neonknight
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| A Thought Exercise: Consolidating Analog To One Table and Two Cartridges I appreciate the responses, as having a group to exchange ideas with is a great resource to work through these kinds of questions. Having a larger body of experience to draw from in invaluable. The core question is really this. Does next tier of ... | |
| Anyone Know The History Of XStatic? Supposedly the pair I was looking at has fresh diaphrams and stator refurbished. Power supply sounds to be unchanged. Selling price is close to what they were new. Not sure I would make an investment in a speaker with limited future appeal if a pe... | |
| Anyone Know The History Of XStatic? No they are a full sized electrostatic speaker with a curved diaphram. | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? So the cabling showed up for the phono stage. I bought balanced Wireworld Silver Eclipse 8 interconnects and also grabbed a couple of pairs of Wireworld Micro Eclipse 8 tone arm wiring with XLR terminations with straight and SME style DIN plugs. T... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I did spend some time trying to see if it could be bought from a seller in Japan. So far no luck in finding a web presence for one who has it listed. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges I guess an explanation is necessary. How and why does a habit develop? I have played vinyl since my teens, so this is not new. There was a time when my digital collection was physical, and then later ripped files on a hard drive. However, they di... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @atmasphere With diffusion panels directly behind the speaker is it possible to shorten that 5 foot distance by a small amount? I have always considered trying planars but my listening room is moderate in size. 22'L x 16' W x 8'H. The most useful ... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges The last couple of years I work from home, so I am able to listen to the stereo for 1.5 hours to 2 hours before work starts, and as a general rule 2 to 3 hours in the evening. So that is 3.5 to 5 hours a day. That adds up to a lot of time on a car... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? @pindac Thanks for the information. The second MC2000 that I have as already been fitted with a boron cantilever and microridge stylus, its now in its modified form. This has become my daily driver cartridge. Since the OEM cantilever was not sav... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @chayro The intended purpose for arm shopping is to locate a candidate for my MC2000. I need to know arm mass on the Viv arm and so far I have been unable to locate that information. Sent an email to the companies official one over a week ago, nev... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @lewm the issue is there is not a tapered aluminum cantilever available to replace a damaged OEM one. Not through any cartridge builder that I am aware of. I wondered if the one fitted to an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze could be a possibility, but you c... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @lewm It is true I look at things from varying angles, working to understand the variables and a proper implementation. With the MC2000 a bit more so, as there are getting to be less and less of them, and because I unfortunately am responsible for... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? At the end of last week I ordered cabling for the BMC pre-amp. I have a few sets of extra Argentum cabling that are my spares, and it sounds nice on some copper RCA ones, while a silver wire set of XLR cables were more energetic on the top end. My... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm My interest in the arm was as a possibility to use my MC2000 cartridge. I have never been able to get an answer of arm mass from anywhere online. I did email the company and no response. So I think i am going to end this line of pursuit. I am fine... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @senza Well I am considering it. One thing I need to find is the arm mass for the various lengths. My goal is to find an arm I can use with my Ortofon MC2000 cartridges, and while my Dynavector can do it, I am a bit uneasy about all the mass that ... |