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My stereo corrector (834P with air-vane caps) has a shorting switch across the two channels at the input. I suggest you incorporate the same.With it out of circuit I did indeed get that hum you refer to with the SPU Mono. Switching to short eliminate...
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Dear Romy,So, when I crank up the volume in my study on my stereo system, open the wide sliding door (say 5 feet by 8 feet) and walk outside (say 20 yards which to me is my favorite place to listen), is my study with the open door performing as a pse...
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Ok, was playing the tonearm today all day long. It dose work fine. Unfortunately, I can’t say anything further on about its sound as I finally concluded that I need a better mono cartridge. Screw you Denon-102! I can’t listen this midrange pusher any...
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Romy, is that an SPU Mono that you have there? This converted stereo cartridge (SPU = Stereo Pick Up) has its coils rotated 45 degrees to reduce vertical sensing.
The Ortofon C Series are the genuine mono cartridges - the motor system is the same ...
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Hi Romy,Just thinking out loud here, but I have been listening to my mono DSET/Macondo for quite a while now and recently changed back to my old acoustic system so that I could poke around in the DSET innards for a little while. The old system (in s...
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Looks like it will be a long learning curve...first discovery - I've matched the levels of the jbl vs BMS accurately - and subjectively the jbl sounds 3-5db louder. and much fuller. very healthy sound too.I'm going to take this chance to listen to lo...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Considering the problem you described, it was pretty much, where I expected it to be. However your explanations are kind of sound strange to me. If your tweeter were out of phase with the rest of the drivers then it would ...
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Perhaps it is obvious, but I meant and forgot to mention above that a bass "solution" should not be fully implemented before testing everything in stereo because, in situations like this, ridiculous +/- effects may appear (in FR stereo) that were not...
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You might find that you don't need that much power.When I first built the ULF channels I assumed they would require loads of power, so I bought a single, mono, 1KW class D amp to use in testing. Then I tried driving them with a pair of M1.1s that I h...
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Good to hear about your week with Moussorgsky Romy. I came upon a mono Leibowitz / RPO RCA the other day. It has its moments IMHO. There seems also to be a new HMV Richter Sofia recital cd from HMV: http://www.hmv.co.jp/produc...
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[quote user="JANDL100"]Oh, and the sound is surprisingly good! 1953 and 56 mono.[/quote] Jerry, unfortunately you heard “wrong” Gieseking. The real Gieseking is the Gieseking before the WW2, in 20s and 30s. After the war the Gieseking’s play changed ...
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Hm, I never knew that this set exists. The well-celebrated Leibowitz session with Royal Philharmonic was recorded in spring 1961. It was truly nice cycle and the Reader Digest subscription, as most they press, was a perfect environment for this box s...
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Let me rephrase. The recent remasterings (on CD!) of early Westminsters have shown them to be gorgeous mono recordings, in every instance better far than the LP. That's why I said the Scherchen MR sounded poor -- I was anticipating its glorious ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The Brits Pristine “eventually” heard my call. A few years back I begged them to sell the raw 24-bit masters bit not the 16/44 releases, as the down conversion below 20 bit kills too much of sound. It looks like nowadays th...
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Romy, the 6SN7 with 2A3, per se, even if slower than your 1-stage jobbies, should not be slow in the sense you describe, so something else must be up.If you get that far, you will eventually want "good" 6SN7s, for color and clarity (yes, they ca...
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I have his ravel and debussy, amongst other treasures on LP. The debussy is a 5LP mono collection on EMI that is one of the few discs I keep at all times in my listening room (otherwise my LP collection is in another room as I share the lis...
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[quote user="zako"]I have been recording professionally for over 30 years...Both monophonicly and in Stereo,,,,Ambiophonics to me came closer to what i hear naturally..But decoding properly was not caught on by the general public...[/quote] Zako,...
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Hi,
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
An interesting devise, They allow to adjust the midle point of the RIAA curve. I never have seen it and I wonder why would it be necessary or desierable?[/quote]Well, a range of mono EQ curves (and o...
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That sounds a decent price, less than my (Japan-sourced) SPU Mono.However, SPU's the gal for me and I reckon we're married for life.I listen at civilised levels too John - tho' neighbours have just left for 3 months in Kenya........Brian....
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I must say that I have always thought the Cardas "Golden Ratio" schtick was pretty lame. So it was with no small measure of trepidation that I sent off a rather outlandish sum of money for two Cardas Golden Whatever 4.7 uF caps for th...
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Romy,I never drove the S5's with a SS amp by the way, I drove Maggies in the past with a SS amp and yes I do believe voice reproduction was very good on these speakers. Musical taste is subjective and I make no apologies for liking the Stones. I have...
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Imaging is what you experience from a good mono recording, which is closer to reality in a live performance, but kind of narrower. Soundstage is what you get from most hifi systems, a quite false illusion of music happening into its own fake, de...
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I do not know anything more about them, but they seem to be a recent/new cartridge maker from Germany, what inclusive make a mono cartridge:http://tedeska.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_w7IRQPeYIf anyone already is experienced with that cartr...
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With SME 3012 (Shelter 901), Ortofon RMG 309 (Orotofon S15-T) and Micro 237 (french mono cartridge early 50's, unbeatable)...I couldn't really get the sound I wanted out of the TT until I put it on the SR stands, I envy your vibraplane but trying shi...
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[quote user="Axel"] …did you experiment with either primary or secondary SUT loading using your various carts? If so would you mind to share any of your findings? [/quote]
Or course I did, anyone did. I am not sure what findings you would like...
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...the TIVOLI MODEL ONEits mono with a 5" widebander and a wooden cabinet. sounds superb with great tone. perfect for my kitchen now for 5 years. would recommend the walnut versionbernie...
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[quote user="drdna"] The Decca London Reference appears ideal. I am probably going to buy one of these. Romy, you are free to borrow it if you wish to listen to it; just do not break it. [/quote]
Possible it is a good cartridge, I do not...
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Leo Delibes' opera, Lakme' is not often heard entire, although the duet I will cite pops up every so often. It is the achingly beautiful, sous le dome epais ou le blanc jasmin, sung by Lakme' and Mallika as they float off in search of flowers, m...
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With the recent changes on my configuration changes and employing the “End of the Live Phonostage”, in duty I re-thinked my analog playback. I got rid to arms and one deck, changed the mapping between the arms and phonostages and ended up with quite ...
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Brian (or someone else who knows...)-I just obtained an SPU mono today, believing it was the 25 micrometer stylus version when I purchased. In fact, it is the 65 um version. Is the 65 ONLY suitable for 78 playback, or is this thing usable...
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