tobermory
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| Zesto Andros II with ESP vs Modwright PH 9.0 XT? I have the Ph 9.0 with the X upgrade and the tube-rectified PS. Excellent piece, I've had it around 5 years, always dependable and great sound. Match it with an SME 30/2 and sometimes an LP12. From the 9.0, it goes to a Modwright KWI200, also ex... | |
| Experience with Modwright products? Have both the KWI 200 and the 9.0 Phono, which has had two upgrades. Both are great pieces of gear. The KWI 200 is tubey without the faff of tubes. I know, I've owned Cary amps before. The Modwright is as good sound wise and rock solid. I highl... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Stereolab - French Disko Can - Moonshake Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding | |
| SME 30/2 Controller The tower heights are set without the record clamp on, yes? The manual implies this I think, but I did always wonder. I don't have any damping fluid for my V, but had some on an earlier IV. I am intrigued to find that you say it improves the V. ... | |
| SME 30/2 Controller I am not business savvy in any way, and couldn’t tell a revenue stream from a slap in the face, but I too find it odd that SME will, apparently, not sell items that customers patently want to buy. Quite why the V arm (all arms??) were withdrawn f... | |
| SME 30/2 Controller Surprising you have the newer grey/black platter color on a unit with original power supply form. Maybe someone changed out the platter? Even filling one tower will require the entire subchassis come off. You’ll see how clever the damping fluid d... | |
| SME 30/2 Controller I bought a 30/2, S/N 0244, from Audiogon in 2020 and it was not locked down for transit correctly, and the oil in the towers was everywhere on receipt. Good news was there was no real damage, just a mess. Brian Laker at SME was very helpful, he s... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Wow, not one but TWO mentions of Birthday, must say that I screamed the very same when saw the thread title. Hmm, maybe almost as unique as that (now that surely must be an oxymoron!), in second place, silver medal, runner-up...All Tomorrow’s Part... | |
| If you stream music from the internet, I can't recommend this more highly I haven’t followed all of this thread, but is the OP stating that he swapped out ONLY Internet cabling to his device, or added a component to the device(s) too? I do software for a living, and understand the TCP and IP protocols used to move byte ... | |
| 2019 300B tubes that are worth the money? I had the Cary 300SEI for a while, in fact two incarnations of it. In the period of ownership, I puchased WE 300Bs, labelled 9738 so I think 1997 vintage. I also had the Sophia Princess, at almost 1000USD a pair with boxes. To my ears, neither we... | |
| SME M30 owners. Height gauge Q Yes, but do you/anyone know the mm values? My hunch is that end A, the suspension towers end, is 3mm, as it is on the M20, but I am not sure for certain. And if that end is the 'thick' end of the gauge, my guess is that end B, for the motor heigh... | |
| ways to store your records Ways to store your records....store YOUR records at MY house ;) | |
| To guard stylus or not? The Linn Krystal guard is very nice, it fits from the front on, rather from underneath and up. That said, I tend to use the lid on my LP12 which solves the entire issue I guess. | |
| ModWright PH 9.0 vs Manley Chinook MkII Never heard the Manley, but can vouch for the Modwright 9.0, I have it to go along with a KWI200. Great gear, feels just right, sounds great. You get cartridge loading controls out front which is nice, sufficient gain too, though my Linn Krystal... | |
| New Audiogon equipment search format. Agreed, new one is awful. Old list view was fine and void of cruft. The new view has everything BUT what I searched on. |