terry9
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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? How would you characterize the Hyperion? Analytical, lush, ??? Thanks! | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room Yes, my driver never quite gets it right. | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room @kennyc TAS 50 Greatest Bargains in High-End Audio Hadn’t looked in ages - interesting though, that Magnepan speakers come up in 4 of 5 categories. Got to say that a pair of Magnepan DWM (woofer) panels really improved my system. | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ Hope that solves your problem ! My HT all has 'stand-by' operation, and so it sounds good almost immediately. My listening room, however, is all class A and takes time. For that matter, my cartridge (Koetsu) requires 45 minutes to sound its best. | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ My system sounds good after 12 hours, better at 100. Pre-amp only goes cold for extreme weather. The OP’s system needs more time to warm up after a complete shutdown. Perhaps some of his equipment has a ’stand-by’ function, which ’sort of’ keeps ... | |
| Planar speaker characteristics Thanks bdp. I had not heard of Magnepan's sub - but truth to tell, I'm not too concerned with that bottom octave. Can make me feel a bit queasy, actually. Getting old is a ... how you say? Female canine? You sure are right about those Tympani bas... | |
| Direct Drive @lewm Yes, what I wrote was ambiguous. I meant, "I agree with Lew (about TT and tonearm being important) AND TT is most important ...". @pedroeb Absolutely. Which is also why some mechanism of keeping the record flat is so important. Vacuum hol... | |
| Planar speaker characteristics Planars are so fast that few subs can keep up. Magnepan also sells small bass panels (DWM) to augment the bass - I use them in my listening room and HT. I'd rather have clean bass and lose the bottom octave than have muddy sound at all frequencies... | |
| Direct Drive @pedroeb Three phase is easily obtained by driving a 3 phase motor with a 1 phase, and tapping the 3 phase power inputs. Viola, 3 phase power. But 3 phase is more complicated than it looks, and so is better left alone. But it’s pretty much acad... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Jonas Miller, Beverley Hills: Magnepan Tympani 1a. What memories! | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room If you’re locked in for 15 years, you are very wise to get advice first. I say: audition, audition, and audition. As others have mentioned, planar speakers are qualitatively different. I am a devoted planar man: dedicated sound room uses 4 Quad E... | |
| One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer? @dover Now that's the solution! | |
| Direct Drive @drbond You say, "AnalogMagik software does measure instantaneous speed. I think Fremer may use it, or possibly have some other software by which he determines the variability and stability of speed control of the turntables that he evaluates." ... | |
| Direct Drive @lewm Sorry to be obscure, but some were questioning @dover about the theoretical basis, so I thought there was an interest. Not saying that it was worse than previous Technics DD. Just saying that there is no such thing as an instantaneous speed... | |
| Direct Drive @lewm I don't doubt that the average speed of a modern turntable is right on the money. But, according to accepted statistical theory, there is more to a phenomenon than just the mean. Consider the platter speed to be a random variable whose di... |