sutherk
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| ZYX Omega or UNIverse? Oh, I forgot to mention that I run the Ayame on an SME 20/12A ztt with the STeelhead II as my phone pre-amp. 200ohms seems about right for resistance and 0 capacitance loading. | |
| ZYX Omega or UNIverse? I've just traded in my Omega on the Ayame (naked Universe). The Omega is bass enriched in comparison to the Universe. So if your system needs a boost in the bottom end, then the Omega is luscious in that region.If you like your music more neutral,... | |
| Lehmann Black Cube question I evaluated 3 of the black cube phono stages about a year ago now. The Black Cube lasts about 1 hour to determine that it had warmed up enough. The SE with its external power pack was a vast improvement over the basic black cube. Then, again after... | |
| Any copyright lawyers lurking? Perfect Theo.However Ghasley has said that the other person also owns a purchased copy of the same album. That has not meant that the record company has missed out on a sale. Under those circumstances, and the assumption that the super-dooper digt... | |
| SME owners, what is your table sitting on? I have my 20/12A on the steel balls (I removed the rubber surrounds) sitting on number 4 Black Diamond Racing Cones sitting on a 25mm thick clear acrylic slab.I stress the number 4 cones because the number 3's introduce a strange unclear sound whe... | |
| Speaker cables for Krell-B&W 802 D Speakers I have Krell FPB-400cx amplifier running my 802D's and I use Kimber KS-3033 with the KS-9033 matching jumper. I've been running this set up for just on 5 years now. I think the stability of my decision points to the level of my satisfaction.At the... | |
| what's causing a SME 3 to stick after a few spins? How hard is it to push the arm across the platter in the raised position? Or does this "locking" only occur when the arm is down at the record surface level? | |
| SME 312S versus SME V-12 Peterayer,I hear you. Yes, the cartridge I am currently using is a ZYX Omega copper and whilst the cantilever is mounted straight in the cartridge (only line-of-sight but my eye says ok), according to the Adjust+ software the azimuth angle of the ... | |
| SME 312S versus SME V-12 Hi MauidjAbsolutely amazing. I liken this combo to a formula one racing car in that one tweak here will require a compensating tweak there and so on. One tweak too far and the race is lost etc.I've had pant-wettingly good moments or like I mention... | |
| SME 312S versus SME V-12 The 312S arm uses gravity as the VTF provider whereas the V-12 uses spring pressure.Having forgotten to re-tighten the counter-balance weight less than a quarter turn of the locking screw on my 312S arm when adjusting the VTF, I wondered where the... | |
| what's causing a SME 3 to stick after a few spins? Check that the arm is not touching the arm lifter bar during playback. If the arm is not horizontal but sloping up from the cartridge to the pivot point, this can happen during playback | |
| how to get lift to work on a technics sp 1700 You'll find that the rubber belt on the armature return motor has perished and broken.If you push the cueing button and you hear a faint wrrrr sound then that is exactly what the problem will be. If it doesn't wrrrr then there is something else wr... | |
| Mark Levinson 37 transport or new cdp today..? I still use my ML 37 after 12 years.A good transport needs to not miss any info on the CD and deliver it in a timely manner to the external DAC.The ML37 does this in spades.If you like the "sound" of the ML37 transport, then go for it as I have pr... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox Touch DAC: How Good? The best thing you can do with your Squeezebox of any persuasion is to ditch the standard switching powerpack and purchase a laboratory grade power pack whose ripple voltage is next to zero and the improvement in sound from the squeezebox will be ... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? I run my anti-skate control at about 75%-80% of the recommended value. That is, I run my cartridge at 2.05 grams VTF so the anti-skate control is supposed to be set at 2 to match but I find that setting it at 1.5-1.6 gives me greater soundstaging ... |