thr1961
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| Used TechDAS Air Force III vs New Feickert Firebird with Kuzma Safir 9 vs SME 20 MK 2 @clearthinker I am not any kind of engineer nor do I have enough physics knowledge to try to answer your question. However, I do know what I hear (and am fairly confident in not falling victim to owner's bias) and I consistently hear what I descri... | |
| Used TechDAS Air Force III vs New Feickert Firebird with Kuzma Safir 9 vs SME 20 MK 2 I also play rock at times, ranging from Steely Dan to Foo Fighters to Pearl Jam to softer stuff like CSNY or Van Morrison. All of it sounds more present with the Safir (and my current cartridge which is a Koetsu Rosewood Platinum.) For what it's ... | |
| Used TechDAS Air Force III vs New Feickert Firebird with Kuzma Safir 9 vs SME 20 MK 2 I have a Stabi R with the Safir and continue to find more and more to like about the combo and how it brings out the best in a wide range of recordings. And this takes place without imposing any kind of "sound" on the source, instead leaving the i... | |
| Turntable Isolation Journey Well, I have $20 worth of hockey pucks en route to my house. My back wall is external and load bearing, so I will be trying a variation on the bracing, getting materials as high on the wall as I can. There is a window that will limit it slightly, ... | |
| Turntable Isolation Journey @mulveling -- this thread and your excellent research could not be more timely! I recently changed turntables and arms, moving to a Kuzma Stabi R and the new Safir 9 tonearm. The change is significant, however I immediately began suffering from f... | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? I switched to all ARC gear less than a year ago and wish I had done so several upgrades back. The idea of "flipping" this equipment has not crossed my mind since the news and I really can't imagine wanting anything more (I know, famous last words.... | |
| Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls I have had my perspectives up and running for a few weeks now and will be posting my impressions over the weekend. After a few weeks, I just made some cabling changes, and will also comment on that as well. I ended up with the Rosewood finish and... | |
| Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls Well, I ordered a pair of Perspectives in Rosewood (based on a sample photo from Jeff) and so now the wait is on... In the interim, I began the process of improving my room. My wife was quite the trooper, helping me move my 100 pound plus ARC 160... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack Plus one on Core Audio racks. I have both the 3 level and an isolation stand for my power amp. Arnold is a true artist and fabulous to work with. Photos are in my profile. | |
| Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls @prof -- I listened to the Perspectives yesterday for almost two hours and really had a chance to run through a range of different LPs and hear how they responded. Music ranged from UHQR copies of Bill Evans (Portrait in Jazz) and Miles Davis (Kin... | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @ghdprentice -- almost 62 here and I still own the first LP I played on my first "stereo" in 1973! I am off to audition some speakers tomorrow and I will be bringing along one or two of my favorite Bill Evans recordings! There is something about... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions Second or third the advice on Pure Fidelity. I really loved mine and only sold it because of my upgrade to my current Palmer. I had just noticed that the good folks at Fidelis have a used one available which might be worth a call: https://fideli... | |
| Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls Thanks, gentlemen! I just ordered these which will now allow me to make a more thoughtful decision about cabling. I am looking at an interesting trial offering from Transparent where you can test drive speaker cables and interconnects. Someone on... | |
| Maintaining a "Balanced" System Design? @williewonka - thank you for the thoughtful response. I will dig into the specifics you detailed as I look at my options. @gdnrbob — I am coming around as well and will try your suggestions | |
| Maintaining a "Balanced" System Design? @ghdprentice — thanks for your direct experiences with cabling for ARC. It sounds like you went through a lot of cables to arrive at the Transparents plus the Audioquests for power. Unfortunately I am not seeing any options for a trial run but I s... |