tbg
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| Best rack for non-suspension turntable? Audiavreseller, I don't think the Minus K is a active isolator as it doesn't use electricity. I think it too is just springs done in an innovative manner. The Audiav clearly is just a rack. The only active isolator is the Halcyonics which I will a... | |
| How many have heard the Beveridge Electrostatics? Unfortunately, Cathode, I fully agree. I also thought they were like the originals in being devoid of dynamics. | |
| What is new with the Memory Player? I agree with Tembrady about the Scaena room sound. At least I can say that the MP 32 bit unit exists. I heard the present VRS also, but both it and the MP were on systems that I did not know. Both sounded good, but both paled after I heard the Fea... | |
| Is Quad ESL57 most amazing speaker of all time? Jaybo, if you have ever heard the AudioNotes set up by Peter at CES, you would not say this. I tried them myself and could not duplicate what I heard at CES, but this is either me or my electronics, not the speakers. | |
| Is Quad ESL57 most amazing speaker of all time? Eldartford, two pair. I often go to extremes. | |
| Is Quad ESL57 most amazing speaker of all time? The Quad ELSs were really the first audiophile speaker I heard, but those guys sitting on the floor did not really impress me much. They had no dynamics or bass. Many years later when I bought the Quads, I bought two pair and did a frame to hold t... | |
| Best rack for non-suspension turntable? As I understand the Grand Prix, they are using the mass coupled to the floor in points to maximize the mass. I don't believe they are uncoupling at all. Mana stands has long used the same philosophy. | |
| Best rack for non-suspension turntable? Mass, mass, and more mass. Don't try to decouple using soft materials. Max Townsend would tell you the opposite, but he is talking about his Rock tt. | |
| bass affected by stand filler level? The coupling or uncoupling issue is as yet unresolved. I am getting a pair of the new Townsend speaker cradles which uncouple the speakers. Presently, I couple the speakers to wooden floors using special tiptoes from the US importer of Acapella an... | |
| Giant subwoofer Wine cellar included. I would imagine that the Thigpen rotary woofer would equal it up to at least 20 Hz. It too might be difficult to disengage from ones house. | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? Donaudio, I remember first hearing the Quad ESLs at a friend's in 1961 and thinking I had to have them. It was 1976 before I got a pair, actually two pair. Keep up the quest! It sounds like you are still having fun. | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny Linn Sondek is insanely expensive, or for that matter a CJ? I guess in 1970 when I bought Infinity ServoStats for $2100, I thought that was insanely expensive. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Semi, sorry I haven't been following this thread. Lloyd Walker certainly thinks highly of the Ushers, with his mods of course. I was taken aback by the Pioneers at the RMAF last year, sending many friends to hear them. I do suspect that their bott... | |
| Isolation platform for the power amps My best advice is never listen to the Halcyonic base under anything in sound reproduction. | |
| Isolation platform for the power amps Mrjstark, I really don't understand why you think I need to justify the price to you or anyone. Remember that I initially stuck with the character of the initial post. |