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| S.M.E. 10 owners FiveTable,Could you please describe the sound of your SME 10 with the Mapleshade platform and footers and how it changed when you replaced the rubber/cork footers with the granite slab? Do you use the Mapleshade brass footers between the turntable... | |
| S.M.E. 10 owners Mark,I just looked up your system. Have you compared the Superscoutmaster to the SME 10? I would be very interested in your impressions. I have not heard the new VPIs or compared my SME to other tables. I heard the SME 30 once in a completely diff... | |
| S.M.E. 10 owners I have a SME 10 with upgraded V arm and Sumiko Celebration cartridge all on a Mapleshade 4" platform with brass footers. Excellent combination. Details on my system page. | |
| Symdex speakers any information on these? I have a pair of Symdex Gammas from 1993. Excellent 2-way floorstanders which I drive with a Pass Aleph 3 for my plasma TV. I also have an old pair of Symdex Sigmas (2-way bookshelf on a stand or 3-way on the Omega woofer base) from about 1985. Le... | |
| Eggleston Andra 2 owners I only have the Eggleston Rosa, but I use Pass XA160 amps to great effect. Pass and Eggleston is a very good combination. I would consider the Pass X600.5 mono, X350.5 stereo or XA's. They are often available used on Audiogon. Your wife might find... | |
| Best bang for the buck turntable? I would suggest a used SME 10 table with V arm ($3400 or less here on Audiogon) and a new Sumiko Celebration cartridge ($1500). I don't know of a better analog front end for under 5K. (Of course, I am biased because this is what I own, and I paid ... | |
| Eggleston Andra II and Pass Labs XA160's Jgless,I have not heard the Andras. Since I posted this thread, I have reconsidered. I have a relatively small room and the Andras may be too much speaker. The Rosas have plenty of bass, but my issues are more room related so I am considering some... | |
| Pass Labs XA- ".5" ??? Very interesting thread. I recently bought a pair of XA160's. I had three different Alephs before then. The Aleph series and X series were around for quite a while. Then came the XA's, then quickly the X.5's and now very suddenly the XA.5's. Produ... | |
| Cartridge upgrade for SME 20/2A??? Cipherjuris,I know this is off topic, but as the thread is starting to discuss improvements to an analog front end, could you please elaborate about how exactly the Loricraft improved your sound? I currently use a VPI 16.5 and though it is loud, i... | |
| New Eggleson Works speaker? Sorry, I left the "t" out of the word Eggleston. | |
| Cartridge upgrade for SME 20/2A??? I am using a Sumiko Celebration ($1,500)on my SME Model 10, SME V arm and a Harmoniic Technology copper phono cable with excellent results. The Celebration was designed using the SME 30/2 and V arm so the synergy is superb. I am intrigued by the S... | |
| power cords for Pass Labs Amps Tboooe, I also have the Pass XA160's which I run on 15' JPS Labs In-Wall cables directly to dedicated 20-amp circuits from my AC panel terminated with Furutech IEC plugs. I tried this approach with my Pass Aleph 2 monoblocks and found it made a bi... | |
| better tonearm for SME 20/2 Rob,For $1,500 you could try a Sumiko Celebration. I have one on a SME V and SME Model 10 table. I read that the cartridge was designed using the SME 30/V combo. The synergy is truely excellent! The sound is slightly warmer than neutral but it sou... | |
| Personal amp evolution NAD 3020, college daysPass Labs Aleph 3, first step into high endPass Labs Aleph 5, more powerPass Labs Aleph 2, more power, needed monosPass Labs XA 160's, delivery due this weekMore power, more heat, more money, better sound. | |
| Sugden A21 AP or Pass Labs Aleph 30? I have a Pass Aleph 3 in my second system. It runs hot but is superb sounding. Very natural. It has run flawlessly for 10 years. It would mate very well with 90db speakers. I have read that the Aleph 30 is a slightly more refined/improved version ... |