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| Anti-skating adjustment REGA RP6 I had my first 17D2 too long, I was also setting antiskate on my RB300 arm to the same value as the tracking weight. Result after a few years was a misaligned cantilever and a stylus that had worn more on one side. Then I learnt about using a blan... | |
| OPINIONS PLEASE - Phonostage for new Rega P8/Apheta 2 - Sutherland 20/20 or Allnic 1201 Rega’s own phono stages would match the apheta better than most, the Aria and the higher spec Aura. Is auditioning an option? | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Something without a crossover, the Eclipse TD 712 say or if they’re not dynamic enough there are other single driver speakers about, some with horn loading that exchange dynamics for colouration. | |
| POWER CONDITIONERS FOR AUDIO QUALITY So how does it sound with no filtering, any more dynamic, coherent, do you notice a higher noise floor? | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? Belden 4794R SDI cable from BlueJeans works very well for not too much money if you have BNC on at least one end an adaptor doesn't compromise thigs too much if you only have RCA on the other. It's a bit on the stiff side mind, you can't bend it t... | |
| Trouble Decreasing Treble Too high a resistance load will make the highs rather piercing, get it too low and the bass goes rather too soft. It looks like there's provision to customise the load so you should be able to land right on the optimum with a bit of effort.How are... | |
| What is the first album you purchased, and do you still have it? Pink Floyd, Relics. I no longer have that copy but have recenly bought the reissue. | |
| Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced.. My local hifi dealer had a D3 for demo purposes, they’d only had it a couple of days when the stylus disapperared, cantilever still intact, a badly glued stylus was the importer’s verdict and they sent a replacement. | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? About 10 years ago I bought a pair of Thiel CS1.6, my first new speakers since the Mission 700s I started with 20 years earlier. Reading around I came across the "Sumiko Masterset" method for placing speakers and decided to give it a try. My first... | |
| Cannot find perfect sound Yes but only at a dealers when I went to investigate a turntable. I found them very engaging and not as obviously band width limited a I’d expected. The amp used was relatively low power so there were no grand symphonies involved and we didn’t bla... | |
| Cannot find perfect sound Alternatively If you have a mansion to put them in MBL 101 x-tream were making the most musical sound at the Munich show back in May. | |
| Cannot find perfect sound Here’s your answer, giant earbuds.eclipse td712zmk2http://www.eclipse-td.com/uk/products/td712zmk2/index.htmlWell maybe, worth hearing in any case, preferably on the end of a system that doesn’t mess up the timing of what they’re fed. | |
| High-end TT setup with phono stage built in VPI Player? Not quite up to budget but if a lifestyle product is your requirement and you can improve the cartridge maybe.Build yourself a Lenco based deck, you can make space for a phonostage in the plinth you build yourself, you get to pick the ... | |
| Thiel Owners My only experience of amps on the 1.6s has been Accuphas (too tame), Rega Cursa/Maia (not quite enough in reserve when called upon but up for it), and Naim 282/250 same RMS power as the Regas 80W but with a much better transient reserve and these ... | |
| Thiel Owners OK Thanks Tom. I have a pair of Naim NBLs in another system and they have a specified tightening torque of 3.6Nm for the mid range drivers (but just a warning not to mess with the bass) possibly a bit tight for the Theals, which do have metal to m... |