radicalsteve
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| Technics SP-10 MKIIA tonearms I had both the EPA 100 and the 500 arms with H,M&L wands. I found the 100 to be the better arm, more dynamic and the adjustable damping made cartridge compatibility easy. It does not take though very heavy catrs though such as the Kondo IO-j. ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 preamp I had the Ref 3 and compared it side by side with the MBL 6010D which I kept and I sold the Ref. When I moved from tube to Spectron power amps, the Ref 3 was not a good match and the MBL was much better. Not a question of the Ref 3 being inferior,... | |
| Have you tried the Furutech AND the Acme fuses? Does anybody think these companies make their own products? They are rebranded / repackaged from OEM manufacturer and the only difference is if they cryo them or not. | |
| Spectron amplifier - new black faceplate? Will give some updates on the Scinnies as the project unfolds. After a quick repositioning, removal of absorption panels behind the speakers and going to stereo vertical bi-amping I now begin to hear what all the fuss is about from the avid / rabi... | |
| Spectron amplifier - new black faceplate? Just hooked up a pair of Apogee Scintillas 1 ohm models (remember those - the "amp busters"). Now these might just be the best speakers ever made - planars that go down to 20Hz and true dipole tweeter ribbons. I must say that in bi-wired bridged m... | |
| What preamp to pair with Spectron I had the ARC Ref3 with my V-cap/Bybee Spectron monoblocks and it was not a great match - very hard sound and a rising top end prominance. I also tried my highly modded Sonic Frontiers Line 3 and that didn't have the sound I was looking for, despi... | |
| Yamaha Amp Nostalgia I have a CA-2010 inyegrated- beautiful to look at, beautiful to listen to as well. Very acceptable mc phono stage, of course not extreme in detail but compensates with its musicality and open relaxed sound. Greta engineering in these old pieces DC... | |
| Bryston 28 sst's vs Spectron Musician 3 SE ? Dev,god point about my experience with the Ref3 - which I loved with my SF Power 3's, but I guess there must have been an impedance miss match with the Spectrons. Just to be clear, I would have no problem with the 28's as my permanent solution eit... | |
| Bryston 28 sst's vs Spectron Musician 3 SE ? FWIW I had the 7BSST's in my system for a few years and recently heard the 28's and just thought they were more "balls to the walls" but very similar sonic signature. Now I have the Spectron monoblocks with Bybee and oil cap upgrades and would nev... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Kipthis the right one for the Micro: Plattentellerauflage aus PLEXIGLAS® 5mm stark D=293mmSteve | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 "...by far the best comination to be a light but hard vinyl/acrylic mat from a source in Germany Probably from DeltaDevice" ........ Syntax, not only are you correct, but if memory serves me well, you were the person kind enough to give me that le... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 We all seem to be aligned then on our experiences of using a mat to dampen the ringing. I tried a variety of mats and materials on my previous RX-5000, from heavy gunmetal mats, passive vacuum platter from Audio Technica, other metal mats, ceramic... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Fm login:How did you resolve the ringing gunmetal platters? The only solution I know is either a damping mat - which can work well, or applying a damping material inside the platter - which would concern me from a perspective of rotational balance... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Kip, cograts on that vibraplane - I looked it up on ebay, you got a great deal. I would only make one change at a time in a system, so let me now if you want to think about a mat later. BTW, I heard from Asian audiophiles that the Micro-Seiki Cu-1... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Thanks Kip. The reason I sprung for the SX-8000 was really down to recently great results I finally got from my fine tuning the RX-5000 set up. In particular using the Machina Dynamica spring system and a special vinyl table mat I found in Germany... |