agrippa
Responses from agrippa
| Micro Seiki MA-505 variants - any oracles around? Indeed, I'm sceptical too. Fortunately I don't particularly care and in any case I'm unlikely to ever find out unless the arm turns out to be defective and needs to be disassembled.Mine will by necessity be mounted on a Spacedeck, but presumably ... | |
| Cartridge for Symphonic music . " @agrippa is incorrect; the Art-9 does NOT have a Shibata stylus. "Quite right, I managed to mix the ART9 up with a different cart. Happens quite frequently I'm afraid....Fortunately the remainder of the post stands. | |
| Micro Seiki MA-505 variants - any oracles around? Wonderful stuff br3098, thank you so much for taking the time to write it all down!I recently picked up an MA-505X, seemingly in mint condition (time will tell I guess) at a relatively reasonable price, but wasn't entirely sure exactly what I ... | |
| Cartridge for Symphonic music . I’ve owned a good few cartridges with Shibata styluses, but have never experienced any sibilance issues with either. My strong suspicion would be that any such are rooted either in the recording or the set-up rather than in the shape of the stylus... | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G If an MM is what you want, then the Audio-Technica AT-150Sa is a steal @ $340 from LP Gear. Recently discontinued, it is in most respects the same as the current VM750SH. For my money one of the best MM cartridges around and the only one I current... | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G " Putting different arm on Nottingham will throw the whole thing off the balance if the match is not right, it is a complicated endeavor to try a few other arms. "This is, with all due respect, utter nonsense. Matching is a non-issue, beyond findi... | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G Nottingham's tonearms are widely regarded as not being on the same level as their turntables. Personally I don't particularly like them and chose a Jelco SA-750E instead. The old line of Jelco arms are excellent performers and still easily avail... | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G What ^(s)he^ said. To my mind there’s no reason to ever upgrade a Spacedeck unless you’re absolutely swimming in money and don’t know what to do with it all.However: there’s no guarantee that *any* turntable will compete with a decent DAC or CD pl... | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. Seconded. If ever there was a pointless debate/schism, then this is it.If you don't like one or the other, don't listen to it. If someone else likes what you don't like, how exactly is that an issue you need to concern yourself with?As for what'... | |
| Help me decide on phono preamp It might be an idea to first quantify exactly what you feel your current setup is missing and hence what you want from a new phono stage. | |
| Help me decide on phono preamp I don't know the Marantz, but according to reviews such as the one in TAS it has an uncommonly good phono stage for an integrated amp. Taking that as fact, I would suggest you hold on to the money you've now got and save up some more.While I've n... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? I'm afraid I've no knowledge of the H-1201 beyond the plethora of enthusiastic reviews available online. Comparisons will no doubt be available soon, but considering how recently the H-1202 was released I wouldn't expect any just yet.However, giv... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? Not side by side, but I believe I can state pretty confidently that both the Herron and my Allnic are better phono stages than the PH7, which I've spend many an hour listening to at a friend's place. I can't claim it to be unequivocal truth, g... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? The Herron VTPH-2A is a superb phono stage, no doubt about it, but the way some owners make it out to be the Non Plus Ultra of phono stages is frankly just silly. A little sobriety and a little less fanboi talk would be seemly.Personally I had a V... | |
| OPINIONS PLEASE - Phonostage for new Rega P8/Apheta 2 - Sutherland 20/20 or Allnic 1201 If those are the prices you have to work with, I'd say the Allnic is an absolute no-brainer. Again, it and the Herron are equally good in my book and which you prefer, pricing aside, will come down to subjective preference.To obtain something not... |