peterayer
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| phono stage with two inputs Pass XP25 has two inputs. It costs about $10K. Don't know if that is breaking the bank. | |
| Hammacher Schlemmer has Kronos $28,000 Just watched the video of the spinner in the suitcase. Is that what surface noise sounds like? Scary. | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Podeschi, the way you describe the P30 reminds me of the way the Pass XP-30 sounded in my system. But add the nuance, refinement of great tubes and the neutrality and transparency of great SS pre amps. | |
| Magico Comparison Mapman, I can't answer that question directly. I can only compare the experience of listening to the Blade system at that show and to my system at home. Well, based on two completely different settings, systems and music, I did not find the Blade ... | |
| Magico Comparison Mapman, I dined on that thought at the recent NYC Audio show. I heard the small Kef 1s50? for $1500. I heard the Kef blade for $30K. I heard a mid level Kef floorstanding speaker. And I heard the Kef sponsored "live" show with electric/amplified g... | |
| Isolation Platform for my Sota Cosmos? The SME suspension towers are heavily damped, so pushing down on the plinth does not get it to oscillate. Likewise, the Vibraplane is fed by a compressor, so as soon as one corner is pushed down, the air bladders immediately fill up and so it does... | |
| Magico Comparison Charles, Magico is certainly not above any form of criticism. I will say that it seems to me at least that threads about Magico, Wilson and TW Acustic are more contentious than threads about most other brands. | |
| Hammacher Schlemmer has Kronos $28,000 Lewm, I'm trying to understand your point. In a conventional turntable design where the one platter is rotating clockwise, that is the "action". What is the "equal and opposite" reaction? The Kronos designer told me that the platter rotating tends... | |
| Hammacher Schlemmer has Kronos $28,000 Love the exposure. That's an SME V-12 arm (non detachable headshell). I spoke to the designer about this at the NYC show a couple of weeks ago. He used the V-12 two years ago and the 12" Grahm this year. He told me that the counter-rotating platte... | |
| Magico Comparison There are currently seven bidders in the auction for the Magico M5. So there is plenty of interest at some price point. Resale value is also often effected by how many units of a particular model were originally made and for sale at any given time... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Tbg, Could you please describe the sonic difference between the Halcyonics and the StillPoints? Did you ever try the same turntable on both devices? Thanks. | |
| Isolation Platform for my Sota Cosmos? Geoffkait, that is an interesting post. I never really considered that. I may try to lock down my SME suspension and listen to the result. The other alternative is to tune either the Vibraplane or the SME towers to different frequencies. They are ... | |
| Amp stands for Pass Labs Thanks Heindracks,After I realized the incredible gains from placing my turntable on a Vibraplane isolation platform, I bought two more for my amplifiers. I had no idea the improvement would be so great, especially for SS amps. I am very pleased w... | |
| 10-15k budget in a 6m x 4m room. Please help. When you write that it is hard to audition equipment, do you mean there are no dealers? If that is the case, I guess you can try to do your best research. But if there is a dealer anywhere near you, go there first. Even if you don't buy anything f... | |
| Isolation Platform for my Sota Cosmos? Tonywinsc, As my system has improved, those sounds swooshing around in an oval patter have moved from above the plane of the speakers to now where they are circling above my head. I have not gotten the oval to go completely behind me yet, but it i... |