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System edited: SAEC WE-308N Vintage tone-arm added.

posted about 13 years ago

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Thanks Jim, I really appreciate your comments.I agree with you about the MA-505s........just beautifully designed and engineered and I have yet to find a MM cartridge which doesn't sound it's b...

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Air, Magnets, String & Tape

Hi Chris,I like your Mk2 brass armpod.Can you hear the difference to the first one?CheersHenry

posted about 13 years ago

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Voice Of Living Presence

Wow....that's a serious turntable by Dertonarm. Congratulations.And I notice isolated armpods? The best solution IMHO :-)When is it due to start playing serious music?

posted about 13 years ago

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Something Old Something New

A Copernican View of the Turntable SystemFor thousands of years it was believed that the earth was the centre of the solar system and that the sun revolved around it.Before telescopes e...

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System edited: A few more arms added.

posted over 13 years ago

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Try this link NUDE TT-81

posted over 13 years ago

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System edited: New turntable, arms etc added plus description of this process [url=http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1283151240&openmine&zzHalcro&4&5#Halcro]NUDE TT-81[/url]

posted over 13 years ago

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Thanks T_bone.Great pictures of the naked TT-81 and the outboard legs.I wonder what benefit that method of support would have over my method

posted almost 14 years ago

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T_bone,The wood-veneered plinth page came up nicely but I think the "nude" mounting 'Link' became connected to it.Perhaps you could try sending this Link on its own?

posted almost 14 years ago

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A 12" Phantom arm wand (possibly 10") would solve that, but not sure if the experiment would justify the purchase(?). A 12" DaVinci Grande...

posted almost 14 years ago

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First problem encountered.The Phantom II does not 'fit' against the TT-81 because of the extra 'banding' around the platter and the SME base to the Graham arm.

posted almost 14 years ago

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Thanks T_bone,That's reassuring coming from someone like you who seems to have deep knowledge and experience about all things connected with Japanese audio.Is the CLP-1 plinth the lead ...

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I currently have a Raven AC-3 turntable with 4 tonearms and 8 cartridges and am very happy with the sound (especially since re-discovering some vintage MM/MI cartridges thanks to Raul)....

posted almost 14 years ago

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System edited: Added some wonderful vintage MM/MI cartridges. The Empires are particularly eye-opening and reveal how LOMC cartridges have particular forms of distortion which I am no longer able t...

posted almost 14 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Hi Mike,I think your listening room is simply among the very best I have ever seen. Congratulations.The new turntable 'The Beat' seems to have come out of nowhere or did I miss something so...

posted over 14 years ago

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System 954

A stunning system Exlibris.It also demonstrates a selective methodology to incorporating components for their 'sound' rather than merely 'paying' for the latest and greatest?I bet it do...

posted over 14 years ago

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diy horn recordplayer tonearm

Hi Oleslot,A fascinating DIY system!Have you compared your turntable/tonearm combination to anything we are familiar with?RegardsHalcro

posted over 14 years ago

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diy horn recordplayer tonearm

What cartridge are you using?

posted over 14 years ago

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System edited: Just added the Graham Phantom II tone-arm with additional titanium armwand and after 7 months, have just re-mounted my heavily modified Continuum Copperhead tonearm which has been re...

posted over 14 years ago

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Thanks Gerry,You've obviously been reading the Phantom ll postings?I haven't tried it in my system at home although I tried to contact Bob Graham to obtain one without success.What I do...

posted over 14 years ago

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Thanks Dgob,It would be interesting to know which other tuners were outclassed by the Marantz?

posted over 14 years ago

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Axel's system

Very nice system Axel. Congratulations.How does the Mera rollerbrush work and does it fit all models of the Hannl machine as I have the one from TW Acustic?RegardsHalcro

posted almost 15 years ago

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Hi Kha,I have no acoustical feedback problems with the wall-mounted shelf. Why do you think I need a Vibraplane?RegardsHalcro

posted almost 15 years ago

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Thanks for the concern Lonestarsouth.Unfortunately no equipment rack can rival the sound isolation provided by a properly designed wall-mounted shelf.Please read the following link to see w...

posted almost 15 years ago

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