rfogel8
Responses from rfogel8
| Teres, redpoint or galibier turntable I owned a Basis 2500 for a little over a year. Their spring isolation system didn't work worth a darn and the motor wasn't much better. I now own a Galibier Gavia which is a far better sounding table and waaaay better quality. If it weren't for ac... | |
| Galibier owners How do you like your music now? Stiltskin, I see you've already contacted Thom to order a table so my 2 cents may just add a little reassurance. I bought my Gavia with Gavia Platter and Stelvio armboard about a year ago. The Stelvio was somewhat tempting but I'm "married with ch... | |
| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner I totally disagree with Kdtran's description of the Tri-Planar. It certainly retrieves what's in the grooves but if he found it to be "very aggressive", he'd better check elsewhere in his system. Also, ain't no way it causes "listening fatigue"; w... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... John, go to http://www.audiointelligent.com/ , then "Product Information." Scroll down to their Ultra-Pure water. For $18 they'll quickly ship you a 32oz. container of lab grade water which will be perfect as a final wash when cleaning vinyl. | |
| Stanalog - Still in business ? I must be the exception because I bought a VDH Black Beauty from George a while back and received it PDQ. That cartridge came with a neat little 3/4" long bubble level that was great for quickly setting azimuth(not perfect but damn close). Some ti... | |
| Isolation for tube amps Galen Carol Audio in San Antonio,TX sells inexpensive tube damping rings for small preamp tubes which I've found to be quite effective. I don't know of anything available for power tubes though. | |
| Red Rose Levinson M-1 Reference Monos I'm not sure about differences between the old AudioPrism stuff and the new Red Rose/Levinson gear but cosmetics are pretty much the same. Of course prices have skyrocketed since Levinson bought the company. Having heard the earlier Mana amps and ... | |
| Ayre V-1Xe vs VTL 450 I know there's been plenty written in the audio rags praising Ayre equipment, and any other manufacturer who advertises for that matter, but having heard a number of offerings from both companys, I'd definitely go with the VTL 450s. To take it a s... | |
| Differecences CAT Convergent Ultimate MkI & MkII I owned the Ultimate 1 before purchasing the 2 recently. It's still relatively new with maybe 50 hours on it and I've not yet installed my NOS Telefunkens so these are early impressions. It does seem to be slightly more full bodied and a tad warme... | |
| Cat Ultimate MkII Preamp mods for volume control? I've had every Cat(with phono) going back at least six generations and currently own the Ultimate II. I definitely would NOT use any other volume control other than one provided by Ken otherwise sound quality WILL suffer. Having the CD Taper is de... | |
| APL 3910, Exemplar 3910, MF KW, Esoteric X-01? First off I sell high end audio in Michigan and go to CES every January to hear what's new. I owned the Esoteric DV-50S briefly and found it to be dry and "hi-fi" sounding yet it was better than most things I'd heard up to that point and at a reas... | |
| Suggestions-New or Used $3-4k Tube amp w/ Usher I'm mailing a check to Alex tomorrow for one of his 3910's and I plan to run it into my VTL Sig. 250 monos. I was at CES in January and heard his player in a couple systems. Both were very good and I mentioned I'd be using the VTL's which he said ... |