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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Linkoping, the Bach Parita No.2 in D Minor is sufficient to savor and enjoy for one evening. Thanks for sharing! | |
| Aesthetix Calypso -vs- Ayre K-1Xe preamps? Chazzbo, the Calypso is linestage only. The Aesthetix Janus is the full function preamp in the line.Mikesinger, the reliability of the Aesthetix is just fine from all I hear. And as self-disclosure, I'm a very satisfied owner of an Aesthetix Io Si... | |
| Essential Blues/ jazz Cjlcapp,Sdcampbell has given us some really good posts on jazz, so his advice for a starting point is very good advice. Also, here are some threads to get you started (since the search function at Audiogon doesn't seem to index all the threads pas... | |
| Walker Audio Extreme SST Agaffer, with your system (very nice, btw), you should hear a positive difference. Try re-cleaning your contacts with some isopropyl alcohol (to both clean off the first application of E-SST and to clean the metal surface), then re-apply the E-SST... | |
| Walker Audio Extreme SST Hi, Agaffer. Thanks for sharing your experience. I've heard from some other audiophiles that they too did not hear a difference, including some members of our local audio group. Here are two or three thoughts to share, for what they may be worth..... | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Good luck, Marty. And you're welcome. The details really make the difference. BTW, there are quite a few other articles/reviews that will give more insight into Lloyd's philosophy and the impact of his various products available on the web at Posi... | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Afro18 (Marty), Lloyd's design philosophy and thinking about tweaks are outlined to some extend in some online articles, but you'll have to do some reading and piece it together. Here are some of the articles and interviews... ...Lloyd's own discu... | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Ledoux, interesting that you should raise this question, because I just had an update done to my air pump and one of the things Fred Law offered to add was a DRAIN to deal with just the issue you mention. Fred said that some of their far east cust... | |
| Is A Roll-Out Shelf Not A Good Idea For Turntable? 3zub, the rollout shelf will be a compromised solution, no matter how sturdy the retracting hardware. The best platform for a turntable always will be the most stable and rigid solution you can come up with. If there is any way you could live with... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi, Foster. Yes, the King Super Analogue label is a Japanese label of King Records. They have made some superb LP reissues of London/Decca catalog over the years and I have many of them. Copies of many these LPs are still available new through Aco... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet (complete), Ansermet/OSR, SXL 2092-2 (Speakers Corner reissue - marvelous performance and a very nice sounding reissue)Geminiani: Cello Sonatas, Pleeth -vc, Hogwood -hpd, L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO 513.Clannad: Crann Ull... | |
| Is the Kab Speedstrobe necessary with the VPI SDS? You still have to calibrate the SDS. Same with Walker Audio's motor controller. As indicated above, it's for that calibration step that you use the KAB disc and strobe. Then it's simply a question of how long the motor controller will retain that ... | |
| eminent tech arm This tonearm needs a very stable platform because of its shifting center of mass as it traverse the disc. The various VPI turntables have always been good matches (e.g., the HW-19). Also, any of the non-suspended tables should work well. | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Turntable: Photo Essay Albert, the 85K you mention is not the cost of the turntable. It's the price tag Dave listed for ALL of the components he had on hand as a complete system (phono stage, Prologue equipment rack, amp stands, Velocitors, cables, cartridge, etc. - som... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Over the last couple of days...Neil Young: Greatest Hits (Classic Records reissue) (OK, I admit I just don't get it. I'll listen to this one more time and see if I connect with this any better.)Smetana: Ma Vlast (Ancerl/CzechPO, Supraphon SV 801) ... |