sirspeedy
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| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 I've got to agree with Raul!The arm/cartridge combination will absolutely be critical. I've known some to think it blasphemy to feel the Ikeda could be bettered...with the right cartridge choice.However those cartridges were far heavier than the Z... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 First off,Hi Halcro...how are you doing?Best to ya!!Hope all is well... OK,second(main)point...Dgad,I've been waiting for "this" thoughtful comparison for over two years.A very interesting post,and I have NO reason to doubt your findings,though I ... | |
| 6922 Recommendation for my BAT VK-3iX Preamp Very thoughtful posts....Rodman has got it pretty much dead on.Particular tastes will determine the final outcome,though. Best advice-----Experiment! Good luck | |
| Leave solid state amps on? Or turn off everytime? How obsessed are we when common sense fails?? Yes,a good system will sound better if left on 24/7....but....if you own a "heat driven design" of any type,do you really feel comfortable leaving the darn thing on all the time?...Does the system soun... | |
| Why are older tubes so much sought after On a more serious (based on my post)note,I've had superb results using about six different NOS tube mfgrs,in my phonostage. The differences in timbre and dynamic shadings have been quite audible.Costly,but worth it(almost),so I stocked up on two b... | |
| Why are older tubes so much sought after Well Albert,the movies,music and entertainers of the 40's,50's,and 60's might have to be included as well -:) | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Well,after a long wait due to equip/mfgr reliability(and support)issues,I am finally going to have a system once again,this coming weekend! One thing I did,to make something good from an "amazingly annoying" situation was to upgrade my pre/phonost... | |
| Mint Tractor Look!...The way I view it,if I've already spent the kind of money on a really good analog set-up,why would I not want to be absolutely certain it is performing to 100% of it's capability! Nobody dislikes to play around for anymore set-up hours tha... | |
| Ultimate Idler Drive From what I've learned,Stealth uses "solid core"(supposedly sonically superior to twisted strands in dynamics,and stage characteristics,and from a technical stand point)"single crystal" silver and gold in their cable make up.They seem to have supe... | |
| Mint Tractor Doug,Mark et al.....Absolutely NO complaints from me!!The credibility expressed has proven the logic of your arguments,and makes total sense. Thanks. | |
| Mint Tractor Stiltskin,I am in full agreement. Thanks | |
| Mint Tractor Mark,actually I wasn't targeting you for an accurate Phantom "rap".I understand your input was a bit more general,but very good no doubt!It really got me thinking. Instead I was kind of fishing for anyone "kinda" understanding where I was coming f... | |
| do some cartridges have lower noise floor? Tim,great post.....Boy,you've come a long way!! Best | |
| Mint Tractor Mark,that was a GREAT and apparently convincing post!!I might just have to "hate" you for it -:) I think it may just have pushed me over the top regarding relying only on my Graham set-up tools(which are quite good,btw).I've been happy to rational... | |
| Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s Pedrillo,based upon your comments,boy would you have loved the LeGall deal/sound!!!...Big time!! Best |