zaikesman
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| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Very well broken down, Twl. I agree about the fundamental aims you suggest. Your analysis of the probable dynamic response limitation of a fluid damper reinforces the reasoning behind Mr. Townsend's implementation I was expounding on above.But I m... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long I will respond to some of your points if I can, Basement. First off, I myself have no direct experience with using fluid damping (yet - I expect to before very long), so all of my information comes from what I have gathered on the subject from var... | |
| has anyone compared Cat JL 1 to Cat JL2 Yeah, like 8K + tax for starters... ;^)(Hey George, whudya expect with a genius response like that?!) | |
| An electrocompaniet tale Don't be so surprised! Your tale is not only eminently believable, it is to be expected if the high end is indeed truly a better way. I have experienced this increase in bass recovery phenomenom several times during the course of my system upgrade... | |
| Can you cancel an auction? If you have a piece up for auction, it's still yours until somebody wins it. I don't see any reason why someone couldn't cancel an auction without explanation before the reserve is met. After the reserve is met, I would frown upon this, although a... | |
| Enacoms for bright speakers? Not if it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that zing, do wa do wa do wa do wa do wa do wa. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Basement - Have to say that I too, either do not understand most of your post, or may even disagree with some of it, but my uncertainty about what you have said puts me on hold from commenting specifically. But I am picking up (sorry!) that you ar... | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Bear, does that mean you absolutely equate "Best Measuring Amp" with "Best Amp"? If so, that would imply that you believe that the currently-available and performed suite of measurements is 100% sufficient to ascertain any amp's ability to reprodu... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long I would add to Basement's and Twl's comments about viscous fluid damping, that the fluid becomes progressively more resistive to motion the higher the acceleration factor gets, meaning that the fluid-bathed paddle connected to the tomearm is most ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long $49.95 in normal retail = about $79.95 in audiophile retail. What do those dropped counterweight mods sell for? You'll be doing two weights instead of one, so yours should be a bit more. | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? Fair enough about the price, Dan, I had assumed only the premium wood finishes raised the price, not all of them. And I believe the outrigger supports add even more (my audition was done without them). They do give you a 10-year warranty, however,... | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? Tweek - Haven't "heard it all"; haven't heard even a fraction of it. You're probably well on your way to being a much better audiophile than I'll ever be, because you aspire to it. Happy listening, Z.Rbstenho, Labtec - I'll try to make a point of ... | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? RB, I don't know what you think I said for you to "agree with" regarding your last sentence above, because I made no such comments. For the record, I do not find it any harder to believe that those brands should accomplish what you state than I do... | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? Well, I'm aware that there will always be audiophiles who won't consider anything from a brand that has 'hit the bigtime', so to speak. Even if they are still an exclusively audiophile brand. But there are sometimes *reasons* why a certain brand m... | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? Also to a large extent (not 100%, I know), JT seems to be reaching for the goal of engineering and manufacturing separate, application-specific drivers for each of his different speaker designs. Not inexpensive, to be sure, but probably the most v... |