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Best sound out of a computer
Dear Jared: I'm using proffesional audio cards from RME and Lynx and the quality sound reproduction is first rate.I do some modifications to both cards and what I have is really top performance from a computer.E-mail me if you want to know more ab... 
Brinkman Balance Comparisons
Dear Andrew: Any serious TT comparison is valid only if take place in the same audio system/room with the same tonearm/cartridge/phonolinepream/cartridge set-up.I respect all the people and what they already posted about but is not really usefull.... 
Upgrade old LP12 or buy a new table??
Dear bryan: I agree with Herman about the Linn up grade and I can add that you most to change the tonearm too for a second hand Ekos or Naim Aro and the cartridge that mates well with either of these tonearms.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Best TT under 2K?
Dear savagewaits: If I were you I buy with out any question this offer at once: http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1172420620it is not only a very good TT/tonearm but comes with a very good cartridge too: a bargain!!!!!!!!!!, don'... 
Grahma Phantom vs Tri-Planer?
Dear Rick: +++++ " there at the same time to compare all three? " +++++This could be fun but if you use the same cartridge in those three tonearms at the end what you get is not which tonearm is the best ( the three are very good ones ) but with w... 
Experience with Raul's Essential 3150
Dear Albert: +++++ " I offered to do some product photography as Raul has no professional images. " +++++Thx in advance, we appreciate that.regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Experience with Raul's Essential 3150
Dear Swampwalker: Essential 3150 MK2 version?, I don't think so at least not in the near future.Please let José and me enjoy what we have today!!!Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Experience with Raul's Essential 3150
Dear Albert: Well done. Yes, the numbers tell not enough about quality performance but in a good thinking design help to confirm and understand that quality performance.The Aesthethix has several audio values like: active high gain all tube phono ... 
Experience with Raul's Essential 3150
Dear friends: I already receive several e-mails asking for my opinion about other Phonolinepreamps out there and specially some of the ones that I had the opportunity to " meet " during the Essential 3150 roudtrip.Like I posted somewhere the " obj... 
SUPEX 900 --- retyped -- does it worth it?
Dear Chris: Why do you want to retyp? somethink wrong with it?regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Great bass from a linear tracking arm?
Dear Paul: That will be gimball or similar not unipivot. The design/build of a tonearm is far from be an easy task " there are a lot of black magic " there.We are on the research on bearings, materials, geometry, resonance, vibration, balanced sys... 
Best Tonearm for Dynavector XV1s
Dear Fbhifi: I try many times my XV-1 with the Dynavector DV-505 ( that is similar to the 507, perhaps mine is better because I change the internal wiring ) because the common sense tell me that ( in theory ) the best match for the XV-1 has to be ... 
Great bass from a linear tracking arm?
Dear Exlibris: In my experience if you choose the right cartridge to match the tonearm you can have very good bass response ( everything the same in the system ) it does not matter if is pivoted or linear tracking.Now, there are differences in the... 
Best Tonearm for Dynavector XV1s
Dear Fbhifi: I agree with Cincy Bob, the SME one has a good synergy with the XV-1.Other two tonearms that match very well are: Ikeda 345 and Lustre GST-801.Right now I'm trying the SAEC WE-8000 and I like it too.The best with the XV-1: Lustre GST ... 
better tonearm for SME 20/2
Dear Abullience: The Celebration retail price is only 1.5K ( and second hand no more than 1K ) and the Titan 5K. I always say it: the SME/Celebration outperforms almost any cartridge 2-3 times its price and put the very top ones in shame in some a...