terry9
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| Is my amp good enough? I've done it both ways, successfully. You are in a very good place to make an upgrade to a forever system, one piece at a time. One piece at a time is the key. I heard speakers that I fell in love with, Magnapan Tympani 1A's. Bought them with the... | |
| magnepan PS: I've had some Magnepan in one of my systems continuously since Tympani 1A's in 1973. Fifty years of state-of-the-art which I could afford. I'll take a little inconvenience - but if you can't, there's lots of product nearly as good for 10x the ... | |
| magnepan I called them to ask about the DWM bass panels. Front office left something to be desired, but tech services was great, twice. I bought, twice. The four DWM panels transformed my ESL system and my HT. As for customer service, sure, anything can b... | |
| Goodbye Everyone I'm a bit late, a year or so, par for the course. For what it's worth, Elliot, when I see your name I always read. Same for maybe a dozen others. Glad to see you still here. | |
| True high-end Speakers need a midrange Centre channel is for dialogue more than anything else. To me that spells ESL. I use a Quad 2905, and it is excellent. | |
| Phono Stage, Tonearm, Cartridge Question - Which is the most important? I would say phono stage. To get the best from a cartridge you need a great tonearm. To get the most from a tonearm you need a great table. From a table, a phono. But cartridges wear out fast. Tonearms don't. Tables don't. Phono stages don't. So i... | |
| Quandry Agree with @lewm 100%. | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge Mono? Sure, ideally. But my Mayajima Zero mono is not as good, on mono, as my higher end Koetsu stereo. My higher end stereo Grado is better yet. Close, yes - but inferior refinement. | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge Delicacy of sound is very important to me as well. Is higher end Koetsu delicate enough? In this respect my higher end Grado is superior to the similarly priced Koetsu which it replaced. Bonus is that Grado tracking is much better. And the holes i... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Another thing to consider is wear. TT do not wear out. Tonearms do not wear out, but they can be damaged. Cartridges wear out and they can be easily damaged. So, you can buy a TT for life, a tonearm for decades, or a cartridge for a few years (or... | |
| Old records. @lewm " I have found that every upgrade to my phono stage, TT, tonearm, or cartridge has resulted in better sound on average from even average LPs" +1 | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! Quad ESL's - 2 pairs , plus pair Magnepan DWM's plus isobaric sub. Had the Quads 15 years. | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Phono stage most important. Turntable close second. Tonearm third. Cartridge last. IMO. Once you hear air bearings, turntable or tonearm, there's no going back. DIY if your skills are up to it. Ditto for air gap caps in the RIAA circuit. Good lu... | |
| US source of Panzerholtz? A Pz tonearm wand sounds even better on my own LT design. Pz is my reference material, but experiments with some truly weird (and weird looking!) composites are very hopeful. | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? @moonwatcher You say, "That "break-in" should be required of the manufacturer BEFORE they ship them out the door." Agreed. My higher end Grado cartridge has had no perceptible change in sound, and as I was in contact with Mr. Grado himself, I kno... |