tomic601

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Piano is just 300 years old? There's more.
Careful bragging it up… Canada, Greenland… probably rename the Tasman Sea after Elon…  
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
@dwette Wow… they have come a long way… my initial inquiry about the Brinkmann went off to Engineering and at that time… about 4 years ago..a quick quote of $5 K.. i should revisit… now… where did i put that 3rd TT ? Actually it’s over Italian Ma... 
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
Minus K requires a few specs to get started… center of mass, total mass and envelope dimensions..mostly the feet touch points… about $5 K for the Kuzma i spoke about… would be similar for my Bardo. Think aerospace lab optical / laser bench vibrati... 
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
Whart is on speed dial… As @dogberry mentioned and i agree.. SME should get more TT love here ( my edit along with Basis ) A very good friend has a 20 SME w Reed arm and lovely Core Audio isolation…. fantastic organic musical…  
Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead
long speaker wires are … spongy….  @ghdprentice not a good analogy with the new Vette… and i’m a 5 ( so far ) Porsche guy…  
Repair Help Needed on Marantz 250 Power Amp
2 small of a sample size to make that assumption about the whole site. Steve in Santa Monica is brilliant. PM me. his backlog is out into May. Jim  
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
@dwette Agree, right now both of my TT live on HRS bases. The Denon uses Vortex footers.. All my components live on HRS Nimbus couplers, many w HRS damping blocks and i also use custom Core Audio Design shelves - they are a very unique massive con... 
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
Actually yes with built in minus K a Safir arm and a Verismo into exact same downstream CH > Big Magico in a superb room.. The competing setup a Kuza Ref, 4 Point, Kuzma CAR-50 and sitting on another Minus K…. knifefight with no clear winner….... 
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
Impossible to unhear the positive impact the RonT tube brinkmann PSU has.. and i have the larger more advanced SS supply…   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@mofimadness RIP Delores….. what a loss I am spinning a beater copy of The Boat Album…inspired by @slaw  Next up…Junkies…. not sure which  
Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading?
I should clarify, experiment was conducted sans surfer GF as that would have cosst me half of everything   
Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading?
@inna Ya, i might hunt down a Balance for giggles … but what would be more likely is a RonT power supply, Bardo heavy… or as @mulveling so astutely points out locating the TT outside the listening room whilst hiring a surfer girl Friday to deal wi... 
Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ?
@thom_oz Don't go 2 soon. I have a Bardo w Triplaner - quite lovely. Good fortune to you on your quest !  
The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas
it’s less expensive than running a serious fishboat…if that helps….  
Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading?
i do plan to run that experiment this Summer w same Triplaner arm / Kuzma cartridge / armboard on DP-75 vs Brinkmann Bardo. TT isolation same HRS, captive cable remains constant… VTA will change…. i dont really expect the heavens to part…. but…..