reimarc
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| Is there a ROON sound? audphile1 Thanks for your suggestions. I did exactly how you describe it (no apples vs. oranges): the USB signal either directly from my Mac or from the EVO goes into the MSB USB/Optical converter module, and the fiber optic cable runs into my DAC... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I was the proud and very happy owner of a MSB Platinum Signature DAC (based on a proprietary R2R topology) for many years. I was lucky enough to find it in 2021 for $7,000 on USAudiomart from its first owner. However, dating from 2012, the unit di... | |
| ??? Anyone Running Active Speakers Driven By A Tube PreAmp ??? I use precisely such a system: my active speakers are the Linkwitz LX521.4. Each of the five cones has its own class-D amplifier (Hypex N-core) per channel (10 amps total!), which are fed from an active cascade crossover, ensuring that each driver... | |
| speaker upgrade fever I am the very-happy owner of the Linkwitz LX521.4 system for almost 10 years now. For me, this is my end-game: the spacial and smooth presentation across the entire frequency band is to die for. You can see my system here: https://linkwitz.store/... | |
| If you HAD to purchase a used (over 4 years old) DAC, what would it be? MSB, hands down. | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil I went down both paths: I had Dave Slagle make me a copper EMIA SUT matched to the specs of my preamp, and I had a Sunvallley Audio SV-EQ1616D "phono equalizer" as they call it. I liked both. However, the phono stage allowed me to fine tune capaci... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread My remote from Mick never worked: I noticed that the IR photocell under the Grange is quite loose and flimsy. Mick's not very helpful here. Any idea how to fix this annoyance? | |
| Looking for my End Game Speaker You own it to yourself to audition the Linkwitz 521.4 system. In terms of 3-D staging and "being-there" (including powerful and tight bass), there is just nothing else out there. Your 12 feet room width is enough for correct placement of the speak... | |
| suggestions for new phono stage Congratulations for your ZYX purchase: I only heard great things about the brand. I have tried several phono-stages in my system. I was very happy with the EMIA step-up transformer in combination with the Sunvalley Audio SV-EQ1616D phono stage (w... | |
| Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker Check out the Linkwitz website: https://linkwitz.store/category/lxspeakers/ I have both, the LX521.4 and the Sirius. They are mindbogglingly good! The 521.4 just won the 2025 Editor's Choice award from TAS. The smaller Sirius should fit your desc... | |
| Time for a new cartridge Dear @rauliruegas , Thanks for your detailed, albeit somewhat technical, comment. Yes, I saw the frequency response of the MEMS cartridge on the website, and also as an attachment of a personal eMail from Sawada-san. That mail came as response t... | |
| Time for a new cartridge Dear @mswale, I don’t know what the cartridge system (i.e. cartridge plus power source for the condenser mikes), goes for in the US. You might want to contact the importer. While in Japan, Sawada-san sold me his personal unit from his turntable f... | |
| Time for a new cartridge I might be too late to this discussion. If not, however, I would like to draw your attention to the Miyaji MEMS cartridge by the Japanese designer H. Sawada (his company is called ARSound) of Hamamatsu. During my last trip to Japan in April, Mr. S... | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle I am the happy owner of the 7" Rigid Float CB (carbon fiber) arm. I met Akimoto-san in March near his home in Kamakura. He is a wonderful human being; communication worked well and he explained to me the important parts of his design, most importa... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm To rauliruegas Thanks for your comments. My question to every reviewer (including Harry Pearson at the 2008 RMAF): how do you actually know what exactly is encoded in the LP grove? Unless you have the master tape side by side. And no, I don't wan... |