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| Miyajima MADAKE experience Thz Thomas for advice, will look out for a Lyra. ^^ | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience Hi Thomas, thanks for confirming my suspicion. I was concerned with Madake’s internal impedance also. Any other not-so-expensive cartridge you can suggest? | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience Hi guys, I’m considering to get a Madake as a 2nd cartridge to spread out the wear on my expensive Koetsu Blue Lace Diamond Cantilever. Any idea it will work well with my Kuzma 4Points arm & Thomas Mayer D3a phono stage? I like an open sound w... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone My vinyl playback system has recently received a major uplift, from a loaned Thomas Mayer D3a phono amp. While the system has always been satisfactory but it never achieved the true high end standard I strive for, not even matching my digital play... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? A cheap upgrade is to change to decent speaker binding posts (the originals break fairly easily anyway) and bypass the high frequency resistor pot & fuse holder, which shouldn't be a problem providing your amp is reliable without risk of DC of... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? I have been using Maggie panels for the past 7 years, first with a pair of 1.6 in my small 11' X 17' room. I liked them so much that I moved up to the bigger 3.7, but that was a mistake because my room just couldn't cope with the extra energy, not... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone I'm now using a Coincident Audio Statement Phono, loading at 30 ohm. The stock tubes were replaced with Telefunken ribbed-plate 12ax7 which are much quieter & paint a larger sonic picture. I had a ARC Ref Phono 3 previously but felt the sound ... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone My dealer who has heard all Koetsu told me the only differences btw diamond & standard boron cantilever are marginally faster, better dynamic range & better bass definition. Guess you can always opt for diamond cantilever when your Coralst... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone After waiting for 4 months I'm now a very happy owner of a Blue Lace Diamond Cantilever cartridge. Although just 40ish hours old & not near fully broken in, the Blue Lace is way better (& unfortunately more expensive) than any cartridge I ... | |
| David Berning Quadrature Z or Vitus SS-101 Wow, what an honor to meet the great man himself!!I knew the Quad Zs were good by reading all the rave reviews, but didn't expect them to be THAT good. They make the pseudo ribbons on my 1.7i sound like real ribbons, & the bass slam is at on p... | |
| David Berning Quadrature Z or Vitus SS-101 I took the plunge & bought the Quadrature Zs which arrived yesterday. They sure sound more transparent, airy & vivid than my Plinius. Of course the Maggies need to be repositioned slightly to compensate for the difference in presentation. ... | |
| David Berning Quadrature Z or Vitus SS-101 Thx lancelock for the assuring feedback on DB amps' reliability, & the suggestion on LTA. Will surely look into that direction also. I'm currently driving the Maggies with a Plinius SA reference, & want to experiment with a OTL tube amp bu... | |
| David Berning Quadrature Z or Vitus SS-101 Hi guys, I'm considering to get the DB Quadrature Z for my Maggie 1.7i. I know it's probably an overkill for the small Maggies but the 1.7i are the biggest panels that can work in my small 180 s.q. room, I started with 1.6 then traded up to 3.6 wh... | |
| Phono for Ortofon A95 Rest of my system comprise of ARC Ref 3 with Plinius SA-Ref driving a pair of Maggie 3.6 panel speakers, plus a Emm Labs player for CD/SACD. The ARC Ref 2 Phono SE is definitely under consideration given its flexibility & user-friendliness. Al... |