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| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Thanks, Jonathan.You've filled in the blanks better than I could hope to do, so I won't elaborate (too much). I completely agree with you that there is a difference between hearing flaws in a recording and being annoyed by them. A very good friend... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Hi Raul,Yes, layout is indeed important. Jim Hagerman is too modest to admit it in this thread, but he put enormous amounts of work into the layout of the Trumpet. I recall him mentioning that he went through some 14 major architectural layout cha... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Yes, the beauty of the marketplace is that we all have choices. I buck strongly when someone tells me that they have achieved sonic perfection and that I am a member of the great unwashed peasantry if I fail to appreciate their brilliance.Sure, as... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Thanks ever so much for visiting this thread, Jonathan.You make a very provocative point about varying sensitivity to different distortions (mechanical / speaker vs. electronic) which most definitely fits into the overall design process.I have gre... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Thanks Ralph (about balanced) ...Yours is a different perspective from the limited commentary I've read on the subject. I'm not trying to be contentious, as I'm clawing to grasp some of the subtleties here. A while ago, I dug up and filed away a f... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Hi all,It's great to get some brilliant designers involved in this thread (ain't sucking up ... I call 'em as I see 'em). Whoah, Thom! Look what you started here.I'm loving this discussion and hope that it will bring light to the general philosoph... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Hi Raul,Indeed, holistic thinking is required - both in life and in hi-fi.As you well know from how long it took you to get the Essential to this high level of performance, thinking holistically can drive you crazy as the circuit gets more complic... | |
| Contact info for Galibier Yes, that would indeed be me, Lewm.Unfortunately, due to the spam-bots, I had to remove the text from under the e-mail link icon, but Dan (thanks) got the address right.I am a bit behind in my communications over the past couple of days, so I'd ap... | |
| Experience with Raul's Essential 3150 We'll see you here in Colorado on Valentine's day Raul.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Number of sales: CD vs LP Hello Ihcho,Albert's comments are consistent with what I read for 2005 sales numbers. I can't remember the source.In "high resolution" format (the sum total of DVD-A plus SACD), vinyl is outselling digital.Of course, the low-rez format (Redbook, 4... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi Ebalog,This is a great topic, and you raise some very important questions that span well beyond those of Schröder, Galibier and other small manufacturers - falling into two broad areas: extended waiting periods, and working with small manufactu... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi Ebalog,I'm glad to hear they're not out of production, although it does sound like in addition to a substantial waiting period, there aren't many arms coming out, period.Paraphrasing Mark Twain, rumors of Frank's death are greatly exaggerated.P... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi Gary, Red ...I think you're both right ...My take on Red's comments is that they have more to do with manufacturers letting their customers become their beta testers ... releasing update after update instead of doing their homework and releasin... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi EbalogAlso... I had it from a good source that Schoeder tonearms really aren't available any longer. Can you shed any light on this? When did the last one you ordered come in? I know someone on the waiting list for more than 16 months with no k... | |
| tonearm match ZYX Universe Moerch and Triplanar The Moerch is a very fine tonearm, but here is the relevant question. When you answer this, you are done:Have you ever heard of anyone experiencing buyer's remorse after having switched from Moerch to Triplanar?Cheers,Thom @ Galibier |