sokogear
Responses from sokogear
| Power conditioner types Looks like I'm getting the Puritan 136. For my SS amp, it has more than enough capability. Thanks @hshifi - silver it is, and supposedly it will improve the sound over the Furman 15i.@twoleftears - did you try the 136? | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? I like the cable company too - they have everything and don't oversell | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Rega is IMHO best bang for the buck | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Could be (I wonder what material can go through a printer not subject to heat), but $4K is quite expensive compared to other options. Bottom line - if unipivot was the future, they wouldn't be going in another completely different direction. | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms I know VPI is now pushing gimbal arms, but they are WAY overpriced, and they are made on a 3D printer - I guess out or some kind of plastic, and I saw in a previous discussion that they actually bend sometimes during shipping if it gets hot, and t... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms @rauliruegas - they could have said gimbal.... | |
| Power conditioner types Hey @minorl - is there any way to figure out which ones recondition vs. condition? Isn't that done through a transformer versus a capacitor?@nonoise - none of this stuff is a matter of need.....I never knew I "needed" a phono stage - my integrated... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Sounds like for most people, gimbal is the way to go, which is probably why the most practical company, Rega, uses that design exclusively for the best value in tonearms.I never understood the appeal of the hard to handle, wobbly unipivot, but for... | |
| Power conditioner types @mijostyn - IMHO I must disagree. They definitely filter dirty current from the power company to varying degrees in addition to providing some protection.Now....can you hear it? What is that improvement in SQ worth to you? I think it is more impor... | |
| Power conditioner types @bigtwin - than one requires a 20 amp receptacle and sounds like it gets as close as you can to a battery or generator using a special transformer, versus capacitors, which I guess is what the more expensive ones do.@mbennes - they protect agains... | |
| Power conditioner types @bruce19 - painting won't cut it = I asked Furman about switching faceplate colors and haven't heard back...I doubt they would do it.So if I understand this correctly, the only real way to do what I asked is to have some kind of rechargeable batte... | |
| Power conditioner types @erik_squires - sounds like you are a fan of my Furman.....good to know. Now if I can only get a silver face plate for it......any ideas? | |
| Power conditioner types @millercarbon - I have one - a Furman elite 15i, which is a little above entry level and was thinking about upgrading to one that did more than filter. When I originally got it, it was for functionality of having a large number of outlets and prot... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms @mijostyn - that's what I thought, but why have I seen them on some pretty expensive ($10K+) VPI tables?@mr_m - I've heard good things about WTL arms - I guess quasi unipivot is the key - whatever that means. | |
| Does Steely Dan sound bright to you? @speakermaster - it’s not just about the sound quality. I have Gaucho on a Japanese pressing and it is one of my top sounding records, easily. That doesn’t mean it’s one of the best compared to Aja, Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic....IMO Aja is one of t... |