radicalsteve
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| Spectron amplifier - new black faceplate? I changed the power fuses from the silver filled Hi-Fi tuning to the Furutech and found it hard to discern any definable improvement. Maybe, the amps sound a little more effortless.However, I also changed the internal rail fuses to very inexpensiv... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 I decided to get that SX-8000 - wait 'till my long suffering wife finds out - may cost more in legal fees or a trip to the shop that sells the smallest rotational movements! LOLAnyway, this will be the uber ultimate step up from my RX-5000 and as ... | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges The FR series look very similar to the Sony XL-55 series with the figure 8 coils. Who manufactured the FR and the Sony carts?I don't have an FR series (yet) but I have three of the Sony XL-55/88 pro series and they give my UNIverse and Allnico Z a... | |
| battery powered stage - replacing PS Audio Had both the Artisan and the PS Audio GCPH + PCX mods in my system. The PS Audio is great for the money and was just a tad too 'lean' and lacking dimensionality in my system. The Artisan has a different sound, also accurate, very wide soundstage b... | |
| VIP, SOTA & Oracle Turntables Whenever there is a thread on the Oracle I feel compelled to comment because this table just never seems to get the respect it deserves. I can't comment on the other models here, but I can compare the Oracle to other well known units.One of the gr... | |
| Burmester and MBL SO, OBVIOUS DISCLOSURE: I own the 6010D - never heard the Burmester at home.I auditioned the MBL 5011 and loved it, after directly comparing in my home with an ARC REF 3 and a Sonic Frontiers Line 3 (tricked out to them max by PCX) and the best NO... | |
| What Integrated Amps have the sonics of Separates? I can vouch for the MF Trivista or Nuvista amps as being highly satisfying and fully resolving. Heavenly sound, great dynamics, lots of watts etc. My old Nuvista would still be in my system if it had HT bypass. I bet the ASR or Dartzeel integrated... | |
| Spectron amplifier - new black faceplate? I just checked my Spectron main fuses in my 2 amps and they were Hi-Fi Tuning, but to my horror one of the fuses had "leaked" the internal damping material into the fuse holder - it was a sorry mess to clean up. At first, I thought maybe a cap had... | |
| Vpi vs. TW Acustic Since I am an Oracle owner let me chime in here.Compared to my RX-5000 or Sp-10 Mk2 the Oracle gives nothing away in bass performance as far as I can hear. What I can say is that the Oracle is leaner on the lower registers because it might just be... | |
| Spectron musician III SE MkII mono block vs active Whatever combo I have tried to drive my speakers with my pair of upgraded MIII Mk2's, the monoblock configuration yields a far superior sound than stereo mode. These are world class amps and the only product that immediately limits any desires to ... | |
| Spectron amplifier - new black faceplate? Michael,you hearing consisten views from happy Spectron owners and I am in the same camp. Like Jonathan now I have the monoblocks with Byee and V-caps there is no reason to even think about anything else - and there is plenty of nice gear out ther... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" I am with Halcro on the UNIverse set up. Have had it in many arms and have found a wide +/- tolerance to set up paramters for VTF, VTA etc. In many ways the cartridge is somewhat benign to different arms, seems to work best in mid effective mass a... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" Raul,I experienced the same with the UNIverse and while nothing can hold a candle to the clarity, detail, dynamics and air of this cartridge, it seems to go awol on the really bottom end so it comes across as lean and one yearns for it to be unctu... | |
| Micro Seiki MAX 282 Arm I had one for a couple of years. Great arm, typical high end Japanese build, sounded very dynamic and lively on my RX-5000. Tried it on an SP-10 Mk2 and my Victor TT-101 as well, but it seemd more at home on the Micro. At the time I was using eith... | |
| Micro Seiki RY-5500 motor noise repair pdf Hello Raul ..........I have had both the AT-616 and EquaRacks on the 5000 and I would give the nod to the EquaRack, although the AT-616's are very good and clearly superior to cone type devices. Nevertheless, experimentation to date a DIY has a co... |