Air, Magnets, String & TapeQuite a few of these in NZ back in the day. Very smooth & polite sounding. The electrostatic panels are very fragile, from memory, cant handle much power. They were the top of the line B&W of the d... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, thanks. Obviously the V12 is outstanding. The question I had was - in hindsight, do you still think the 312S is better than the 9" V. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert/PeterayerThanks for the update on the SME V12 - very inciteful. I have never agreed with the slow/sluggish description of the SME V, to me it always had an organic wholeness of sound,... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Al's Eclectic System -- From 7 Decades!Al, I enjoy your technical contributions, just had a read of your system and I saw your comments on the Levinson ML1 line stage. A friend of mine had the same issue and managed to de-pot the module... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes some of the power boat racers down here fried their motors after changing to Mobil 1, when changed back no problems. Its pretty grainy. Just because race cars have Mobil 1 sponsorship stickers ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes, we've been using it for 10yrs+. No - mobile 1 fries racing engines, it is seriously impaired and I would not use it on anything. Motul is in a different league. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert - the oil I use for both motor and TT bearings is Motul V300 Power Racing 5-W30. It is a fully synthetic double ester, base is copra. It is both very slippery and also unctuous, which means ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemSwampwalker - thanks for your considered response. I get a bit frustrated at the blanket assumptions some folk make. eg I heard 1 DD therefore they all have the same flaw. There needs to be more ri... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI think there are too many suppositions and generalisations here. I have heard ( not read, not thought about, not heard once at an audio show ) I have heard back to back comparisons of the Gold... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Voice Of Living PresenceSyntax, I can add to your experiences. The Final Audio Parthenon that I use has a 15kg aluminium platter that is 3 inches thick, solid mass. It has no cavity underneath, unlike the Micros and Melco... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, you you typed the perfect phrase that everyone should heed :"No one can know exactly what a piece of equipment will do until you listen to it"I would say 95% of th... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Voice Of Living PresenceBig amps - small speakers.Years ago I had NYAL Futterman OTL1's ( about 5 feet high, 2x200w monoblock OTL's with 5Kilowatt separate power supplies for each channel ) driving Proac Tablette's. posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Apartment RigAgree with Chrissain, on latest Levinson pre/power the Ultima was much drier, shrill to my ears, compared to the Performa 32 which is more relaxed slightly warmer sounding. posted almost 13 years ago | View comment |