radicalsteve
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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Great thread - I concur that the TT101 is a great table and I had the same concerns as Halcro, so I have a back up for sparesI have a tech here in Ottawa who is from Vietnam and specializes in servicing vintage Japanese gear, his workshop is floor... | |
| Musical Fidelity Trivista 300 I had the the Nu-Vista for a couple of years in my main system and found it to be a nice unit, but a bit restrained; but with the appropriate components it can be the heart of a top dog system. About a year ago I got the Trivista 300 for my weeken... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 3 Mod by Parts Connection? Chris / PCX does a great job of upgrading or servicing the SF gear. I can support the fact that the upgrades make a significant improvement to both power amps and pre's and - the SF gear was damn good to start with. I regret selling my LIne 3 that... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Since my last post on this thread (many moons ago) I added to my McIntosh experience by replacing my MBL 6010D preamp with the CT 1000. I thought that was a "ballsy" move on my part as the MBL continues to gain acceptance as a world class preamp -... | |
| How awesome is the McIntosh MC501? I bought a pair about a year ago to mate with Logan CLX's - which are very revealing speakers and have an impedance curve that can challenge some amps. I also have a Plinius SA250 Mk3 to compare the 501's with, which is one hell of a beast and Cla... | |
| EMT 927 vs. Micro Seiki 5000 or 8000 - different? Thuchan, thanks for your observations. I have bee,n momentarily seduced by idler and DD drives, but in the end the SX-8000 trumps them all for air, space between the notes and an overall vivacity.I went down a "dark path" for a couple of years on ... | |
| Looking for a best TT without arm for under 10K. I will add a mild contrary view - all based on personal experience:All around best deck - OracleBBFB - SP-10 or Victor TT-101 in heavy plinthsBest "drive" Lenco (slate plinth is best), followed by Garard 301 / Thorens 124Most airy sound - the Micr... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I recently auditioned and bought a pair of MC501's driving Martin Logan CLX's via an MBL 6010D. I was and am blown away by the Mcintosh sound. I am listening to the music, live or studio, and no longer listening to the audio equipment. For so long... | |
| Accuphase C-27 ZYX UNIverse, Verito Z, Miyabi MF Carbon 3.5 | |
| Accuphase C-27 Have my C-27 for several months, replacing IO-Sig standalone or IO plus Accuphase C-17 head amp. Nothing lost from the IO other than the enormous soundstage width the IO throws. However, the c-27 is a) much quieter and microdynamic b) more focused... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths please email me if anyone want details on the acrylic record mats from Germany | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Lewm, the audiolife platter might add a small amount of drag at start up, but frankly it could just be my imagination since the deck has so much torque it really is not discernable. As for the servo, I wondered (worried) about that, but never expe... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Regarding mats, I have used the Audiolife mat (platter?) on my SP-10 Mk2 with no ill effect for a couple of years and this mat weighs 4.5Kg. The Cu-180 also sounds quite fine on this deck. Interestingly, when I had the Cu-180 on my Micro-Seiki SX-... | |
| Do Spectron Amps have faulty switching modulators? As a former Spectron owner, I have view that even if you had an issue with an amp (and I did) Spectron were by far the best people to deal with to resolve it and I would highly recommend them as a quality and customer service oriented company.They... | |
| Stand out phono stages Nolitan asked about the Accuphase C-27.I have had this in my system for several months now, It relaced an Aesthetix IO-Sig. It is a wonderful phono stage, zero noise, dynamic, variable impedance settings for 3 inputs and built like a tank, but wit... |