Alexandria SoundCongratulations with your marvellous system and happy listenings bigpond! I checked your comments regarding Gryphon Mephisto Solo amps since you switched from ARC to Gryphon. It seems you are enjoy... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHi John, glad to hear you like the improvement coming from Opus cables. My Ref MM2 cables are a big improvement over XL and I imagine Opus should have at least similar or even more improvement over... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Sublime SoundGreat to hear Peter. Thanks. Happy listenings :-) posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Sublime SoundThanks for the feedback Peter. I think of adding SME 30/12 with SME V-12 tonearm in addition to my current analog rig (Acoustic Solid Royal, Ikeda IT-407, Graham Elite), so was brainstorming how go... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemI need to correct myself for the previous post regarding Graham.I realized it was a bit unfair to call Graham tonerms as toys compared to Ikeda. Although I admit Ikeda is a special piece of... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemHi Christian,Just received my 9" Elite tonearm. Initial observations: No Elite tonearm specifications (one may assume all of its parameters including effective mass, length same as pre... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
On the Quest of Audio Heaven.Hi Raul.I hope you are fine. While I was checking your analog setup, read your post that you do not like too much FR-64/66 which you consider them as having resonances. Do you have the same... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Sublime SoundA very well thought system. Congratulations. Did you compare some other tonearms with your Sme 30/12 to compare to V-12 ? Just being curious. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemCongratulations with your Opus speaker cables! I am sure a similar degree of improvement or perhaps even more from mm to xl line. Did you also change the interconnectors with Opus?Yes, Ref ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemNow over 150 hours, I presume cables settled almost fully, no signs of forwardness, it is so relaxed, tonal balance back to neutral, bass came back with a nice texture, soundstage improved in depth... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemChristian,My dealer called me to say Graham Elite will be delivered next week! Hope it is true, it has been a long wait. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Suteetat's SystemHi Suteetat,Thank you for your reply. Last night finally armboard arrived to install Ikeda 407 tonearm. I also experimented with Kai and Kansui with different headshells, also compared them... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Suteetat's SystemGreat info Suteetat, thank you very much!I do not have any Koetsu, only Miyajima Kansui as an alternative to Kai. I will first try Kai with Ikeda IT-407 tonearm (which should be similar to ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Suteetat's SystemHi Suteetat, what a nice system!I wonder if you can give some feedback for Kai cartridge? Do you use it with FR-64? I recently bought Kai not used for now, also recently bought Ikeda 407 to... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemHi Christian, have you received your Elite tonearm? I still wait for mine to get delivered. I have no idea why it takes so long? posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHello John, thanks for your interest. I have been travelling for the last 2-3 days, so a bit behind burning in schedule. So far 60 hours, forwardness gone, slight harhness on mids/highs gone, mid t... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemSo far 40 hours. The tonal balance is better, mid/upper harshness fading away, interestingly bass is a bit leaner now, so still +/- , but overall it becomes more musical. Will keep you posted. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemThank you both for your feedback. So far 15-20 hours, performance is a bit volatile presumably due to burn in in progress. I hope highs will transform into mellow and presentation will move to bala... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemHello J,As I mentioned to you on another forum (AA), I upgraded all interconnects and speaker cables from Ref XL to Ref MM2. Cables arrived last weekend. Right out of the box, better resolu... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemThank you, I also ordered a 9 inch Elite, hope it get delivered within similar time period you mentioned. I hope the differences between Elite and my Phantom B-44 will be audible. If this is the ca... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemHello Christian,When do you get your Graham Phantom Elite tonearm delivered? Do you have the specs for the new Elite?Regards. posted about 10 years ago | View comment |