spiritofmusic
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| Entreq Silver Tellus grounding/earthing system Msom, I'm going to stick with a combination of 8kVA balanced power and Tellus grounding. A match made in Heaven. | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge Tanathen, the cart my SG replaced is no slouch and if it wasn't for hearing Peter's baby, I wouldn't have swapped.This is the Zu Audio Denon 103 ($900), modded by the Expert Stylus And Cartridge Company ESCCo, in England ($500). Total giant killer... | |
| Entreq Silver Tellus grounding/earthing system Msom, I'm struggling to find where to attach any Eartha cable to my tt - I have direct cart-phono stage silver cabling, with no tonearm cable jacks, so this may be a blind alley for me. But there may be an interesting solution.Next port of call wi... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass You're right, no free trial outside US. I live in London, England, and actually took a risk which paid off.Beyond this unit, no other room treatments, other than a woolen rug on my wooden floor between me and the spkrs. | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Amuseb, are you really sure you can't site a diminutive 12"x12"x12" sub behind you, with one power cable? You could even put a vase of flowers on top to obscure it (max WAF!).It REALLY solved my boomy bass issues, and maybe more than other contrib... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Just chiming in with my current thoughts on the Def4s, having run them for a few months now, how my Straingauge cart is integrating with them, and fledgling opinions on SETs with the 4s.First of all, the 4s are continuing to be amazing. My initial... | |
| Entreq Silver Tellus grounding/earthing system Hi Msom. Revealing is the word. On a par with my move to balanced power, both really complement each other. However unlike you I didn't perceive an improvement with the Apollo Eartha i/c to the earth of my phono. Just switched to a Straingauge car... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Hi Harold, good to talk with you. No, I use only the energiser box ie the base level set up SG-200. I run a tube preamp (Hovland Hp200), and felt no need to pay more for the SG preamp. However there are some reviews which rate running the cart thr... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup My Duelund VSF Black cap network arrives imminently, will fit in the 4s in due course. V intrigued by what it potentially promises.My Straingauge cart is really singing thru the 4s, and obviating the desire to go to SETs. Tbh, I'm going to struggl... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass I used to run Zu Definitions 2 spkrs with xoverless full range drivers and 4 x 10" rear firing woofers per spkr, ie many similarities to your Hornings. Always found bass had a tendency to boom and overpower the room. My solution which was c80% eff... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Amuseb, have you had the problem from day one? Lots of interesting suggestions, but maybe this isn't the spkr for your room, period?I used to run Zu Definitions Mk2s, with xoverless full range drivers and 4 x 10" bass drivers out the rear, so some... | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge Tanathen, the sound sure seems accurate and lifelike, a quantum leap beyond other SOTA carts I've run. I have to say I've heard no colourations in vocals on any disc I'm pretty familiar with - Kate Bush still doesn't sound like Frank Sinatra!Fine ... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Charles, the only thing I found unnerving, but in the final analysis totally intriguing, was what I perceived to be a darker, or "earthier" presentation, but with full transparency thru the mids, and a surplus of treble information.The sound seeme... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Just auditioned the NAT Se2SE 70W/ch SET amps using 211's, thru NAT's Utopia tube preamp.Wow, what can I say, I get the SET thing now. The sound is certainly focussed on earthier aspects of music reproduction, but not at the expense of mids or tre... | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge Steve, The dealer is actually coming over to install a new cart, the one in my system being the shop demo version, so a little beyond 'finetuning' (my incorrect choice of words).I'll freely admit, my knowledge of cart setup is poor (and engine tun... |