Musical Joy - Money PitWill be demoing a few, but the Ortofon Vienna might be an idea. Or a ZYX 4D Gold. An acquaintance is about to buy one. Should be very good as the 4D is very good & gold is the icing on the cake. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitShane,Congratulations on the new acquisition. Beautiful turntable in looks and design. You still have a long way to go to catch up to our German analogue collectors, (which is not what you ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemJfrech,Don't underestimate the Skala / Triplanar combination. One of the great matches that I have heard a few times. I prefered the Skala to the MSL & PC1 in different ways. And room treat... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Only tubes and vinyl will doPaul,Sorry to hijack your thread but as per what I know the Breuer 8c has the following information:Effective Length 249 mm, Overhang 17MM, Headshell offset 22 degrees. Pivot to spi... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Building around Wilson AlexandriaBflowers,The Omegas have a cotton based shield, while the Omega golds are pure teflon. The Omega golds are supposed to be a bit more dynamic but also not as "warm" as the Omega On... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Building around Wilson AlexandriaBflowers,I don't like your answer about the Golds. That is not what i wanted to hear in this economy. I am sure they are that good. On a different note, I am a firm believer in software ove... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
arrival at shangri-laThanks for the tree pointer. I heard about it but never thought to try it. Very smart move. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Building around Wilson AlexandriaI was thinking about the Golds for a while but I changed my priorities recently and am getting close the a PC Audio setup. Basically the price of a cable upgrade. From what I understand they are ju... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Congratulations. You must be approaching heaven but as with any major change you are bound for some pains along the way. The challenges make the journey even more worthwhile and the rewards sweeter... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitShane,Use Aquafina water as a final rinse. Cheap and really helps. I usually do 2 rinses a side after a cleaning. Les noise. Same as teh $20 a bottle water from the cleaning fluid companys.... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Building around Wilson AlexandriaBflowers,I am using a pair of Tara Cobalts myself. Very good, but the Elrod was just as good but different. The Cobalts are in my system "more dynamic" the Elrods more musical. I ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Hobby RoomGo to the Realtraps website. Basically you need to put traps in the corners and 1st reflection points. Then you can increase the amount of traps from there. Beside the look (not so great) the Realt... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Building around Wilson AlexandriaBeautiful system. Besides impulse, what tempted you to upgrade from Maxx IIs to X2.2s? Did you compare them side by side to Maxx IIIs or was it just the deal? I myself am tempted by the upg... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Hobby RoomThe flat image is due to the speakers being too far back in all probability. The weak bass is a function of probably "poor" bass. This is due to room dimensions & room nodes. You need to ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Music RoomYour speakers sounded fabulous at RMAF 2008. One of my favorite. There is a fabulous Mastersound available on Agon that heard on a similar designed speaker in another room. That would be a match in... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Music RoomYour speakers sounded fabulous at RMAF 2008. One of my favorite. There is a fabulous Mastersound available on Agon that heard on a similar designed speaker in another room. That would be a match in... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Purity NowBeautiful system. How do you like the Karan's. I see you owned some tube amps before. How do they compare to the Karans. I myself am thinking of going solid state at some point. Just for the conven... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI use the Wally Universal for setup. I love it. Anyhow, once you are following the arc you are following the arc and all is OK. At that point pivot to spindle doesn't matter as you have the correct... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,Got my 2nd VdH Colibri. Not sure what to think. It is speced at 0.28mV but has an output of honestly 0.65mV (from listening). It is a XGP. I find it to be so stiff in the suspension th... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemJfrech,I had the Rex. It runs very very hot. If I rememer, 18 tubes total. If you have great synergy leave it. If anything get a new cartridge at some point to compare. But your system is e... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI have the Wally Universal that seems to be ideal for me. Some nice design points, as it is unbreakable, the thickness of an LP, and has special consideration for sighting the lines w. stylus to el... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemNot to interfere in a thread, but reviewers need amplifiers with a different set of priorities than some of us regular folk that keep our speakers for long. But one thing I love about MF is his lis... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitShane,Adding a 3rd arm is easy. Adding 4 is a pain. I had to move all 3 arms into new positions to get the 4th to fit. Basically imagine setting up 4 tonearms & 4 cartridges. Thank G-d I bo... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueCongratulations. YOur system will be only as good as the weakest link. And synergies are so important. It must sound like a phenomenal upgrade and the system must be at an entirely new level. Enjoy. posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Musical Joy - Money PitShane,I have been using Disc Doctor now known as Mobile Fidelity fluids. I rinse twice & it works great but the one step Hannl was less work. It is staticy. I have the new Mofi Enzy$atic Cl... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment |