wrm57
Responses from wrm57
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge Lots of ifs in this hypothetical. Sure, “if” all are satisfied, go for it. | |
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge trust but verify with an independent expert. In other words, distrust until verification. If you find a seller willing to let you ship his cartridge around and have it handled by some third party, sure go for it without a second thought. | |
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge I don’t do it. Too many vulnerabilities with cartridges. And while I have had many excellent retips done, the sound is never quite the same as original, IME. If you have the option of having a manufacturer do a rebuild of the purchase, which is es... | |
| Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement I make final adjustments by the 1/8th inch. No, I am not insane. | |
| My Sonic Lab Platinum v Gold Signature No, I went for a Lyra Etna Lambda instead. The uncertain length of warranty from MSL (and its importer, MoFi: see the long mijostyn thread), put me off. And I had not used a Lyra since the entry-level Lydian Beta in 2000, so I wanted to see what t... | |
| Any experience with SVS 3000 Micro I’ve owned the 3000 Micro for a couple of years and find it ideal for my application. It integrates seamlessly with my Merlin TSM MMI, extends bass low enough that I don’t feel I’m missing anything, adds presence to the sound, and visually disappe... | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable @neonknight, please let us know what you think of the Agile. It's an arm that has long intrigued me. | |
| SUT for Ortofon SPU Mono CGDI MKII The Ortofon ST-M25 was designed for your cartridge. Ortofon says it is a historical product, but Elusive Disc and Cable Co, to name two online dealers, still list it as a special order. | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable FWIW, I had a Clearaudio Universal arm on an Innovation Wood for a few years. It was a delight to use and did nothing seriously wrong but I never cottoned to it all that much, always finding it a touch lean or metallic. I had a Phantom II on the s... | |
| ARC Reference Phono vs. BAT VK-P10 SE As this thread is decades old, it must have been the Steelhead. The Chinook had yet to be spawned, I believe. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I listen to digital, I pick up a book. | |
| An Amp Nobody Talks About, Bricasti Design I heard Bricasti electronics driving $45k Tidal speakers at the Cal Audio Show a few years ago. It was the best sound at show, and maybe the best I’ve ever heard. | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @mrdecibel, stacked Advents! Those were the days! | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? Cornwall IV are decent in stock form but not great, IMO. However, if you’re willing to put some effort and $1,500 or so into them, they become great. Change out the capacitors and resistors in the xover according to the Don Sachs recipe in the lon... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records Sorry to hear this. FWIW, I’ve been using a Degritter for 18 months with no degradation to 100+ LPs I’ve cleaned, some several times because I sometimes leave them on the platter overnight. |