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Tranfiguration Orpheus description
Dear Thom: Yes, any cartridge show its nature after 10: it is a shadow but it is part of its nature.The essential character after 80-100?, yes ( too ).There are cartridges, like my Colibri, that take a lot more time to really know their " secrets ... 
Antiskate issue.
Dear Eldartford: Yes, we agree that equal is too much.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Balanced or single ended leads from your arm.
Dear Ken: Speaking of an IC phono cable of 1m, balanced vs unbalanced, and using Eichman or Nextgen RCA against Neutrik XLR connectors, with the same cable and in the same phonolinepreamp you could not hear any difference, even in worst cases like... 
Antiskate issue.
Dear Eldartford: I agree with neil about the AS/VTF subject, well, I'm not " remembering ": I'm using " old " design MM and in almost all operation manuals the manufacturer recomended same AS/VTF, either with eliptical/spheric or micro ridge stylu... 
Phono cable ic for graham 2.2
Dear Peter: Analysis Plus or Harmonic Technologies. These are relative " moderate price " with a performance that even cables in the 3k to 5K.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Compliments to Graham
Dear Rlawry: What great quality sound reproduction performance through the AQ 7000Fe5, unfortunatelly a cartridge out of production.Mine is mounted in an Audiocraft AC4400 ( where the Graham comes ) and really shine!!!!!This cartridge is a serious... 
If boulder is tops what is second tier?
Dear Peter: " +++++ My price range would top out at about $3k. " +++++It is out of my sense to understand the tittle of your thread: "If boulder is tops what is second tier? ", when your budget is 3K. The very best phonolinepreamps are between 15K... 
Antiskate issue.
Dear Blueranger: I don't think that you really make a damage to your records and certainly not to your cartridge.As you say: what a service from Acoustic Signature !!!! Yes it is to easy to fine adjust the speed variation either 33 or 45 rpm: the ... 
Dynavector XX-2
Dear Audiofeil: Like you posted: you are not a technical/numbers man, in that way it is USELESS to talk with you about because of your non know-how.Maybe next time.Btw, I hear with my ears too, of course you can't understand this.Regards and enjoy... 
Do you think you need a subwoofer?
Dear Doug: " +++++(Facing in would aim a woofer directly at the TT and amplifiers, not a good idea!) " +++++Well, it don't seems like a good idea but in my system both subs are facing my three TT's and I never detect any problem cause by the sub's... 
Do you think you need a subwoofer?
Dear Doug: The asimmetry is with respect to the room boundaries ( side/behind walls ) not if the woofers are side firing.In my case my subs are placed side firing but the right side sub has no simmetry with the left side: the right one is in an al... 
Dynavector XX-2
Dear Audiofeil: " +++++ FWIW, regarding the frequency measurement argument simply disregard it as audiospeak rhetoric. Those graphs and charts are nice to look but you can't listen to them. I've heard speakers measuring 20-20K flat that aren't fit... 
Do you think you need a subwoofer?
Dear friends: I found a Stereophile article that confirm what I already posted about the " must " : two subs in a true stereo way. here it is:" A simple advantage is that two subs operating in-phase less than one wavelength apart wil generate 6dB ... 
Dynavector XX-2
Dear Gary: As good is the XX-2 the XV-1 is a step further ( whole ) in a cartridge quality performance and you can have it for 2.8K.Of course that for the difference price between the Dyna's it must be a quality performance differences..Btw, the c... 
Is Digital actually better than Analog?
Dear Musicaudio: +++++ " I dont own a single record, but I have been curious why so many have kept the LP's alive for so long after the digital revolution ..."+++++Many people, like me, already own hundreds/thousands of LP's when start the CD tech...