wspohn
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| A Turntable History Question So you had a well hung rather than well suspended turntable? I have a mental picture of exactly what you are talking about but only the SME 30 comes to mind (c. 1990) | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I'd do the same thing when someone brings a bottle of agonizingly bad wine over. I'd open a better bottle and let him see the difference. If he couldn't tell the difference, c'est la vie - end of discussion. In the case of the audio end of thin... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit I run a Premier 14 in my main system and haven't needed to change a tube in years - wonder why you are having issues? (My Premier 11a power amp in the same system has hit a spate of Chinese tubes that haven't been as reliable as the Gold Lions, t... | |
| Non-Audiophile Audiophile question! You might consider some surface mount speakers, I use Vandersteen VSM-1s mounted on the ceiling for my rear channel in my video system. | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid I guess a more general question might be are speakers today (>$15k) better than their 25 year old equivalents? Some are, some aren't. I still use older speakers - Wilson, and Vandersteen and ML CLS that perform very well and I have heard an... | |
| Solid State preamp Brands I have no experience with the Classe Delta, but I like Classe in general a lot - I still run Classe DR3 VHC power amps (x3) and one DR7 preamp which was an over the top model made in small numbers in the 80s with a separate power supply that looks... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade My suggestion is to do what I did - rip all of your CDs and put the files (in FLAC of course) on a network drive that can be accessed via a streaming unit. I still have a CD player in one system but haven't used it in ages - I can audition materia... | |
| An integrated bargain? Moon equipment is a lot nicer than people give them credit for. You can listen to SimAudio at Safe and Sound in Chicopee MA I agree. It doesn't have as high a profile in the US as it does up here in Canada but the units I have auditioned have... | |
| Are REL the most Musical Subs? Let me put a word in for the much more affordable Hsu subs. In my opinion they are musical and very economically priced. I use a pair in my video system but have also listened to them in the main audio system. https://hsuresearch.com/product... | |
| $8k for speakers - new or used Try listening to some Wilson Watt Puppies - they might do the trick for you. They can be had used in that price range. | |
| Small speaker advice Some of the small Totems I have listened too did a very good job - try and audition some Dreamcatchers if you can. | |
| Speakers that disappear In my experience the best speakers at disappearing tend to be planar - the original Quads were quite good and ones that I still own, primarily because of this particular attribute, are Martin Logan CLS. | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable What was there about the SME V that you weren't satisfied with? I run that arm on my primary (VPI TNT V) and secondary (Sota Cosmos) systems and have been very happy with them. Thought of trying a Graham at one point but decided that the differe... | |
| What did you add to your 2 channel system to do HT? I use a completely separate system for video - Marantz AV 7702 Mk2, Rowland 5, Mission Cyrus 782, Vandersteen VSM-1 (x4), Hsu VTF-15H Mk 2 (x2) and a 110" screen and Queen Bee projector. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room I've had the chance to listen to a couple of models of the Totem bookshelf speakers. Results were very good, though not sure what you price range is. They might be a fit for you. |