rauliruegas
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| No deep bass or highs: VTF or VTA issue? Dear Madfloyd: IMHO the XV-1s is far from be dark and sluggish.Your TT/tonearm are good enough to the XV-1s performs ( if not at its best ) in a very decent way, no doubt about.Even that your phono stages are not my " favorities " out there it can... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Dear Jlin: +++++ " I actually preferred the Garrard [301] with Triplanar and Koetsu Rosewood Platinum to Mike's Rockport with Colibri." " +++++this statement could be a learning one because IMHO we are comparing here two totally different " things... | |
| MM vs MC Dear Kev: Here you can find some interesting information on the subject: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1200430667which is better?, this is a complex answer because is system/ears/know-how/music-sound priorities dependent.You ca... | |
| Help with cartridge needed Dear Frankml: IMHO you are right the XV-1s is the better choice/match for your analog rig, things are that the VPI/JMW designer use precisely the XV-1s.This cartridge is a top quality performer , you will be really satisfied/happy with it.Regards ... | |
| Resistive vs capacitive loading Dear Chris: +++++ " My observation is that most phono preamps have only the feature for adjusting resistive loading but not capacitive loading. " +++++this is because almost no one phono stage designer cares about MM cartridges and in MC ones the ... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Dear Thomasheisig: +++++ " What do you think? " +++++that's what you asked on the subject. Well I already posted my experiences about along that in theory we need AS.The AS subject is so complex that almost any " think " is valid. There are to man... | |
| Thorens TD147: raising tonearm Dear F456gt: Is there any chance to put on a spacer between the tonearm and the TT?Rgards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Who's familiar with Audiocraft/Ultracraft AC300? Dear Mikeyc8: That is a very good tonearm as the headshell, here you can find everything about that tonearm:http://www.vinylengine.com/library/audiocraft-ultracraft/ac-300.shtmlRgards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Dynavector XV1 S and the older XV1 which one ? Dear 1twekr: Both are very good performers and differences are system dependent but as a whole I agree with Downunder.IMHO for yur system the XV-1s could be better match.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| The necessity of a plinth Dear Chris: +++++ " why does the SP-10 without this custom plinth sound that bad? " +++++I don't know where do you read that statement. I'm using one of my SP-10s with out that custom plinth ( only three pneumatic AT footers/isolators ). I heard i... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Dear Chris: +++++ " Reason for buying old/classic turntables " +++++I think that each one of us have a different answers about. In my case I buy my Micro Seiki because permit to mount four tonearms along is a good performer. My DD units (Denon/Tec... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Dear friends: Let me share with you some thoughts: if everything is fine without AS the first question that comes to my mind is: need I AS? and then where? when? why?.I can tell you that I play records with high-velocity/difficult passages with ou... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Dear Thomasheisig: There is no doubt that the AS subject is another factor on the cartridge set-up, if we can hear changes on it is another matter and dependent on other factors.My experiences about tell me that if ( IF ) the TT set up, tonearm se... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Jean: I don't have a source about. Time to time could be a ppear on Ebay. Other similar cartridge is the Pickering XSV 7500 .Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| John Klemmer Dear Almandog: I agree with Rockvirgo and Strateahed: Grover washington Jr is really nice: every single LP.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. |