viridian
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| Audiophile Fakery As if the constant Magico threads you post are eye openers, LOL! | |
| Audiophile Fakery In the 1970s many of the Japanese speaker manufacturers made what is now loving referred to as "kabuki speakers" with as many drivers as possible, often 9 or 10, 15" woofers, multiple tweeters some horn even loaded. In some models, several drivers... | |
| moving magnet cartridge suggestions for rp8? Vacuum tubes with 8 pins on the base (not bass) that fit into the tube socket, in Cary land, 6SN7 and 6SL7. Most of the miniuture tubes (12AX7, 6922, etc) have nine pins and I believe that the 98 uses both types, though they are electrically of va... | |
| Shelter 501 mkii then what now I like the idea of retipping, but on a Japanese cartridge would prefer not to use the European stylii that Soundsmith typically use (VanDen Hul, Gyger). I would prefer the Japanese stylii (Namiki, Ogura) and for that Andy Chong at Needle Clinic is... | |
| moving magnet cartridge suggestions for rp8? I would skip the Apheta as well, it's a bit bright for my tastes. All of the cartridges suggested are excellent and highly recommendable. I would add the Nagaoka MP-500 to the list. | |
| suggestion for turntable upgrade You don't say what you want more, or less, of. Which makes it a bit of a popularity contest rather than finding something that is consonant with your listening bias. That said, a Garrard 301 or 401 or a Thorens TD124 will give you a very different... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Is the Q in "pedantic" silent? | |
| Cartridges and old man Not that it is material to my post, but if memory serves Andre Hanekom may have been a dentist, not a watchmaker - seemingly similar in some ways however. I believe that Ikeda apprenticed with another cartridge maker before starting Fidelity Resea... | |
| Cartridges and old man Mordante, with all due respect I doubt that you are the arbiter of what is normal. Of those cartridge makers that you have mentioned, only one has passed and his family continues the business. My math is not good, but I believe that represents 100... | |
| Cartridges and old man Sugano is already dead, his sons took over. Ditto Shindo. Isn't that the normal succession in family businesses? | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Or even derivation... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You know you're an audiophile if you post about the derevation of language on audiogon. | |
| Older McIntosh Tube amps - a word of caution Heyboer can rewind those transformers.All I get from this is that you bought a bad amp. Nice Macs, like most vintage tube gear, just need the power supply rebuilt, the coupling caps changed, any out-of-spec resistors replaced, and they will be goo... | |
| Help me improve Rega P2 Al, I intentionally linked the Hagerman article without interpreting it as I felt that most readers would be discerning enough to know that spice simulations are very rough approximations of what is happening in the real world. And that they would... | |
| Help me improve Rega P2 Jim Hagerman has an interesting discussion of capacitance as well as some models and even a calculator here that some of you may find (ahem) enlightening:http://www.hagtech.com/loading.htmlInteresting that he refers to Grado cartridges as moving m... |