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| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Phil, thanks for your thoughts on that. I have enough justification to make spending the cash on the Def4s without running to a bill 3x + their cost to consider the Dominances!My guess with Sean, is that they might be the ultimate testing board to... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Redglobe, I think you'll find first and foremost, it is the design of the motor that minimises transmission of rumble to the platter, draining it diametrically away via the feet and operating lever.Then on top of this by raising the lp off the pla... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Absolutely my point Lewm, my Orbe was improved in some ways with clamping/periphery rings/mats, but in other ways, life, energy and dynamics were stifled.Another example of Vic thinking "outside the box" and going down a route not followed by any ... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Regarding the Reso Mat, yes it does seem counter intuitive that something which allows freedom of the lp to not be flush flat when being played can only add to soundstaging and dynamics issues.But maybe this needs to be looked at in reverse. Maybe... | |
| Neodio NR22 Cd player - thoughts? Jeff, what I've learnt in this game is not to expect the expected. Many people told me the AMR 777 would blow the EMM CDSA out of the water. I felt rather the reverse was the case, feeling the AMR hopelessly outclassed when it came esp. to tonal s... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Well from your description Phil, one to look fwd to. Despite it's hefty price tag, a relative bargain in the high end wrt models like Magico, Wilson, Rockport, YG. It's in that big bucks league at a third of the entry ticket.You feel that the Def4... | |
| Neodio NR22 Cd player - thoughts? Jeff, your response is a little ambiguous. I've just updated my analogue front end to a tt/arm combo that combines the best of analogue ie warm and organic, with the best of digital ie open and detailed. I would hate to be without either in my sou... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Lewm, I think you would very much "get" the Salvation if you heard it, since you're coming from a change to idler/dd away from belt drive (Lenco L75/SP10 owner if I'm not mistaken?).All I can say is that no matter which high end belt drive I tried... | |
| Neodio NR22 Cd player - thoughts? Lloyd, many thanks. After a long search for digital I could live with long term, in 2007 I settled on the EMM Labs CDSA SE, with German transport and X-upgrade since, and I couldn't be happier.As with all things audio, always looking for something... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable I'm not here claiming the Salvation is going to sound better than any other tt out there. As I explained before I'm never going to hear even 10% of top end tts out there.But I do feel that the direct rim drive/air bearing linear arm technology v. ... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Stringreen, I understand your reservations re Trans Fi being a small name with no substantial reputation like the names you have mentioned. This is very true, although Vic has been making his arm for several years now, and this has proved to be re... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Phil, short of a lottery win I'm never going to be a Zu Dominance spkrs owner, but since you've heard them, can you relay further impressions?A few things concern me about their design: firstly the baffle is v. wide, surely there may be diffractio... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dgarretson, I have to agree with you. I can't add to your technical analysis, but this arm is a MARVEL of tracking and neutrality.Before buying it, I was really unsure about the maintenance issues of using an air bearing linear tracking arm. It's ... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Redglobe, I'm not sure there is an article that compares the Salvation to Ttweights. One thing I can say is that although the two designs are similar ie direct rim drive, Vic the designer of the Salvation assures me his motor is very different ( I... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Did consider Ttweights, but with no distributor in UK, was reluctant to go ahead w/out audition.From what I've read comparing Salvation to Gem Ultra, the Salvation motor and execution is at least on a par, the integral air bearing linear tracking ... |