warjarrett
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| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru I want to keep this thread going because I think Koetsu buyers need some way to decide, besides just how their dealer wants to direct them. At the last CES, I asked the USA importer for Koetsu. He said all Koetsu Urushis are built EXACTLY the same... | |
| How good are the AES Sixpacs??? How do the Sixpacs compare in sound to a Super Amp Signature or DJH? Has anyone owned both amps? | |
| Woofers getting workout, but no bass Oh, I just found your answer. The Triplanar/Dynavector XV-1s is a fine combination. So you simply have warped records and a system that reproduces 3 to 10 HZ very accurately. You need to insert a subsonic filer.Sounds that you can hear, you cannot... | |
| Woofers getting workout, but no bass Definitely, you are reproducing the record warps. You need a subsonic filter. Your amps are using a lot of power to reproduce frequencies that you cannot hear, and that you don't WANT to hear. Also, if you are using a heavy arm with a high-complia... | |
| Dynavector XV1T MUCH higher coil impedence But direct into 47000 ohms is not really appropriate either, IMO. With accurate audio equipment, direct-in will cause the cartridge to sound too etched, too bright, too forward, not enough warmth. Or at least not best for "its pedegree". Yes or no... | |
| Can anyone compare The Benz Lp vs. the LpS I have spoken to Garth at Musical Surroundings about the Ebony LP vs. the Ebony LP-S. And I have carefully compared the specs and physical appearance. I chose to buy the LP. With my Zeta toenarm, the LP-S just will not work correctly.The ONLY diff... | |
| Benz LP Ebony, and S-Class Ebony Sorry, my last sentence was backwards. So let me correct that last paragraph:With the vast majority of tonearms designed for a moving coil cartridge, the mass of the older Ebony LP is just right for proper resonance. The new LP-S is too heavy. So ... | |
| Benz LP Ebony, and S-Class Ebony I have spoken to Garth at Musical Surroundings about the Ebony LP vs. the Ebony LP-S. And I have carefully compared the specs and physical appearance. The ONLY difference is the use of brass for the structural frame, vs. aluminum. And the only sig... | |
| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru No comments about these Koetsu models after so many months? Does this mean nobody knows or nobody cares? | |
| Cartridge downgrade? Would anyone like to venture a guess about the differences in sound between these two cartridges, in the same audio system? Of course, internal impedance is quite different, 38 ohms and 15 ohms, so the 90X must be loaded lower. I would guess 400 o... | |
| MC Step-ups made from Vintage Input Transformers Hello Jim. I have just started trying various antique transformers, current step-ups, and not-so-current head amps. I am collecting them right now to REALLY settle which sounds best in my system. The only thing I know so far is that amoung transfo... | |
| How does a ARC SDA1 sound, like a 100.2? I have owned various ARC products for about 20 years now, tube and solid-state, including a SDA-1 and a 100.2, and what I heard was extremely similar. Both present extremely life-like imaging and dynamics, characteristic of the best tube amps. The... | |
| Long or short wall Either the long or short wall can give you good speaker separation. But in the case of the short wall, make sure side walls are not very close to the speaker, as this disrupts image localization. Correct speaker separation (for any given chair loc... | |
| ISO headshell for Systemdek IIX / Profile tone arm Does anyone know who made the Profile arm? | |
| VPI table, cart and phonostage? - Novice. It is truly amazing to me that this ZYX Airy-3 versus Shelter 90x debate keeps cropping up in various different threads. The ugliness that this particular comparison inspires suggests to me that they are BOTH truly GREAT cartridges. So, what I hav... |