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Top Ten Turntables of All Time??
AR- historic/influential Linn Sondek-successful/influential Transcriptors-innovative Roksan-innovative/radical Townshend-obsessive Well Tempered-innovative Verdier Platine-innovative Oracle Delphi-styling Roksan XerxesX/TMS-musical Michell Orbe-mu... 
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Dekay, My intent was a semi-controlled experiment to note the effects of reduced mass of shelving of the same materials, and not a comparison of hardwoods vs. mdf. I was expecting that your response would take a minimum of week or more because of ... 
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Redkiwi, Caterham Motors ,the factory authorized service arm for Lotus Components that supplied your motors purchased the manufacturing rights and tooling of the Lotus Seven after Colin Chapman bored of it.They produce to this day a highly refined... 
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lol.damn keys keep movin' late at nite. (RATA & Neuance) Ken 
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Redkiwi, You mention that you once had a TATA Torlyte(assuming Russ's original design).Could you elaborate in more detail what you remember of it's sonic character for my own information?It might give me a better handle on the specific "sound" you... 
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Dekay, Since your mdf shelf on spikes is a temporary setup, would you do a little experiment and report back here your findings? Just use your mdf shelf as planned for a while till you get a pretty firm handle on it's qualities.Then cut the 5"-6 "... 
Best Retailer Youve Done Business With?
Gene Rubin Audio,Ventura CA. -rega,roksan,creek,naim,myryad,spendor,meadowlark,pink triangle,dynavector,koetsu,goldring- I can't recommend anyone more highly-superb service. Best, Ken 
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I have a demo Neuance Alpha sized 18-1/2" x 14-1/2"(fits Mana Mini/Reference Table) that I would be happy to let you have for the cost of shipping.Let me know if this is something you'd like to investigate. Best, Ken GreaterRanges/Neuance greaterr... 
CDP isolation options for improved HF?
Ernie, Sorry for the negativity of my last post;^) You might wish to try a few simple experiments of little to no cost to "adjust" your Rotel's presentation.It's been a long time since I've used an 855 so please bear with me as my memory is pretty... 
CDP isolation options for improved HF?
Hi Ernie, The problem with the use of pods and cone devices beneath CDP's and DAC's is that they are not "voiced" for specific applications whereas the component manufacturer will typically voice their products in "normal" domestic environments su... 
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Redkiwi, Try checking out products that meet exactly the rigid/low mass/fast dissipation isolation philosophies you are looking for at www.neuanceaudio.com(my company) or www.cetech.co.uk(a respected competitor)as well as the RATA/Torlyte of Russ ... 
Roksan: Any experience with this company
Roksan Engineering was formerly owned by Verity Group(Quad/Mission/Cyrus/Wharfedale)but approx 1-1/2yr ago was bought back by founder and designer Touraj Moghaddam.At that time distribution in the US was transferred from QSD to May Audio, the orig... 
Proportional Allocation to Total System
Total(excluding CDP,Tuner,VPI HW16 & associated misc))$16,500 Source(TT)-32%, Pre-15%, Amps-13%, Interconnects-3%, Spkr Cables-2%, Loudspeakers-18%,Misc other-17%( Isolation stands-11%,line conditioning-6%) It appears that I'm totally in sync ...