Alexandria Sound

Congratulations with your marvellous system and happy listenings bigpond! I checked your comments regarding Gryphon Mephisto Solo amps since you switched from ARC to Gryphon. It seems you are enjoy...

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Jfrech's system

Hi John, glad to hear you like the improvement coming from Opus cables. My Ref MM2 cables are a big improvement over XL and I imagine Opus should have at least similar or even more improvement over...

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Sublime Sound

Great to hear Peter. Thanks. Happy listenings :-)

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Sublime Sound

Thanks for the feedback Peter. I think of adding SME 30/12 with SME V-12 tonearm in addition to my current analog rig (Acoustic Solid Royal, Ikeda IT-407, Graham Elite), so was brainstorming how go...

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Rockitman's System

I need to correct myself for the previous post regarding Graham.I realized it was a bit unfair to call Graham tonerms as toys compared to Ikeda. Although I admit Ikeda is a special piece of...

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Rockitman's System

Hi Christian,Just received my 9" Elite tonearm. Initial observations: No Elite tonearm specifications (one may assume all of its parameters including effective mass, length same as pre...

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On the Quest of Audio Heaven.

Hi Raul.I hope you are fine. While I was checking your analog setup, read your post that you do not like too much FR-64/66 which you consider them as having resonances. Do you have the same...

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Sublime Sound

A very well thought system. Congratulations. Did you compare some other tonearms with your Sme 30/12 to compare to V-12 ? Just being curious.

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Jfrech's system

Congratulations with your Opus speaker cables! I am sure a similar degree of improvement or perhaps even more from mm to xl line. Did you also change the interconnectors with Opus?Yes, Ref ...

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Jfrech's system

Now over 150 hours, I presume cables settled almost fully, no signs of forwardness, it is so relaxed, tonal balance back to neutral, bass came back with a nice texture, soundstage improved in depth...

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Rockitman's System

Christian,My dealer called me to say Graham Elite will be delivered next week! Hope it is true, it has been a long wait.

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Suteetat's System

Hi Suteetat,Thank you for your reply. Last night finally armboard arrived to install Ikeda 407 tonearm. I also experimented with Kai and Kansui with different headshells, also compared them...

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Suteetat's System

Great info Suteetat, thank you very much!I do not have any Koetsu, only Miyajima Kansui as an alternative to Kai. I will first try Kai with Ikeda IT-407 tonearm (which should be similar to ...

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Suteetat's System

Hi Suteetat, what a nice system!I wonder if you can give some feedback for Kai cartridge? Do you use it with FR-64? I recently bought Kai not used for now, also recently bought Ikeda 407 to...

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Rockitman's System

Hi Christian, have you received your Elite tonearm? I still wait for mine to get delivered. I have no idea why it takes so long?

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Jfrech's system

Hello John, thanks for your interest. I have been travelling for the last 2-3 days, so a bit behind burning in schedule. So far 60 hours, forwardness gone, slight harhness on mids/highs gone, mid t...

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Jfrech's system

So far 40 hours. The tonal balance is better, mid/upper harshness fading away, interestingly bass is a bit leaner now, so still +/- , but overall it becomes more musical. Will keep you posted.

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Jfrech's system

Thank you both for your feedback. So far 15-20 hours, performance is a bit volatile presumably due to burn in in progress. I hope highs will transform into mellow and presentation will move to bala...

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Jfrech's system

Hello J,As I mentioned to you on another forum (AA), I upgraded all interconnects and speaker cables from Ref XL to Ref MM2. Cables arrived last weekend. Right out of the box, better resolu...

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Rockitman's System

Thank you, I also ordered a 9 inch Elite, hope it get delivered within similar time period you mentioned. I hope the differences between Elite and my Phantom B-44 will be audible. If this is the ca...

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Rockitman's System

Hello Christian,When do you get your Graham Phantom Elite tonearm delivered? Do you have the specs for the new Elite?Regards.

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