richardbrand
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| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? Any thoughts on the Holbo deck from Slovenia? It combines an air bearing turntable with a linear tracking tonearm, which also runs on air. Driven by rubber bands, though! Got an excellent review: Holbo Mk II Airbearing Turntable Review | StereoN... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic Wish I could remember but it is very likely the table that was stolen from me was a Lenco GL75. The apple does not fall far from the tree ... The thief carefully took the record off and left it behind. Of course, the police dusted it ... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic In May 2018, SME took over everything Garrard from IGB Gradiente S.A. of Brazil and seems to be manufacturing the Garrard 301 again, initially from New Old-Stock. They also took over Loricraft Audio. SME only supplies the new Garrard 3... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @laoman Mount Mary is another wine I prefer Oh, I thought that was an instruction ... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex I did mention that copper tarnishes. I also pointed to a reason why speaker cables of different resistance should alter the tonal balance. So why do you think I deny cables sound different? I merely pointed out that it is not due t... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @laoman My original comment was about Penfolds's Grange which was rejected by French critics until it was tasted blind, as related in the DVD. I accidentally quoted about a second Australian wine because I thought it was the same occasion but so... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex Are you telling me silver and copper sound the same? They have different electrical properties, different capacitance and inductance, so the question is, do you think they both sound the same? No, I am just suggesting that your ass... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic Nailed it! You have very precisely described my SME plinth. My grease-bearing Garrard 301 has the SME 3009 improved fixed head shell tone arm, and the Shure V15 Type III cartridge (hyper elliptical stylus). My dad gave it to me so it h... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @samureyex Silver is 6% faster than copper, you think that doesn’t change the sound? Really? Silver may have 6% lower resistance than copper, when compared by volume, but do you really think that makes the signals it conducts travel 6% faster?... | |
| Pure Silver Wire @jmkrajnik Do you have experience in designing sound equipment? Your comments are unusually insightful. Unfortunately, no! My dad did not own an engineering shop, so making tonearms and turntables were out of the question. A dozen research... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. @devinplombier that's a cute story. Are you making that up? No, not entirely! I am not smart enough to make stories up ... There was a brilliant DVD documentary about how the Australian wine industry got its foot into the European market. ... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. Love the wine analogy! I have often said that good HiFi is like good wine – you pay more for what you don’t get. Nasty sounding distortions and nasty tastes. The biggest differences are that wine comparison thrives on blind tasting, there is a ... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic My early series 401 (with the flush mount strobe light) was mounted in the huge ‘SME Plinth System’. The plinth base and depth was so big to accomodate the widest and deepest decks. The cover was of similar height to the plinth and desi... | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? @elliottbnewcombjr Just a word of caution - there were several series of Shure V15 made, and they do not necessarily share compatible stylii. The V15 Type IV was the first with the built-in brush. I inherited a V15 Type III and was looking for ... | |
| Directional wires/cables @jea48 Thank you for your honesty, You do your wiring the same before and after you ’learnt’ how electricity really works on this forum. I really don’t think the author needed to say, in a vacuum... No, but as a physicist I just had to add th... |