philb7777
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| Rockport Avior vs. Marten Coltrane vs. Kharma Midi Aldenberry, It sounds like with your desire for a combination of a warm, full-bodied midrange combined with fast, tight bass, a tube pre/solid state combo is where you probably need to go. Having Rowland in the past, combining it with BAT would pr... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Knghifi,I'm with you. I have around 900 hours on my Ref 250's right now so in another 1,000 hours or so, I will start to contemplate this. Options include sticking with the KT 120's, foregoing the upgrade and ordering Kt 150's, or getting the full... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Geez, I bet it will be $10k for a pair of Ref 250's. That's too much scratch...... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope SMoffat - You can use Pixelstix for both horizontal and angle calculation. Sorry I should have mentioned this sooner is another good 'horizontal' calculation program is Go Horizontal. Its costs less than $5 too and is even more simple to use.I wou... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Good thread at Audioshark.org with comments and pics of SRA. To see the pics you have to log in.http://audioshark.org/all-things-analog-21/your-own-sra-pictures-6404-page2.html | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope I agree Smoffatt, it definitely takes a lot of practice. I don't particularly like the Dinolite software. One can use the following for a trial and see what they they think:1. Pixelstix - this is great software (< $5) to get the baseline at 180... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope I think Peter and Viridian are both correct but are differing in approaches. I use both. When I get a new cart or change carts, I set my SRA by ear first. That process takes a few days of listening and experimenting. I then check my SRA setting wi... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Peter offers good advice. I have used some free software called ImageJ and it works great. Measures to within a hundredth of a degree. I usually take three to five measurements and average them. My current SRA on a dyna XV-1T is 92.08 - ImageJ is ... | |
| Rockport Altair matching amplifier? Oh yeah, Rockports have shown with Absolare tube gear in the last few years quite a bit. At CES 2015, the Rockport Cygnus was driven by Diagastino amps. | |
| Rockport Altair matching amplifier? Andy Payor at the Rockport voicing and listening room uses Gryphon amps. Others have said the combo is great. Ebm is probably correct too - bet Pass would be a great match.I currently have ARC Ref 250's and have Rockport Cygnus on order - hopeful... | |
| Ortofon Anna or Transfuration Proteus? I took us off topic with the Aviors. Pradeep knows I've been contemplating auditioning some Rockports for some time now. His reference was 'tongue in cheek' for the Atlas since my own experience has been luke warm towards the Atlas so far with lim... | |
| Ortofon Anna or Transfuration Proteus? Understood Pradeep. I think that was what I was wanting to clarify. Although my impression was that in most systems the Lyra may sound more analytical and detailed than musical, the caveat was that I only heard it in three different systems and th... | |
| Ortofon Anna or Transfuration Proteus? Pradeep - point well taken and absolutely accurate. Much is system dependent, but with analog not only that, but set up dependent too. I have heard the Atlas three times - twice it sounded a little lean and sterile to me. That was on an SME table ... | |
| Ortofon Anna or Transfuration Proteus? I have heard both the Ortofon Anna and Transfiguration Proteus. Both are excellent cartridges. Here is my take on them and the Lyra Atlas (which I have also heard extensively - my friend owns the cart):Ortofon Anna - very smooth cartridge - solid ... | |
| How should I set up REL G1sub woofer Trcns,Try lowering the crossover to between 28-30Hz. You may have a 35-45Hz node in the room. See if it makes a difference. If it doesn't, then I would switch phase polarity on the sub. If that doesn't help you may need to contact REL for assistan... |