wrm57
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| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? For precision, I should have said: "...and the *deleterious* 'mediation' of this force through the elasticity of the cartridge suspension would occur only if the A/S force is being met with a countervailing force at the stylus tip...." | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? The LP is pulling inward on the stylus while the A/S device is pulling outward on the tonearm. Where are these counteracting forces mediated? In the only place that there's elasticity to prevent something breaking: the elastic suspension between t... | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Ignorance and inclination toward violence frequently go hand in hand. | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store I think that approach makes a lot of sense, Whart, and is respectful both of the dealer's time and your own. | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Best simply to listen to one's conscience, IMO. | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store I haven't stepped inside a B&M dealer in more than 12 years because I'm not willing to pay their prices, and therefore won't use their time. Nonetheless, the best thing I've done to build my systems (I have three) has been to develop a strong ... | |
| Brinkmann/Spiral Groove/TW Acustic Black Night...? I own a Brinkmann Oasis that I bought used. My screw-down clamp developed a problem. After my local dealer was utterly unhelpful, I contacted Brinkmann directly. Helmut was exceedingly gracious and sent me replacement parts free of charge. I wish ... | |
| Bryston 28B-SST2 or Karan Acoustics KA-S 600 ? Never heard the Hegel H30 either but I just read Absolute Sound review. It looks like a great piece! How long does it take to warm up :) | |
| Bryston 28B-SST2 or Karan Acoustics KA-S 600 ? Hi Mribob,Nice to meet a fellow Phi Beta fan. I'm a little surprised at your experience with the 28Bs, as my system does not lack for subtle cues and musical depth. But these things, as you say, are system-dependent and ours are pretty different. ... | |
| Bryston 28B-SST2 or Karan Acoustics KA-S 600 ? Never heard the 7B-SST2 myself. I think the Bryston position is that the sound character is the same, just scaled for greater power with the 28B. However, a friend had them both and thought the 28B sounded quite a bit better, with more ease, depth... | |
| Which high power SET Ait, that's awesome. When I read you first post, I thought 200WPC SET was a typo and you meant 20WPC! That must be quite an amp. Congrats! | |
| Bryston 28B-SST2 or Karan Acoustics KA-S 600 ? I run 28B-SST2 with a VAC Phi Beta preamp. There is nothing forward about the sound unless it comes from the source. I believe that tag comes from folks who've heard earlier models, or lesser ones, or who haven't heard these specific amps in a sys... | |
| Which high power SET Hi Edoit, You're getting a lot of great advice here from some smart audiophiles. The common threads appear to be: 1) don't become overly enchanted by the idea of any single topology; 2) your speakers are ill-suited for SETs. SETs can sound great; ... | |
| Any Allnic H1201 owners out there? I can only speak to about the bigger brothers of the Allnic and Manley but I think one could reasonably extrapolate: I owned Steelhead RC for several years and liked it; then I auditioned an Allnic H3000 in my system and thought it in a completely... | |
| $8000 budget on Pre-amp The top VAC preamps can be had for around $8K used, without the built-in phono stage. I love my Phi Beta. I also think the Music First passive drubin mentions is phenomenal--liquid, detailed, dynamic, harmonically full--really does it all. A compa... |