wrm57
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| What's best bookshelf speaker for an 8x10 room? I can testify that the Merlin TSM will do well near the front wall. In a second system, I have a pair placed 10 inches into a huge room (16x25), resting on their sides in a large, open-sided wall unit, driven by a Manley Stingray II with a Marantz... | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience I like my Kansui well enough but really, this "grown on one mountain in Kyoto" stuff sounds too parodic for me to take it seriously. Unless, of course, cave monks have warmed the tiny bamboo slivers under their keisters while achieving absolute co... | |
| Fozgometer I've had a Foz for maybe four years now. During that time I've installed five cartridges on four tonearms on three turntables. All sounded better after setting azimuth with it--that is, better than eyeballing perpendicularity with a Millennium blo... | |
| Fozgometer If it can't be calibrated to the test tones, it is out of whack. Nothing subjective about that. | |
| Azimuth question I have noticed that some arms need to have the ground wire connected to get an accurate reading, others don't. Perhaps the guy with the 15 degree error had his ground disconnected. | |
| Brinkmann Bardo I'm quite pleased with the Oasis. To put my comments into context, I'll include my recent turntable history. I owned a Michell Orbe SE (AC motor) for many years; liked it, but finally could not tolerate its lack of speed control. I replaced it wit... | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Some time ago I sent my VIIuii in to have the cueing mechanism repaired. While it was there, Tri radiused my headshell, gratis, rounding the right angles. I thought the change improved the sound, making the highs a bit more resolving. | |
| Miyajima Kansui vs Dynavector XV-1S I agree with David that the HFs on the Kansui are its weakness. I find them a touched laid back and closed-in, even through the SUT, but not exactly unnatural or disconnected. With resistor loading that was more true, IME. | |
| Miyajima Kansui vs Dynavector XV-1S Don't know the Dyna but own both the Kansui and Shelter 901 (bought in 2001, retipped by Soundsmith around 6 years ago). The Kansui, to me, is a substantial upgrade over the Shelter, with much more body, weight, and an organic quality that is hard... | |
| Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of It's worth checking out, Mofi, if you're into Zevon.Typo correction in my Battin post above: should read Kim Fowley, not Fowler. He's actually same guy who started producing Zevon's first LP and then walked out in frustration, as per the link Mofi... | |
| Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of Mine is the eponymous LP by Skip Battin, bass player for the Untitled Byrds, released in 1972 on Signpost Records. It's filled with great, quirky songs co-written with Kim Fowler, and features Clarence White and Roger McGuinn, among others. I stum... | |
| Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of Mine would be the first Warren Zevon LP, "Warren Zevon". His debut album is wonderful.This is, indeed, a great record--one of my favs--but it's not actually his first. That would be Wanted Dead or Alive from 1969, re-released on Pickwick in 1979, ... | |
| Sealed / Front-ported monitor recommendations Merlin TSM is sealed-cab, plays very well near the front wall, and should be within your budget. Call Bobby P at Merlin for info and pricing on the latest incarnation. No affiliation, just a happy user. | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? As usual, Almarg nails it. | |
| Should I switch to a preamp with balanced outputs SE versus balanced is largely a matter of taste and layout. If you have long cables from amp to pre-amp, you're probably better off using balanced. If not, SE works fine. For me, SE sounds consistently better--more liquid and dimensional; balanced... |