rushton
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| Philadelphia area audio club? Saturday, November 6: Many of us will be converging on Overture's open house at noon on this Saturday. If you'd like to make connection with the group, please ask around. You're bound to bump into one or another of us!Saturday, November 20: Group ... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? LOL: "(okay!okay! adjust the koetsu for proper vta. by ear if you like)"Thank you for the humor, Gregadd!. | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Atar1, if you can stretch your budget a bit more, there currently is a used Aesthetix Rhea phono stage being offered for sale on Audiogon for $2700. At its $4000 retail price, the Rhea is a superb phono stage. If you can buy one used at a price yo... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? Gregadd, I think the last 6 sentences of your post make a very fair statement of reality for VTA, particularly:You can't ignore it but you don't need to worship its altar.Best regards, | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Organ! Bach! Dupre! Alain! Awash in the sounds of the great instrument!Start with a little Karl Richter playing on a delightful tracker organ in Copenhagen one of Bach's Schubler Chorales (DGG 139325), add a beautiful little Triosonata, then the p... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Mr. Kidknow: I'll add a "second" to your recommendation of Arthur Salvatore's Supreme Records list. If you're fond of classical music, this is a great list to peruse. http://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.htmlWhen I first saw Arthur's list appear ... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path TWL: Excellent discussion in your two posts above. Thank you. I would just add reinforcement of your point relative to the AC versus DC motor conversation: in many cases, designers have made careful evaluations/selections for their specific turnta... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Suttlaw: The Walker shelf and stand are very expensive. I posted the information more as a design example that as a purchase recommendation, even though I did purchase the one pictured for my Walker turntable. This is one of those things you'll ha... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Cool picture of your Teres base! | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Salectric: Thanks, I agree; Lloyd does beautiful work. The 3.5" shelf sits on about 10-14 small lead discs (about 1/16th inch thick) spread across the surface of the top of the rack and located to match the mass of the turntable. The Walker turnta... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Your VPI would probably work well on a stand and platform similar to the stand and platform Lloyd Walker manufactures on special order for his Proscenium Turntables. (Not from a cost perspective, but from a design perspective!) There are two parts... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems A Ralph Karsten Fund has been established. Please see the announcement at: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/349340.html. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea - IO-IO Signature Thomas, I'm glad to see you're still considering an Aesthetix phono stage for your system. I've not listened to the Aesthetix Rhea in my own system in direct comparison to my Aesthetix Io Signature, so I'm going to pass on trying to offer any spec... | |
| Aesthetix Janus? Here is an earlier thread from August 2003 in which Albert Porter offered his assessment of the Aesthetix Janus preamp which he'd had in his home system for a listening opportunity. You may be aware that Albert uses the Aesthetix Io Signature phon... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar1,I have really enjoyed reading your Part 1 synopsis of your decision-making journey; very well written. Thank you for sharing this! I look forward to reading Part 2.With regards, |