wrm57
Responses from wrm57
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r I'll add that an important advantage of the SME (to me, anyway) is its easy VTA adjustment via an integral thumbwheel. Taking it a step further, I've made these adjustments easily repeatable for different record thicknesses by placing some rudimen... | |
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r I chose the SME, particularly for SPUs, and I've been happy. Many users of the Ortofon arm say the same. I've never heard it myself. Searches of Analog threads here will get you more info on both. Good luck. | |
| Granite surface plate I second Roxy54 recommendation of Adona shelves. Been using them under my TTs for years. | |
| amplifier for large advents? The Harman Kardon receivers from the early '70s sounded great with large Advents then and still do. With dual power supplies and lots of point-to-point wiring, they have a muscular, tubey sound. A friend powers his large Advents with the H/K 430, ... | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Ait, it's really so impressive, and all for the love of the hobby and the sound. My hat is off to you! | |
| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven I've had a Nantais Ref Lenco for three years now, recently upgraded to Mk II status, which is a solid step up in detail retrieval, overall coherence, and speed stability. I'm very happy with it. I also have a Brinkmann Oasis on a Minus-K platform ... | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Lovely. I'm no designer but that layout looks remarkably clean to me. Very impressive. How much does the beast weigh? | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Ait, that image blows my mind! | |
| Speakers that turn your analytical mind off? I don't really sweat the participation of my analytic mind. I typically go to at least one live jazz show a month and often find myself thinking, e.g., wow, the timbre on Shorter's sax sounds great, or, jeez, the decay on Moran's notes just hangs ... | |
| setting azimuth Great post, Dougdeacon! | |
| VAC 160iSE integrated with NOLA speakers Congrats on what must be a dynamite system. Very interesting that the integrated outperforms the bigger VAC separates. I just received a fully-updated 300.1a a few days ago. The new tubes are burning in but it sounds great already.Don't want to de... | |
| Tube Preamp for 4B SST2 I know someone who loves Aesthetix preamps through Bryston into PMC speakers. | |
| Whats your take on the Ortofon SPUs? Ohnofiasco,A dedicated arm for SPUs is the way to go, IMO. I like MintLPs. I have a few of them for various arms. In general, I prefer Wallytractors because the inscribed lines on the mirrored surface seem a bit more precise, and the mirroring is ... | |
| Whats your take on the Ortofon SPUs? I should qualify my statement about getting the SPU stylus to stay on arc on the MintLP. (Too bad there's no edit feature....) I can get it to nail the null points pretty much exactly in the center of the (rather wide) Mint line, and it remains wi... | |
| Whats your take on the Ortofon SPUs? I use a Royal GM II on an SME M2-12R and had a Mono GM until I busted the cantilever. I'm a big fan of the Royal--it sounds rich like traditional SPUs and also, because it employs the Replicant 100 styus like the A90, detailed like modern MC carts... |