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| Ortofon MC X50 FWIW, the X50 now being listed by local retailers here in Aust - MSRP is A$2699, which is A$1000 more than the X40. Though already some retailers are discounting about $200. I just read Michael Fremer’s review of the X40 - seems to gel with my i... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 lewm 14,714 posts 07-09-2026 at 04:39am Pindac, Can you explain further your last comment? I assume Ortofon buys the cantilever and MR stylus as conjoined parts, from one of the few suppliers of same. I believe he's just saying that while ... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 @pindac thanks for the additional information. I'm very happy with the performance of the X40 in my system and would choose it over the no longer available Jubilee (also silver coils/boron cantilever/Shibata stylus) or, I think, the Cadenza Blac... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 @pindac since you’ve discussed the X50 in depth with your friend, is there any reason you can’t share some of your friends thoughts on the comparison with the X40? Saying its a replacement for the Quintet user is surely damning with faint praise.... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 Interested to hear more about the X40 vs X50 comparison. I have the X40 mounted on a 1200G and think its a terrific cartridge. Great clarity, focus, soundstaging and highly engaging to listen to. I've owned a few Ortofon cartridges: 2M LVB, Jub... | |
| Aussie HiFi Market @rpmpam apologies for doubting your intent, your questions just seemed a little strange. I did look briefly at your profile and only saw a small number of posts and jumped to the wrong conclusion. If you want the 'weigh up' the audio community a... | |
| Aussie HiFi Market I could be wrong but this sounds like trolling for info on how to construct a S/H equipment scam aimed at Aussies (like me). No thanks. | |
| Output from Mola Mola preamp to Headphone Amp? Agree that a separate headphone system is best. I was using a Benchmark HPA4 and dac with active ATC speakers and replaced the Benchmark gear with a fully loaded Makua (phono + dac). I retained the HPA4 and relocated it beside my listening positi... | |
| Active ATC vs Spendor / Pass Labs avanti1960 1,319 posts 07-06-2023 at 09:43am If you get the ATCs make sure you have more than enough distance to allow the drivers to blend. when I heard them the dome midranges were noticeably incoherent with the other drivers (they have a ... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. I like vocals with spacing, depth and atmosphere. The Holo May will give you that in spades. I also have the Benchmark HPA4 and it makes a great combo with the May - whether listening via my Focal Utopia HPs or active ATC setup. Expansiv... | |
| Roon vs Audirvāna or other When I used to have my dac connected via USB to my computer I preferred Audirvana's sound to Roon. But since moving Roon to a separate server and streaming over Ethernet to an UltraRendu endpoint I prefer Roon. Not to mention I found Audirvana S... | |
| Anyone know where the Virtual Systems went? FWIW, I cleared the browsing history/cache on my Windows laptop - still not showing systems after clicking on ’Details’, just Discussions and Responses. | |
| Anyone know where the Virtual Systems went? curiousjim 1,188 posts 09-13-2022 at 12:25pm It’s working now. Still not working for me - at least on my Android phone. Will try later on pc/Mac. | |
| Turn an Intel macmini into a music server If you live in Canada like I do, there is no access to Qobuz. So what do you do if you want a good streaming service with an amazing catalog? What about Tidal? I prefer Qobuz as I'm not an MQA fan, but I used Tidal for years and it's a mature... | |
| Did you notice.... That even great quality streamer streaming great hi-rez digital format cannot outperform cheap CD-player playing red-book CD or it's only my 'illusion'? czarivey08-31-2022 12:30am Depends how much effort you put into streaming. Not necessarily... |