o_holter
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| Why are my woofers pumping? The observant reader may ask why I did not try the Clavis and the Titan before, since I had them at my loft. That would have saved us a lot of speculation in this thread. The answer is that I thought they were broken, due to many hours on the Tita... | |
| Thorens Turntables I had a Thorens TD125 for many years, with Stanton, Pickering and Lyra carts. Sadly it is not around anymore. Should be possible to buy and upgrade. It could be interesting if you want to run several turntables. I only use one. I switched from the... | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? My former Krell 600 - Dynaudio Consequence combo was hopeless on low volume. It would have been better to listen to a small bookshelf system. It was only on higher volume that the wolf came out of the lair, so to speak. Music started sounding grea... | |
| price of Oppo players threw the roof I have no idea if a new Oppo is the way to go. Maybe the following is relevant. My Oppo 981 plays CDs quite ok but no more. SACDs are better, lively and large soundscape. Yet it is still beaten by vinyl rips made on my Tascam DA-3000, played back ... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? "what I hear, it is fast vibrations, not pumping" - this needs a clarification. What exactly is the symptom? With a better cart - changing from Clavis to Titan - I hear / see / touch woofer behavior changes (method described above: fingers slightl... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Testing the Titan i (ca 2008 model). To my surprise, there is little to no subsonic pumping. Much like the Clavis. Or maybe a little more. But clearly different from the Atlas. The woofers are more engaged, more vibrations, changing from Clavis to... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Back to testing. I've brought my (quite worn) Titan i down from the loft. And will connect it soon. Since the Clavis creates less pumping (next to none), I would expect that the Titan comes in the middle (if the resonance theory is right). This i... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? I was maybe a bit optimistic in my last post. The thread is all over the place, yes. But so are most of the threads I’ve read on this subject. Compare this one: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-arm-cartridge-matching-myth . Halcro argues... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Invictus005 wrote: " This has to be the most ridiculous thread on Audiogon at the moment. Everything and all of it. OP, I told you it’s a problem YOU can’t solve. Just enjoy the music. Some of these things are just part of vinyl. Many comments her... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Audiotomb - I already tried the feather test, and found no problem. I also contacted SME who said, basically, if you don’t notice a problem with the V, it should be fine.Raul sensibly suggested (going the resonance path, along with invictus005 and... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Invictus005 please. What may be ridiculous to you may not be so, for fellow a-gon members. You seem to "know" it all - but where is your actual listening evidence? We're all in this hospital together. | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? More surprises: Simple Minds: New gold dream, 2016 half speed remaster - pumping - yes. Procol Harum: Home, UK orig - some. Thanks vpi. This is my thinking as well. I will first try a different cart, and then maybe, a filter, if I get a money back... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Thanks, jb0194 - interesting to know how downsizing can be done without too much sonic loss.Wolf_Garcia and Elizabeth - OK, tubes can be "too much", but does it need to be so? I agree that tubes give better sound (to my ears). That’s why I changed... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? It is quite bewildering - testing LPs - Elvis Costello: This year’s model - intro yes, between tracks no, outro yes. JA Volunteers mofi side 3, intro yes, between tracks some, outro some. Liz Phair: Exile side A - some, but rather little. A Parson... | |
| Headphone amp advice We are soon ten years after - and the Jade has served me well for all these years. If you can find it, buy it. Or at least take a listen. It has a remarkably clear, coherent and musical sound, especially with NOS tubes (1 Telefunken driver, 1 RCA ... |