t_bone
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| SET vs OTL Ralph,Why let appropriate linguistic usage get in the way of a good hyperbole? Well... in other people's cases it's hyperbole. In mine, it's just plain fact (if only I could figure out which ones). | |
| Looking for a phono preamp You might look at Haglabs Bugle. You can dig around on Audioasylum for commentary/reviews. | |
| Audio Tekne top end gear? Jonathan,Thanks. I am in Japan and will look him up. His website suggests he is still in Hachioji. I did not know if he was amenable to a visit. I'm going to bet he has something like a Final which has been tweaked within an inch of it's life. | |
| Audio Tekne top end gear? Thanks.I would have said they were 10+ years old. I'd love to have any info Imai-san could provide. | |
| Audio Tekne top end gear? Ygk, Thanks very much for clarifying that. Most of that info seems to be available in Japanese on Imai-san's website but while some of the site is in English, it is not entirely understandable in some cases. The ones I bought are an older model of... | |
| SOTA reel to reel players Johnnyb53, years ago I studied digital music in the mid-80s. My 'prof' was a math professor in real-life, who had also been a jazz trumpeter and clarinetist who played with some of the greats in the 60s but real-life meant he was a college profess... | |
| The correct internal-inductance of Windfeld cart.? A very interesting thread (and thus my bookmark)... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? Given those speakers, if I were flying blind, I would try hard to get a demo of some high-powered OTLs, maybe with autoformers (disclosure: no affiliation or ownership history with either). I expect the 450 VTLs would do you fine. I would, however... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? If you are looking with a budget of $10k, but preferably $5k or under, I'll chime in. I have a pair of VTL MB 450 Signatures from several years back. I like them very much and they boot excellent tuchus, even when done in triode mode with a measly... | |
| Audio Tekne top end gear? I actually got the amps. They are pure Class A, tube-rectified (5Z3), all transformer-coupled, PP 2A3 monoblocks. They were, as advertised, an older pair. Initial listening tests were better than I expected but they do not wield tremendous amounts... | |
| US only sales WHY??? Markphd,I have only been refused by "US-only" sellers. I will, however, make an effort to try again, and educate sellers that it does not have to be a problem. | |
| LP eccentricity, spindle hole center,The fix?????? Dertonarm,I am not positive I understand the way kftool's existing clamp system works, but if I do understand correctly, it effectively does away with the spindle completely (after all, as long as the record is centered with a peripheral guide and... | |
| LP eccentricity, spindle hole center,The fix?????? Dertonarm,For simplicity's sake, I agree that a 'minimum spindle' plus off-center adapter should work fine. For the sake of the search for perfection (such as in the thread about drive systems), you'd need a lot of them and a way to measure. The o... | |
| US only sales WHY??? Largeyo, I completely agree. I am a longstanding (American) Audiogon member living abroad. I have bought several items on Audiogon from dealers who were willing to send internationally (thanks JD and Mehran, among others!). In no case have I heard... | |
| Any idea where to find Micro Seiki tonearm parts? Donshoemaker,For the weights, there is a guy here who sells MA-505-series main weights and sub weights (his store is a metal workshop). The main weight is JPY 9,000 (about US$90), and the subweight JPY 1,000 less (about $10 less). To me that is a ... |