whart
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| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 I have no dog in this fight, other than that I'm sympatico with the OP because we share certain system attributes. I don't doubt Pani heard what he heard and will admit that the only time I've heard the AC table (I think it was the Black Knight) w... | |
| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 Jaspert raises a real point here: short of setting up several tables in the same system, using identical arms and cartridges, it would be impossible to discern these differences in any absolute way. I suppose that if you heard some of these same t... | |
| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 Maril: I can't answer your question, because I have no hands-on experience with either table. I'd also ask about the 8000, and there are a few owners of both Micro Seiki tables here who could tell you the differences. They would seem to be tweakie... | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? Wilfredt- Sarcher has some Sanders or the earlier version, I forget the name. You might look at his system and ping him. I started with 'stats back in the early 70's and could never find midrange comparable on other speakers, but using the origina... | |
| Preamp with quality MC phono section I think your starting list is a very good one, and you've gotten some thoughtful input (no pun) from others as well. Much is going to depend on synergy with the rest of your system. I was trying to get the VAC Sig IIa for a listen in my system rec... | |
| How to get the impact of a live concert? I agree with an earlier post in this thread by Wolf Garcia that it is virtually impossible to get that explosive quality of a kick drum right over a home system. I use very efficient horn speakers which have a self-powered dynamic subwoofer system... | |
| Why does better power = better sound? I'll share a few anecdotes based on my experience in my system, for what they are worth:first, I use very efficient horn speakers and it took some doing to get the line quiet. Not 60 hz hum exactly, but you could hear a sort of hash that was reduc... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE WillemJ- I have had my pair of ESLs since 1974, but they need to be restored. I will continue to use them, and will probably add a second pair to do a stacked array. I still have my Decca ribbon tweeters, which also need to be restored. And a pair... | |
| NYC new LPs store ? I used to drive to Princeton back in the day for vinyl. Now i just buy online. Interestingly, I've have had fewer problems with used records on places like e-bay than I have had buying reissues from the usual online sources- lot's of crappy re-rep... | |
| Audio Research SP3A-1 or Conrad Johnson PV11 Rrog, you and I had the same electronics, for me this was circa 1975. I used the SP 3-a-1 and Dual 75a with a pair of Quad ESLs. What about you? | |
| Audio Research SP3A-1 or Conrad Johnson PV11 I had an SP3A-1 back when they were still made, mid 70's and it was better than just about anything else, save perhaps, for a well-tuned Marantz 7 (tube) preamp. It had a holographic quality, which was rare in preamps of that era, most of which we... | |
| help with audio resesrch d76 The D 76 is pretty old school, i have a D 75a that I bought new back in the mid-70's. It is not bloated sounding, but it doesn't have the resolution in the midrange that their later amps did. I don't know the D 90 at all. There is a database of al... | |
| Silly turntable question My apologies to Elizabeth. My reading skills are obviously going south. Mea culpa.(Although I admit to having projects, like getting my old Quads restored, that have just languished). And Doug, thank you for the kind correction. | |
| TW Raven Owners: Set Up Questions I use an HRS platform for my table- a big Kuzma that weighs about 160lbs. It will not isolate footfalls from a springy floor (which required more work including isolating the big antique table on which the whole affair sits). I would have preferre... | |
| Silly turntable question But Elizabeth, isn't this part of what we do as hobbyists- consider changes and enjoy the process, from conception to implementation? I didn't read the OP as someone who deserved thrashing for failure to implement after years of kicking around the... |