Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: plinko, if you haven't done it already, you absolutely must try the A23 step-up transformer for the Denon 103. (Not the 103R.) It was made to match that cartridge to Shindo preamps, ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecHi Paul, thanks for the good vibes. I highly recommend you try the Aurieges! posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added Shindo Super-SPU A. I'm using the Auditorium 23 step-up for SPU with it. Also added Sentec EQ10 tubed mono phono preamp, tons of selectable curves for 78s and early mono LPs. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added Yamamoto HS-1A ebony wood headshell for Denon 103, replaces Ikeda - click on Denon above for details. Added Noblesse component rack - click on Noblesse above for details. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added new pics of Quads and the Leak. posted almost 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecLoving the 997 with the ILZ. Completely natural. Also, once you move to EMT carts, all these other convenience features of the tonearm kick in... you can add and remove special weights to quickly s... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added Radford amp. posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Finally got my two one-of-a-kind EMT custom cartridges (JH specials). I'm also using my restored Leak now more than the RM-10 - with its 16-ohm tap it's drives the Quads even more eq... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added new pictures throughout; tweaked system description. posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added the LignoLab / A23 plinth, and the resurrected EMT 997 twelve-inch banana tonearm... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Just got the Music Reference RM-10, a 15 watt per channel amp voiced around the Quads and made specifically to handle their highly reactive load. This amp blow away $10K amps in this... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: System edited: changed 103R to 103. Added A23 step-up transformer. Switched out AKSA amp for Leak Stereo 20 - an amp that handles the Quad ESLs with ease. posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Shindo Monbrison... 3 huge tube boxes (linestage plus 2-box phonostage) replaced by a small, green, exquisitely built preamp that just issues irrepressible music... there's no other ... posted almost 18 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Just got a pair of beautifully refurbed ESL-57s, with stands, from Wayne Piquet in Orlando. I am currently alternating between them and the VMPS. Btw, the AKSA has no difficult whats... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: see comment about the Io's airborne RF problems (long thread in Analog entitled "To Aesthetix owners," with much interesting advice; Jim White from Aesthetix has also been ... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Edit: swapped out the cheap Taras for Auditorium 23 (still pretty cheap for $900/8 feet) -- marvellous cables that seem to synergize with my system perfectly... the bass is far bette... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added pics for just about every component... check 'em out. posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecHi Scott,Definitely rebuild the 301. It blew away my Acoustic Solid, which I sold immediately. Everything from speed stability to image solidity to bass - this is just a superior turntable.... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: With everything burned in, every record now sounds magnificent or at the very least musical. I'm not thinking equipment anymore. I have upgrades in-house and en route (VMPS doped meg... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Complete system overhaul, built around the Aesthetix Io Sig on one end and the VMPS 626Rs on the other. The major change was switching out huge modern string/tape drive table for a c... posted about 19 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecRecent changes:Not using the Graham/Shelter or Rega/Denon at the moment, so I've taken both arm/carts and their respective step-ups off the list.I'm switching in an Ortofon Mono CG ... posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecSystem edited: Added the Aesthetix... so happy posted over 20 years ago | View comment | |
Garrard/Shindo/AltecThat's interesting - I've been intrigued by the Vector. Lately I've been thinking about the Schroeder Model 1 and the Triplanar. Is there any detailed source of information on the Vector? I don't t... posted almost 21 years ago | View comment |