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| Why are modern arms so ugly? Looking at my SME V tonight, I noticed for the first time, or at least was conscience of it for the first time, that the printed horizontal lines are only on one side - the outside. That's quite obvious, but I never made a note of this before. The... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Surely you jest Doug,Who am I to go against the recommendations of the arm manufacturer? I use the lines to get a ball park for level, ie parallel to the LP surface of an average weight LP, then I listen and do some VTA adjustment. It's similar to... | |
| Magico Room at RAMF How good did it sound Usermanual,How would you describe the difference between the Q1 and your former Mini 2 or even the Q3 for that matter? I just haven't had a chance to hear the Q1 yet. I heard the Q3 at a demo at Goodwins introduced my Alon Wolf. It was wonderful a... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System I like Raul's suggestion to start another thread about the goal of turntable design, ie, what the role of the turntable actually is. Then the subject of neutrality, and a platform for the cartridge can be discussed as well as if certain characteri... | |
| Vibraplane: Should it be loaded close to limit? I did hear back from Kinetic Systems and from Sounds of Silence. Tony at KS suggested I contact Steve Klein at SOS as he has more experience with the VP in audio applications. The maximum net design load of my passive 24" X 20" Vibraplane 2210 is ... | |
| Magico Room at RAMF How good did it sound That's an interesting report. What amps were being used with the Q1's? And was the source analog or digital? These are the replacement for my Mini 2's. They are supposedly better and cost less money. I'm not aware of the Mini 2's ever getting so b... | |
| Magico Room at RAMF How good did it sound Which amps and front end was Magico using for the Q1 at RMAF this year? | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Thuchan,Now you have me even more confused. I had been asking you about the SME 30 which you stated that you heard in two good system and did not like it. Now you write about the SME 20 and compare it to a Ford Mondeo. Did you hear the Model 30 or... | |
| Vibraplane: Should it be loaded close to limit? AVphile,The Kinetics website quotes a max load of 200, but the specification sheet for the unit quotes a max of 275. The performance graphs suggest the closer to the max load the better the isolation figures. I have emails going to both Sounds of ... | |
| SME V aftermarket cable? I have an SME Model 10 with SME V arm. I use the Hovland Music Groove 2 cable which replaced a Harmonic Technologies Copper Phono cable. Both are far better than the stock SME cable IMO. Basically, I found the difference is that more information c... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Thuchan,Like Raul, I, too, am interested in reading why you don't think the SME 30/2 is a good turntable. Could you please explain what aspects of its performance you don't like and why? Have you heard the SME 30/12 also? | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System I agree with Dertonarm's comment about putting Halcro's AC-3 on a Minus-K isolation platform. My SME 10 is not an AC-3, but I recently bought a Townshend Seismic Sink and placed it under my TT. My jaw did not drop to the floor, but the improvement... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dertonarm,Have you seen photos of and read about the Wave Kenetics NVS Direct Drive table? It is a new, expensive DD table which promises some performance gains. | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Regarding modern tonearm designs: what do you make of the new Durand Telos 12" arm? It seems to be a very stripped down design. Early reports from the few who have heard it are very positive. It will be at RMAF. | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Halcro,In your opinion, are the SME 30 or 30/12 poorly understood sprung belt-drives". Are the rediscovered great DD's that much better than the SME 30? What about the TW Acustics AC3? It has no suspension, but it is a belt drive.I'm just curious ... |