yeti42
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| Phono cartridge suggestions sought I’m going to try an SPU Royal N on an arm I can get up to 18g affective mass and it’s a heavy cartridge. Word from my arm’s builder is that this may not be enough but give it a try. I’m replacing a Transfiguration Proteus, now an orphan cartridge,... | |
| Is it Possible that you have never known how to make Seamless Mylar Belts ? Because I do ! My deck (Artemis SA-1) uses 1/4" magnetic tape for a belt and has a tensioning roller which is the only part effected by the splice. This will of course inject energy into the plinth on each revolution of the tape but the DC motor injects more, I ... | |
| Phono cartridge suggestions sought Some random thoughts:A bit more output than the 103 wouldn’t go amiss if the 60dB quoted as the maximum gain for an unbalanced output for your phonostage by Absolute sounds is accurate. What do you know about your arm, was the 103 a good match?I’v... | |
| What I call minimalist From the description it could be Schubert quartet in G perhaps, there’s a whole world of chamber music, not all meant to fade into the background but maybe early Black Sabbath, up to around Sabbath 4 is more like it, that sounds pretty bare bones... | |
| Naim Audio system owners - What speakers are you using with Naim? Naim never ceased trading so “going under” doesn’t quite ring true but it was rather disappointing to see them merged as a junior partner with Focal. It was done in order to fund development of their streamers. Focal then being sold to venture cap... | |
| Naim Audio system owners - What speakers are you using with Naim? My main system is full Naim 500 series with passive Naim NBLs, I used to have a 282/250 on them before that with either a Hicap or Supercap powering the pre. Before the NBLs the 250 was running into Thiel CS1.6s. When I bought the Thiels the deale... | |
| The best looking speakers Duevel bella luna always looked good to me, never heard them though. Speakers more than anything need to be tried at home and I don’t have the room for them.http://www.duevel.com/Produkte/EBLdia.shtml | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Do Graham Audio's versions of the BBC monitors make it over to Canada? If you like LS3/5s so much maybe their bigger siblings will work some magic.Are/can any of your auditions done at home? | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner It looks like a good product and may be more serviceable than an Audidesk with its failing pump and glued together construction, I came very close to placing an order but then I read the terms and conditions which basically state that “any problem... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. LS3/5(A) perhaps? from Rogers(Chartwell) or Falcon and very tube friendly. (if you have a 16Ohm tap).Art Dudley has a recent review and there is a posting on a German blog about then too. https://medialux.blog/you might have to scroll down to find... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? The trough was there from the origin of the deck and is a great leveller up, I used it with a Rega arm for decades, the platter upgrade wasn’t an upgrade musically but it did make for impressive dynamics, pity it lost the timing in the process. Wh... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? Worst tweak? A polythene platter supplied by Max Townshend for my Elite Rock. It threw so much energy back at the stylus it wouldn't track (as in stay in the groove) without the damping trough and even then it destroyed the timing. I tried an HRS ... | |
| Fan to cool room? I have a Dyson tower but not the purifier version, it cools me which is what counts and isn't too loud at the lower settings, more effective than the conventional fan I had before but not very robustly made for the price. It's enough in the UK but... | |
| Which types of speakers are ideal against a wall? Some speakers are designed for using against the wall. Wilson Duettes for example, though somewhat over budget. Audio Note UK make a range intended for boundary use based on old Snell designs and very amp friendly, the afore mentioned Larsens, t... | |
| Organic, musical and natural sounding speakers up to $12K I’ve been listening to Audionote Es quite a lot of late, my usual dealer has taken on the franchise and keeps saying ”come and hear this” if I drop in with time to spare. Not the AlNiCo magnet ones and mostly internal crossover models. I love the ... |