweeter. The designerProf. Scheuring deve... 
Your favourite cartridge
Inna,'money no object'. I wish this was the case but I am glad with my Benz Ruby S wich seems to have similar stylusas A90; Geiger II ( according to Fremer).Regards, 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Dear Stanwal, There is no way to invent or tell a jokewithout some exaggeration. But even plain prose can't dowithout it. So when I discovered , thanks to you, that oneshould not spend more then,say,$ 600 for a cart I realizethat we have then the ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lew, Your arguments in casu are as if you were a professional logician/mathematician. But despite of this I don't believe that Dertonarm will be glad with your post.Namely it also logicaly follows from your argument thatonly those with,say, 4... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear Lew, The Dutch collectivly deny any sence for humourto the Germans. I thought because of II WW but I learned that the more probale cause is the lost finale in 1974. This event they will never forget nor forgive to theirneghbours. On the other... 
MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge
Agree with Audiofeil, Doug and Waynefi. My agreement withWaynefi imply that the story of Stanwal belongs to theso called 'propositional attitudes': wishing, dreaming, hope for, etc.Regards, 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Dear Thuchan, You are teasing or you are an optimist. I myself can imagine such a date only in hereafter.Regards, 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Downunder, You should also add the measuring tool for the spindle-pivot distance. Mint tractor presupposes that thisdistance is already 'perfect' or exact. However Mint tractor is the only one I know of wich also accounts forthe spindle diameter. ... 
Setting Antiskate - visually
I used the HFN test LP and was realy proud to get 90 Muwithout any buzz from the right channel. But then I comeacross the worning by Van den Hul not to use this method.I alrady was advised not to use the 'blanco' LP's on wichyou was able to see th... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lew, I like to think that I am a careful reader butwhen I read your post I need to keep continual in my mind that you are a great admirer of Mark Twain. So when I comeacross your statement that you regard your collections ofturntables, tonear... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lew, You may find some comfort in the so called'minimalist philosophy'. Or, to use more modern vocabualary, in 'less is better paradigma'. According to some reviewers the amps with less power sound better then the 'big guns'. Sam Tellig and A... 
Usher DMD tweeter upgrade: worth it?
Hi Stefan, It looks like: John is the tallest guy in theclass but Mark is longer. There is just one dealer orimporteur in the Netherlands of Usher. I am the only andthe single uncle of Maria in Holland so she is entitledto refer to me as 'the most... 
Line Array Speaker vs Point Source Speaker
If I am well informed the line source has less problems with two boundarys: ceiling and floor. BTW I wish I ownedAlberts Megaline. The ordinary kind will also do.The so called 'point source' is an attempt to construct amicrophon in the 'reverse': ...