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| New Gold Note PH 10 Chakster,You should try to get your hands on a Whest phono stage; the low end and lower mids are just simply outstanding. I have never heard such detailed, powerful articulate bass and lower mid range. And from there up through all the rest of t... | |
| New Gold Note PH 10 Latest UPDATE:I got in the Nova III linear power supply and used it for a few weeks. It definitely opened up the upper range, sound stage, imaging to a large degree over the standard as is Nova III. I’d say that I found the Nova III to be superior... | |
| Weight, Clamp or stabilizer? I installed 4 SVS ISOfeet under my VPI Ares3 with the super platter option (the TT weighs in around 70 pounds). I did not simply machine screw the feet to the base of the turntable as the feet have a metal cup around the medium durometer rubber. ... | |
| An evening with the Whest PS.30RDT Special Edition Lew,I agree with you on the 'must' of an outboard power supply. I am not sure what the design philosophy is in terms of all in one box, put I feel that an isolated power transformer with it's field currents from the main box is not a bad way to g... | |
| An evening with the Whest PS.30RDT Special Edition I see that this is a very old thread, however I just have to chime in. I just picked up a used, post-2015 vintage Whest Three SE which is a very nicely built phono preamp with an outboard power supply which connects via 2, 5 pin XLR cables. The ... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Here is an interesting take on Class D amps: I picked up a pair like new Anthem M1 Monoblocks from a very wealthy guy who decided that he just had to have a pair of Levinson 53’s at some god awful price point. I got a really nice deal on the pair ... | |
| VPI Turntable choices. I picked up a VPI Ares 3 a couple of years ago with the super platter mounted on it. I replaced the conical feet it came with as they were not effective at isolating acoustic feedback with my second level listening area on a wood floor/post and b... | |
| I'm putting to rest worrying about sibilance I agree with Kink56,Spend the money on a top of the line TT and tonearm. I replaced a mid-line vintage TT with the Ares3 and SME Series IV, it was quite the revelation in all aspects of performance.I recently sold the vintage TT as I don't ever ... | |
| I'm putting to rest worrying about sibilance Here is something to ponder on the subject: I have some 1980 vintage stuff from Til Tuesday. Although the music is very well recorded and full of strong dynamic range, the female vocalist has always had a very harsh sibilance to my ears. In fact I... | |
| Gold Note PSU10 , anyone yet get one? Oh yes, one other item I didn't mention in the comparison to the Nova iii; the PH10 has a more defined and robust mid range than the Nova iii. That is why I technically rated the two a toss up. But I am hopeful that the LPS for the Nova iii will... | |
| Gold Note PSU10 , anyone yet get one? I just replaced my PH 10 with a Musical Surroundings Nova iii. I use a MM Audio Technica AT20ss cartridge and I find the Nova iii was superior for this type of cart as it has the 100K input impedance loading which was suggested by Clakster. I didn... | |
| New Gold Note PH 10 I just picked up a new Musical Surroundings Nova iii phono amp which is $1500 retail and that's without the fancy Linear Power Supply option. I wanted to try it as it has two input capacitance for MM loadings at 100 and 200 pf, also, it has the '... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just to clear up some information posted earlier about he AT15Sa and the AT15ss/20ss stylus/cantilever questions:I am the original owner of an AT15Sa I purchased back in 1976 from a rather unscrupulous dealer. I was told that I was getting an AT1... | |
| Ugh....dropped the stylus on the platter I whacked the tonearm once off to the side of the rest with the cue lever down.... the stylus hit the edge of the record, then bounced in towards the label. Nice going. It bent the beryllium cantilever off center about 2 degrees. I played it... | |
| Tone Arm board material Thank you Atmasphere for the thoughts on materials used.My Ares3 is Acrylic sandwiched with a center layer of aluminum. The top layer of acrylic was machined out down to the aluminum layer so that the same acrylic material used for the arm board ... |