t_bone
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| Stylus Force Gauge I have the same version as Mehran sells. I think one place makes them and a variety of people put their labels on them.Mine works fine. Anyone who thinks they need down to 0.001 gram obviously has enough invested in the system and their room to af... | |
| thinking of trying vinyl People's reasons for doing vinyl are different. If you want it to beat your CD player for $300 all in, that may be tough (though not impossible). With a $50 thriftshop table, a $150 cart, a few dollars in vibrapods or spikes (depending on what els... | |
| thinking of trying vinyl A used MMF5 is not a bad idea by any means, and if you decide the whole process is not for you, then selling it will get you almost all of your money back.Personally, I would take the opposite tack from Almandog. I find 'old pieces of junk' to be ... | |
| Music or Lyrics? Jimjoyce25, Interesting comment you make. For me, it depends entirely on what music is playing. I've always thought Bob Dylan was never about the music. Similarly, for me Rush, Boston, and ELP were never about the lyrics. The Beatles were great an... | |
| there are 4 answers; refer to them by number And #7 which is that Alternative C smokes both of the others, and Alternative 8, which is a special category reserved for Audiofeil where he rips into someone for recommending A/B/C without disclosing he is a dealer ;^) | |
| Which speakers are higher efficiency? One of the great ironies/mysteries of life is that one usually needs more power to get full-range sound in a small room than in a big room ("but it's a bigger room so needs a bigger amp!" he said). To get full-range efficient speakers, one is usua... | |
| Which speakers are higher efficiency? Gotta say I agree with Johnk and Gregm on this one. You need at least 95dB to make those 300Bs work really well, and I would almost say you need 98 (though it would depend on the impedance curve (and at that level, phase angle may come into play :... | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges Found an FR-7f and have tried it out. It is, indeed, a bit nicer than the FR-7. It has, at first trot, more delicacy to it. I am not sure how else to put it yet. Both are very nice, but if I had to choose just one of the two to live with, I'd take... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Thuchan, I'm still thinking about it, but I think Quiddity's earlier point was that the high speed of the flywheel in the SZ-1 motor (and therefore, probably similarly, the HS-80) offers more theoretical inertia than a (second) heavy platter does ... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Syntax, thanks for pointing out the 'local' photos. Should have remembered that system. Lewm, the photos appear to be the reviews of items which different people have brought into the system. The top photo is a set of Ale Acoustic compression supe... | |
| Awesome vinyl collection in May 09 Elle Decoration Agree not probable for the Brionvega (though I think it is super cool). I would hope he uses a different system. I don't actually see the system in the photos (though there are some flat things on top of the shelf in the second photo). I don't see... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Most of the 5000s which are extant are the RX-5000. The "RX-" designation is a solid bearing. There exist some SX-5000s as well. The "SX-" prefix denotes an air bearing turntable. The SX-8000 and the SX-8000 II are roughly similar, but the SX-8000... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 The last few I have seen go through the internet auctions in Japan have been in the area of JPY 150-175,000 (call it US$1500-1750). I would say they come up about 3-6 times a year. | |
| Awesome vinyl collection in May 09 Elle Decoration Not sure, but it would not be impossible that the playback system is the one in #2 in the first photo. Another photo of that 'music system' is here. | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Thuchan, there is a standalone Micro Seiki product called the HS-80, which was a high-speed inertia unit (made to be added to the 1500/5000/8000 series models). It would probably give much the same effect to the SX-8000 as the motor on the SZ-1 ac... |