williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Audiophile LP's Here's another vote for Sheffield Labs :-)Another label sold as "audiophile" is Tacet, but i do have an issue with them...- sound engineering is superb- the pressings are quiet (i.e. track noise compared to others)- very flat pressingsBut my issue... | |
| DIY Power cables: quality wire? take a look at Take Five AudioI have used their silver plated Mil-spec wire on power, speaker and IC's with great success - very dynamic and neutral soundingFrom my listening tests I consider this wire to be as good as Furutech and DH labshttps://... | |
| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild Raul - I was not comparing the cartridges - simply commenting on the stylus type and cantilever.The style type in the original post is the same as the one I have on my 103.I found it to be an excellent upgrade - it should sound amazing on the Lyro... | |
| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild @bpoletti - i have this stylus on my SS modified Denon DL103 with a ruby cantilever.It is a superb stylus/cantilever pairing for this cartridge. The onyl caveat is that setup requires extreme accuracy and as such requires a mirror’d protractor lik... | |
| Gershman Avant Garde Upgrade? @lgoler - I’m using a NAIM 5i mk2 to drive my sonogram speakers. | |
| Why Isnt Techincs 1200 Considered Audiophile? WRT... the arm is quite substandard Hmmm - but is the rest of the TT "up to snuff" ?- because Jeff at Audiomods believes it is - if you add one of these...http://www.audiomods.co.uk/technicsarm.htmlI have an Audiomods Classic II arm with the be... | |
| Moving from MM to MC @bstatmeister - I’m not going to get into the MM/MC debate because we all have our own preferences, but if you want to get higher resolving sound, I would start by replacing your phono stage. Any of the Simmaudio Moon products will be a huge impro... | |
| Moving from MM to MC I started with the 103 and enjoyed it very much, I also upgraded my phono stage to a Simmaudio Moon LP5.3RS. This upgrade brought out the very best from the Denon - it is not hard to see why this cartridge was chosen by broadcasters the world over... | |
| Gershman Avant Garde Upgrade? As a fellow Gershman owner... - just curious as to what amps you are dirving them with?Thanks | |
| Next step: tube preamp or analog? Errr - and this is not a slippery slope ?.. I have a maxed out Modwright 5400 Signature Truth CD/SACD player with Audio Magic Pulse Gen ZX, Bybee rails, Audio Magic Illusion umbilical, Star Sound trans mod, Mullard GZ34 rectifier tube, Synergistic... | |
| Electrical - Romex Wiring and Other Recommended Enhancements Medical grade outlets grip the plugs so much better and their consrtuction is superior to regular outletsI use cryo’d Pass and Seymour MRI grade outlets - they grip like a vice...https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/938-pass-and-seymour-8300-wmr... | |
| Most resolving Speaker Avantegarde - any model. The best speakers I have ever heard Detailed, balanace, neutral, dynamic and very efficient - the upper models are some of the nicest eye candy also, i.e. if you like that sort of thingRegards | |
| Digitizing LPs @echolane - here’s a sweet little unit that converts to a sample rate of 16/44 and comes with software to record to a computer via USB and slice and dice into tracks for just $46 - other than this unit you just need an analogue output at line leve... | |
| A Question on Speaker Driver Efficiency Thanks to all for all the input - Once again Agon members have proven to be very insightful.@erik_squies - I double checked the sensitivity numbers and 4, 8, and 16 ohm speakers have identical sensitivity - 95db, but it's definitely something to v... | |
| A Question on Speaker Driver Efficiency @toddalin - what is - "high Bl"Thanks |