piedpiper
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| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? One answer is that most (ultimately all) recordings are not accurate, and it can sometimes take appropriate "colorations" to "restore" them to some semblance of naturalness, or enjoyability. Art is always an "amplification" of impressions of life/... | |
| Mapleshade tweaks Thanks Judsauce, for your honest and thorough communique. I haven't done exhaustive comparisons with the Parallel Long Run, and I haven't heard the cables you compared them to, but I will say that they were a major upgrade from Kimber 8TC in a cus... | |
| DRT XV1s Vs Orpheus Vs Shelter Harmony Vs 47 Labs Jtim,beautifully balanced effective writing. | |
| DRT XV1s Vs Orpheus Vs Shelter Harmony Vs 47 Labs The Orpheus and the Aritight PC1 are my favorite kings of the hill.dealer disclosure. | |
| DRT XV1s Vs Orpheus Vs Shelter Harmony Vs 47 Labs A'feil,actually, you are correct in terms of the published spec referenced @3.54cm/sec; Jtim is correct in terms of the more common reference @5cm/sec.dealer disclosure. | |
| Mapleshade tweaks Judsauce,Not to beat a dead horse but I'm guessing this was a matter of taste or compatibility. What specifically was your complaint? | |
| Mapleshade tweaks "... some like to build and some like to just buy it finished."There seems to be this syndrome of DIYers knocking manufacturers and their pricing. I started out as a DYIer myself but IME most of my customers don't want to bother.Regarding build qu... | |
| Mapleshade tweaks I'm a Mapleshade dealer so you can ignore everything I say if you like. I've known Pierre and Ron for many years to be fanatically concerned for quality sound, iconoclastic cutting edge technology that cuts to the chase, not compromising their ide... | |
| DRT XV1s Vs Orpheus Vs Shelter Harmony Vs 47 Labs Stringreen,I count four. Which three, if any, have you compared directly, in what system, and what are your more specific impressions? Thanks. | |
| Tonearm Wire I prefer to use the thinnest single strand wire I can get and work with. Michael Percy Audio sells Acrotec 6n 46 guage copper wire insulated with a very thin coating of polyester varnish. It's sound is very transparent and neutral. Regarding the t... | |
| High gain hybrid circuit ss/tube MC phono stage Art Audio Vinyl Reference fits your bill as well. | |
| Koetsu Restoration Heed Quasar at $1k is a sonic bargain and versatile gain and loading-wise.dealer disclosure. | |
| Raven v Walker. Colored v Accurate? Halcro,ditto Phaser.Despite appearances reviews and reviewers are famously limited. I used to try to draw the kind of conclusions you are drawing, based on published reviews, professional or otherwise. It is certainly a very attractive prospect. I... | |
| Best value phono $1-1.5k I would say that the Heed was more dynamic, likely because of the gain structure, as the Trumpet, essentially a MM stage being driven by a medium low output MC cartridge, is being used at it's limit. I don't remember my impressions of the soundsta... | |
| New TT/cart question don'cha just love them little dumb mistakes. Especially when you figure them out. |