clio09

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How often do you have to service your Studer or Otari deck ? Home not pro environment.
I have two Otari decks, one a transport only (signal direct from the heads) and the other I use to record. The 5050's are work horses and I use mine a lot. I have no problem finding tapes at reasonable costs and I trade a lot which is also an econ... 
Phoenix Engineering Roadrunner
Check this thread:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/pheonix-engineering-road-runner/post?highlight=phoenix%2Broad...Looks like SOTA is going to be taking over production. Perhaps you can call them to see if they can help you. 
RIAA, Questions only please
Your last post makes no sense and is useless and does not makes any real contribution to this thread.Perhaps not from your point of view, but you did ask what the purpose of the OP’s thread was (both of them) and I posted what I recall to be one o... 
RIAA, Questions only please
@ramtubes : What is the purpose or your target on both OP's threads?I think he makes it very clear. Now whether I understand or agree with all the technical aspects is another matter.I don't get yet in which way your threads can help any one of us... 
RIAA, Questions only please
@uberwaltz: I said there were 3 experts, but I never said I agreed with any of them or that their opinions were the only valid ones. I just happen to feel these 3 people have the most to offer to the discussion and they are people whose knowledge ... 
RIAA, Questions only please
@ramtubes, let the other thread stay dead and if this one keeps going the way it is kill it too. @ramtubes thinks that he discovered the " black thread " with those 12 dbs and said that manufacturers not understand it.@rauliruegas: I don’t think R... 
Step down transformers detrimental to SQ?
+1 atmasphere, I have used a bucking transformer and it's a very clean solution to the problem, but if I recall mine only dropped the voltage around 14V, not 20V. 
Where are the Exogal Vortex streamers?
For now, though, let me put it this way: would you be more frustrated if we released a buggy product that's vulnerable to evolution, or if it's delayed until it's right and future proofed? I can say from a recent experience with another manufact... 
Electrostatic pros and cons.
If you get an amp with a 2 ohm rating for power, it will easily drive 'stats. That is a very broad and somewhat incorrect statement - depending on the ESL we are talking about (and I am talking about ESL, not ribbon or planar magnetic which are di... 
Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time"
Fritz and I have done a number of shows together pairing his speakers (Carbon 7 and Carrera) with a 12 watt 300B SET amp. The whole thing happened by accident as the first show we did together the original amp we were going to use had an issue, so... 
Electrostatic pros and cons.
Electrostatics are very fast and transparent. Can any woofer match?Yes but my experience is with a bi-amp set up and woofer array. I think the Sander’s Sound speakers are a great example of a hybrid speaker. The Martin Logan speakers I have heard,... 
Electrostatic pros and cons.
@bdp24: Yes that was him and those were the speakers. IIRC Sean told me he worked on the Beveridge 4.In addition to being on the side walls the speakers were positioned equidistant from the front and back walls. You could sit on either side of the... 
Electrostatic pros and cons.
You don't want hybrids because you will never achieve the proper integrationI can say that hasn't been my experience. 
Electrostatic pros and cons.
If tech talk is off the table, that's all I have to offer.@audiokinesis: I think the technical aspect of the ESL is quite important. The Beveridge lens revolutionized how ESL's sound, especially as it applies to sound dispersement and I'm not sure... 
105db/W high efficiency speaker suitable for low power SET
Interesting speaker, but more interesting to me is they indicate they are the US distributor for Analysis Audio speakers which are based on Apogee designs. I have always been interested in those speakers so will give them a call just for that but ...