mre2007

Responses from mre2007

Austin TX — February, 2009
Is it possible to get connected to this (new) group as a non-Facebook user? 
What time do you wear?
hey, any recommendations for something in the $1k range? I have a small wrist and am thinking a non-leather, non-metal band, as I have a slight allergy to nickel. I was considering a Sinn 356 but want to see what fellow audiogoners have to say ;) 
Tube pre-amp pop
my guess would be a DC coupling capacitor has gone bad in the AR pre 
Origin live Silver or VPI JMW-9 Signature
What is your current tonearm? 
Headphone
I'm using a Singlepower PPX3 SLAM to drive my Sennheiser HD-650's and absolutely love the combination! The "hardness"/"softness" dial is used to control feedback in the amplification circuit and is nice for tweaking. I don't really buy the crossfe... 
phono stage break in?
Larry:I have only had the chance to compare the Ayre to the two Granite CDs. The PAD one is a bit pricey for me, and I cannot find anywhere even a "track listing" or rationale/marketing on why I should buy the PAD CD. The Ayre CD was made by Georg... 
phono stage break in?
I've found that the best burn-in CD is the Ayre CD using the brown-noise track. Since the brown-noise mimics the frequency distribution mimics actual music. I also use the Cardas record montly and for cartridge break-in. Both, in my opinion, are i... 
Ayre K-5xe / tube preamp s comparisons?
has anyone on this thread heard the Ayre P-5xe? 
Any Audiophile recording of The Planets?
Zaikesman:Are you a fan of the other DG Westminster re-releases? They seem hard to track down, but I really like them... e.g. the Clara Haskil disc. 
Nottingham Spacedeck Set up?
Cadence151:I'd recommend Sound Mind Audio here in Austin, TX, as they're great to work with and are a Nottingham dealer. If you'd like an introduction, e-mail me and I'll call them and introduce you or we could stop by together. They do excellent ... 
Michell Technoarm vs Origin Live Silver vs ???
I recently purchased an OL Silver for use with my new Zyx Bloom cartridge and was blown away by how much an upgrade this was. I can definitely recommend the OL Silver for high effective mass applications (such as the Zyx). I'm hoping to put togeth... 
TIME to break in a Denon 103R
My Denon DL-103D took about 75 hours to fully break in after it was retipped, for what it's worth. 
Stylus Force Guages - why extreme accuracy?
In my opinion, you can do pretty good with a 0.01g accuracy scale from Ebay (search 0.01g scale, mine has a stainless steel platform. More exactly, mine is item #190001314544) and a little jig such as this which can be made for a few dollars. The ... 
Comparions? CEC TL51XR versus Ayre CX-7e
Porziob:ok, point taken. Any other (helpful) opinions? 
Comparions? CEC TL51XR versus Ayre CX-7e
Interesting. Has anyone else found this to be the case with CEC? Another way to ask this, is the Ayre perhaps known to border on hyper-detailed side, where the disparity between the two might be more apparenet due to this?