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How I play my 5000 odd LP's.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 18’ × 23’  Large
Ceiling: 7’


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    • TW Raven AC-3 with BN platter
    3 motor German turntable
    • Thales Audio Simplicity II
    tangential tracking tonearm - just superb
    • Technics TECHNICS SL-1000MK3D SP10-MK3 SH-10B5 Plinth.
    Classic Technics table
    • Graham Engineering Phantom B 44
    tonearm
    • Exclusive P3
    Wonderful sounding turntable from 1979
    • Exclusive P10
    Great sounding vintage 1979 DD table, 2nd to the P3.
    • Lyra ATLAS SL
    phono cartridge
    • Lyra Etna SL
    phono cartridge
    • Dynavector DRT XV-1s
    top of the line dynavector cartridge
    • Ortofon MC A90 anniversary
    absolutely reference grade cartridge that sounds like your system.
    • Linn LP-12 Lingo
    LP12 TT with Naim ARO arm
    • Lyra Delos
    overachieving entry level lyra cart - plays higher than its price
    • Denon ESC 103R
    cartridge
    • Ortofon SPU Classic GM E MKII
    enough said
    • Ortofon SPU Royal GM
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    • Nordost Valhalla
    between turntable and phono stage
    • Accuphase C-37
    3 input phono stage
    • TW Acustik Phono
    3 input pure tube phono section with 6 impedance settings. Very quiet for a full tube gain phono stage
    • Esoteric E-03
    two input phono stage
    • Ortofon Verto Set-Up Transformer
    excellent SUT for the SPU's
    • Conrad Johnson GAT
    very nice preamp
    • Deqx HDP-4
    DSP speaker and room correction. especially good at correcting and eq of bass
    • Nordost Tyr 6m
    ic between pre and power
    • D'Agostino Momentum Stereo
    SS amp
    • Conrad Johnson premier 8A with cj teflon upgrades
    275 watt monoblocks brought up to date with cj factory teflon cap upgrade
    • Wilson Audio Maxx 3
    Gentle Giant
    • Nordost Tyr
    Excellent
    • Kimber KS-3033
    8ft speaker cable
    • Transparent MM Reference XL-V
    speaker cable
    • Orb DF-02
    Japan's Orb make the Air Tight LP flattener. This is the new Japan model for flattening those warped and dished LP's
    • TW Acustik / Hannl Ultra
    rebadged Hannl - same as Acustech Ultra - excellent and quiet but takes longer than nitty gritty
    • Yamaha CDR-HD1300
    yamaha hard disc recorder with 80 gb disc drive and cd player. great for dubbing vinyl to CD

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Saw you were trying the Grand Prix Monaco table. I've enjoyed mine a LOT over the years...any thoughts so far?

jfrech

Hi I likely will try a Atlas, I want to read a little about it and make sure it's a match for my tri planar, I've been running a Allaerts MC 2 Finish for 5-6 months now, it's pretty special to. After 4 Lyra's thought I'd try something else...but I suspect this new Atlas will be special to :)

jfrech

Congrats on your Maxx 3's, I've dearly loved mine. Curious what you think as you get some time with them...The Transparent speaker cables are a fantastic match imo with the Maxx 3's...

jfrech

Hi, I just want to congratulate you on a very nice system !! When I was recently upgrading my SME 20/2 I was really torn between your TW Acustic and my (new) Grand Prix. Ultimately I wish I could have both :).

What fluid do you use with your record cleaner? I've used Disc Doctor in the past, recently been using a regime of Premier, then Record Research Wash followed by their rinse. Over the weekend, my dealer cleaned about a dozen new LP's of mine on his new Keith Monks using his Discovery and Break the mold cleaner. Wow. Not sure how much is the fluid vs the Monks machine-or both in combo.

The Disc Doctor and the Monks fluid seems to have a warmer sound. The Record Research just down the middle...system dependent/personal taste type of thing...

Thanks

jfrech