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| Anyone using a Lyra Delos yet? 11-28-10: MoonglumPaperw8, I'm also starting to use a Delos into the Whest (although not the dual transformer version) on the 55db setting.55dB will send a signal of about 1/3 volt to the preamplifier where 60dB sends a signal of about 0.6 volts t... | |
| Anyone using a Lyra Delos yet? 11-28-10: AudiofeilNo cd player can approach the bottom end of a properly set-up vinyl front end.that hasn't been my experience. | |
| Anyone using a Lyra Delos yet? i have a lyra delos installed on a triplanar tonearm with a whest ps.30rdt phono stage. it is a very nice sounding setup. one of the advantages of the 0.6mv output level from the lyra delos is that it allows me to use a gain level of 60dB, which p... | |
| Wadia S7i direct to amp 11-27-10: Egidius@paperw8 have you tried what you are explaining?It's just, the statement by krellfan might not be wholly unexptected, if the pre substitutes something otherwise missing.if your question is: have i driven a wadia directly into a po... | |
| Whest ps.30r 10-09-10: DcarolThe reviewers are 'paid' by manufacturers so how on earth can you get an unbiased review.in the past, you could get good, critical reviews of audio equipment. today, i find them to be suspect because the reviewers frequently have c... | |
| Review: Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center CD Player I have now had the unit plugged in for more than two weeks and have gone back and forth with the Wadia many times. I would say that in an absolute sense, the Cantata does not leave anything to be desired. It has a naturalness that reminds me very ... | |
| Wadia S7i direct to amp 06-26-10: Krellfan2002I have a Wadia S7i at home and play with the Pass XP20 and XA160.5 but I prefer the preamp. Without the preamp I miss some body and dynamics. For me the preamp adds something.the statement above makes absolutely no sense to m... | |
| Are there any constants in speaker wire designs? 09-05-10: KijankiI don't know how to measure focus or soundstage depth or width but it exists and is affected by something. Can this something be simply measured by relation between R, L and C.Can we say that all speaker cables that have exactly s... | |
| Thiel speaker placement - am I crazy? I have Thiel CS2.3 speakers that were positioned 2 feet from a back wall. Then I moved them 3 feet from the wall. The loss in bass response was less than I had expected but the speakers sounded better overall - there certainly sounded different. I... | |
| Are there any constants in speaker wire designs? Kijanki: it is a true statement that signals attenuate within a conductor as you get farther away from the surface of the conductor into the interior. I didn't mean to suggest that skin effect doesn't at frequencies below microwave but that it is ... | |
| Are there any constants in speaker wire designs? 09-01-10: IrvrobinsonKijanki, skin effect isn't considered significant at audible frequencies. At 20KHz it'll be less than 0.2db, which is truly insignificant in the context of real speakers in a real room.Strand jumping sounds like quasi-technica... | |
| Sonic traits of high-compliance carts? I think of it this way: the stylus is attached to the cantilever and the cantilever is attached to a suspension in the cartridge body (which allows the cantilever to follow the groove). I think of the suspension as being a spring and the complianc... | |
| Sonic traits of high-compliance carts? 09-03-10: PaulfolbrechtBased on my experience with the Shure V15 on an SME 3009, I think the doc is right. Superb tracker, great detail.To determine tracking ability, I suspect that in reality you have to look at more than just the compliance of t... | |
| Sonic traits of high-compliance carts? 09-01-10: DoctorcilantroThe usually have very light VTF. I'm actually considering some Soundsmith moving irons right now; but not the 28cu model (1g), rather the 23uc model (1.3g). My take is they are great trackers and provide lots of resolution ... | |
| Whest PS.30RDT vs Herron VTPH-2 vs Modwright 9.0SE If you want to stick with Whest, one possibility that you might want to consider would be to upgrade to a PS.30RDT SE. You can scan some of the recent discussion about the PS.30RDT SE and discern what you may from the comments posted about the uni... |