weseixas
Responses from weseixas
| Magnepan owners : past / present I'm not a fan of the bigger Maggies 3.6/20.1 but do find the 1.6/1.7 very good sounding speakers and quite possibly the best value in hi-fi today..regards, | |
| Try a different turntable? Lewm, The LP12 is still a great sounding table today , a good friend has one and it still charms the soul and a very good deal used i might add.We should all rejoice that nail dragging thru a groove is still with us 30 yrs after it's imminent deat... | |
| Try a different turntable? Geoch, I can assure you , at the time the LP12 was superior sounding to my lenco ( 77), there were no internet, so we had no collective knowledge nor ignorance as we have today. Equipment were bought and sold after many shootout's and the lesser w... | |
| Try a different turntable? The only thing proven is that DD,BD,ID, can sound good..I don't think i will be throwing away my Wilson Benesch as i did my lenco 30+ yrs ago. At the time an LP12 would walk all over it. Obvious today that people can and do get great sound from DD... | |
| Try a different turntable? Inertia is from the flywheel effect of the platter, the torque comes from the motor system... | |
| Try a different turntable? I would love to hear from someone who has only changed the TT, same armboard/amr/cartridge combination. | |
| Try a different turntable? Canam , With a high mass platter and big motor the word "Torque" comes to mind with BD, TT and or any TT for that matter. An idler cannot compensate unless it's motor has a closeloop/ servo/speed control system..Regards, | |
| Try a different turntable? LOL.. :)So Belt drive is now bad, idler wheel tables are good .....Yeah !!! | |
| Try a different turntable? Suspended BD table for me, just my preference as i have heard great sound from both suspended and non. I haven't heard an idler wheel table in 35 yrs so cannot comment... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II OK.... :) | |
| How close to the real thing? Hello Byron , Great response and agree with a lot of it ..Personally , i have been around SOTA type systems for the better part of 35 yrs and have yet to hear one that would be mistaken for real. I will fully agree the recorded medium is a big par... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II What !!!!!I guess there won't be anymore going to home depot and building a ranking TT for less than 200 by jean , Huh?:):):):):) | |
| How close to the real thing? Irvrobinson, blind listening test while fastidious are only valid and relevant to the small group(s) participating.. The Subjective nature of Audio is well ............. | |
| How close to the real thing? 5% is a bit harsh , i would give the very best 45% of the real deal and figure on that system using at least 2-3 kw of power to get to that 45% figure... | |
| Would you pay to listen? A long, long, time ago you actually heard music being played when you walked into an Hi-Fi store , you could actually touch, feel and listen... The nerve ................ |