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| BASIS 2001 OR ARIES I have owned an Aries/JMW 10, and one of my friends owns a Basis/Graham 2.0. I haven't compared the 2 TTs directly but I would also lean toward the Basis/Graham combo. Now I own a Michell Gyro SE and an Origin Live Rega RB250, with a Benz Ruby 2, ... | |
| Capacitance: Help me understand High capacitance usually rolls off the high frequencies, not the midrange -- plus, I didn't think the WW Gold Eclipse III was a high-capacitance design. Maybe something else is responsible for the reticent midrange; without more details, I couldn'... | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers You see, my typo above, "condidering" -- just serves to illustrate that we reviewers are human. I wish Audiogon allowed one to edit his comments after posting! :) | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers Detlof, you raise some good points and I appreciate your response. As you noted, even the best and most respected reviewers are not immune to psychological hype and can occasionally make errors in their assessments. We are above all, human, and re... | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers Well Bigboy, I'm a reviewer and I know that I'm very honest when I express my views and I believe that the other reviewers who I know personally are also honest about their opinions. With commercial magazines the reality is that for the most part ... | |
| best 6dj8 tubes for AR sp9mkII??? I'm with Dacostab on the recommendation for 7308s. To my ears, almost any type of 7308s have consistently outperformed 6DJ8s and the 6922s I have tried (including the 6922 Sovteks). | |
| Sonics of a VPI Aries Turntable I had a VPI Aries TT and 10" JMW (not the 10.5) with the VPI flywheel and PLC II and ClearAudio Gamma cartridge. The combination sounded good to me, but ultimately not good enough. I ended up selling the Aries and buying a Michell Gyro II, with an... | |
| Best SS Phono Stage? Hi Tom,I guess I have the same model AHT phono stage as you then (AHT/P DM), but without the built-in passive volume control -- which seems like a great way to go. I just wanted to clarify that the Walker version uses the same basic circuit topolo... | |
| help with absolute phase Right, DeKay -- or to put it another way -- it sounds like the fundamental note minus the natural "decay". :) | |
| help with absolute phase This is an interesting thread, so I may as well add my 2 cents. As some have said, about 50% of recordings are recorded out of absolute polarity. On some recordings, some tracks are in correct phase and some are 180 degrees out of phase. Also, on ... | |
| Best SS Phono Stage? In my opinion, the AHT Non-Signature ranks way up there. Currently, the rights to the AHT were sold to Walker Audio and Lloyd Walker makes a hardwired point to point version without circuit boards(unheard of for solid-state), using very costly pre... | |
| Michell Gyro Mk II AC or DC? Par3nl, mine does have a transformer-like box before the motor -- so I may have the DC motor. I also corresponded with Werner Ogliers(?) at Michell and he says the DC version lacks a lockring under the pulley. Mine doesn't seem to have one so that... | |
| BI-AMP/WIRE basics? INFINITY KAPPA 9 Hello Joelm,If your woofer section crosses at 80 Hz you can probably get away with using a Paradigm X-30 active crossover to split at around that frequency or thereabouts. They can be bought new for around $200 and would be fun to play with. You p... | |
| BI-AMP/WIRE basics? INFINITY KAPPA 9 Joelm, actually, after I reviewed the power output specs on your Yamaha amp, you probably wouldn't benefit from adding more power -- but you may benefit much more by merely using a bi-wire configuration with a better quality high-power amp, like a... | |
| BI-AMP/WIRE basics? INFINITY KAPPA 9 My guess is that you won't gain much performance by going the passive bi-amp route, especially if you intend to use an identical Yamaha, because both amps would be running full-range. However, if the Yamaha amps can be bridged for monoblock config... |