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| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, looking at the Reso Mat, it appears that the LP rests on a few points elevated above the platter. Without anyway to clamp the LP down and prevent it from moving, do you notice any slippage of the LP as the needle creates drag during large ... | |
| Magico v2 with mcintosh 601 Congratulations Jchoiny. The V2 really is excellent. | |
| Pass Labs XP 30 VS Ayre KXR Pre Jeb, Congratulations on the new pre amp. It is really superb. I heard it for the first time today.In an early post above, I asked if anyone had actually heard both of these in the same system. I had the chance to do a direct comparison between the... | |
| Pass labs and wilson ausio sasha w/p I just took my Pass Labs XA160.5 to a friend's system. He has the Sashas and a Pass XP-30. His room is medium size and we played the music load but not ear-bleeding levels. We played a variety of jazz, pop and classical, vinyl and digital. The XA1... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable "One thing that VPI, Sota, SME etc. won't be able to provide is a paradigm busting approach to getting the best out of analogue, technology that emphasises all it's postitive attributes with few of the negatives associated with more traditional te... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Sksos1, The Timeline has humbled owners of DD, belt and rim drive tables. It can be quite cruel. I did try in on my old table and it clearly showed that it was fast. With no speed adjustability, it was quite an eye-opener. I'm waiting for someone ... | |
| Brinkmann LaGrange & Base I heard both the Brinkmann Balance and the Bardo on Vibraplane platforms at the recent audio show in NYC. I understand that the dealer now sells most of his Brinkmanns with Vibraplanes for isolation. The sound in this room was extremely good. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable No, I haven't heard the Continuum or Da Vinci or the Monaco, but that is exactly my point. I can't know that some other drive system is clearly better or worse in all cases as you suggest of your Direct Rim Drive over all belt and even DD types. I... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, being from England, I wonder if you have ever heard an SME 30/12 with V-12 arm in a well set up system? Or any of the other top belt drives like the Continuum, the Walker, TW Acustics Black Night, Brinkman Balance, DiVinci. Do you feel tha... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Raul, are you still designing a tonearm for analog playback? And do you now prefer digital to your analog and all of those MM cartridges? | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? Petrushka, That is indeed very interesting and helps to explain its high performance. I had a friend over tonight to do some more listening to the XP-30. He brought over some of his favorite LPs and was very impressed with the improvement over my ... | |
| Searching for better 2 channel performance? You should read Jim Smith's book "Get Better Sound". It's a great read, full of information and should help you improve the sound of your system through speaker and listener positioning. You could do this inexpensively before you try upgrading any... | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? Douger, Jim voiced my system a year and a half ago. He's extremely knowledgeable and a real gentleman. I couldn't be happier with his service as it took my system to a whole new level. His own system is supposedly world class. I would love to hear... | |
| Audio Desk Record Cleaner-Anyone buy one yet Tbg, That's interesting about the second cleaning, especially if it is one of the good 4-step formulas. These usually include an couple of enzyme steps which address the mold release issue. Have you tried two cycles of the Audio Desk and noticed a... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? Petrushka, Thanks for sharing those comments about the various models. I'm wondering what the bigger improvement would be with the following two choises:1. Upgrade from the XONO to the XP-252. Upgrade from the XP-20 to the XP-30The XP-25 has the f... |