yeti42
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| Schiit - shipments stopped? There was a fishing lure called a Wanker in the US, are you suggesting Emergingsoul is trolling or do you expect septics to understand British slang? | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. Wilson Duette 2s, back against the wallAudionote (UK) E, J, K. In the cornersNiam DBL, NBL, SBL,SL2 etc, all back against a solid wall (not plasterboard)Same for the orignal Linn IsobariksAll Laesen speakers, back against the wall.These are all de... | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. Wilson Duette 2s, back against the wallAudionote (UK) E, J, K. In the cornersNiam DBL, NBL, SBL,SL2 etc, all back against a solid wall (not plasterboard)Same for the orignal Linn IsobariksAll Laesen speakers.These are all designed for near wall pl... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music The original Quad ESL “57” was exquisite listening to Menuhin playing the Beethoven concerto but didn’t do loud and the tone changed when I moved my head. A more modern electrostatic may be worth an audition.Used Thiel CS series, highly detailed a... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? There was the Acoustic Precission Eikos FR-1 produced some time in the 90s and the result of a collaboration between Tom Evans, Patrick Handscombe (presumably not the cricketer) and Ted Jordan in the UK. It was a single driver in a polystyrene foa... | |
| Distilled water rinse after ultrasonic cleaning I have a Degritter US cleaner and a VPI 16.5, the VPI was bought some years ago now. The US is automatic but for the really dirty discs you can’t beat an enzyme cleaner and the VPI is good for that. I’ve not noticed much benefit from a post US wat... | |
| Phono stage or pre Amp? which is most important. You can power a Stageline from the 202 and the 202 with the 200 or a hicap or you can power a stageline directly with a hicap. I suspect a stageline N would suit an AT95 rather well being a bit on the dark side. | |
| I love sad music Peter Warlock - The Curlew. Particularly the Ian Partridge recording but that sounds rather dated. Mark Padmore’s recording is much more recent and you get Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge and some William Blake songs too.Peter Hammill (solo and ... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement Just to revisit a little:I’ve used Naim NBLs for several years now. Their sound optimised in my last room with the backs of the speakers 5.5cm from the (solid) wall behind them, not counting the external crossover. I could hear the difference in t... | |
| Thoughts on Rega R3 Speakers with Naim Uniti Nova A decade or more ago I heard the original supernait into some dynaudios and found it irritating where the NAC202/NAP200 wasn’t. I later heard that same supernait into RS3 or 5, I’m not sure which and the combination just worked. Speakers can be to... | |
| Sorry, it’s not me, it’s you? I took a Naim Nait 5 back after 30 days because t was starting to annoy me and there was a full value trade in offer if upgrading within a month, I traded it for Rega pre/power and got the cables included in the trade. I hadn’t done a demo of the ... | |
| Larsen speakers ... anyone here heard or owned them? Over sensitivity to poorer recordings is a sign the timings off a bit in the system to my thinking. Detail is pulled out of context and it can sound quite impressive but the music itself is less engaging, If the music carries you with it the recor... | |
| “Classic” phono stages 2007-20013? The Michell iso was a pretty early one in the UK, if not the first, some time around 1990 I think. I knew its designer, Tom Evans, at the time and have an early example of the production circuitboard in a generic box. I used it until around ten ye... | |
| Cartridge forgiving of "non-audiophile" recordings and pressings Ortofon SPU seems cope fairly well with scratches. I use the Royal N which does have a fine line stylus but some say its not a real SPU. The spherical or eliptical might suit your needs better.I decided to try one after reading this bloghttps://me... | |
| Larsen speakers ... anyone here heard or owned them? With the boundary speakers I use (Naim NBL) a nice solid wall to put them against is advisable, they’re not so good with plasterboard on batons. I’ve never heard Larsens though they do look like an interesting mix of omni and boundary. |