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  1. Kjetil

    Price/Performance and LOMCs

    IIRC ellipticals have even less contact area than sphericals. But they have less effective tip mass.
  2. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    For the first time I’m ordering the whole batch.
  3. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    I should haste to say that I’m not my avatar Juliette Binoche!
  4. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Happy 60, @No Regrets! (I’ll have to wait ‘til June.)
  5. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    I like it so much that I really hope they’ll give the analog (studio) Karajan M9 the TOS treatment too.
  6. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Excellent, @Al M.! Thank you. I played the Karajan TOS M6 the other day. Very nice, apart from a couple of badly placed ticks at the dying phrases of the finale. I may be able to remove them with another go in the Humminguru though. Worth at try. Mumin cup for comfort.
  7. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    One of the very best Mahler buys you can do is the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie conducted by Rudolf Barshai in Symphony 5 and 10, the latter in Barshai's own reconstruction. CD and CD quality only though. They sound very good.
  8. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    It is indeed a desirable recording to have.
  9. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Some have received their Tchaikovsky 1 and Mozart. IIRC the M6 and Scriabin/Tchaikovsky are due this Friday.
  10. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Mouth watering: Another interesting cutting exercise. Side 4 is two seconds short of thirty minutes.
  11. Kjetil

    Price/Performance and LOMCs

    The AT33PTG/II is to my ears better than the similarly priced AT OC9XML, and I would think that it is a fine (and cheaper) alternative to the Hana ML I've tried the AT ART9XA in this setup. At about thrice the price it is of course more precise than the PTG/II but it's Shibata lets it down on...
  12. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    ^I do not hear IGD on my Brahms Gilels. I guess that’s an equipment issue. I actually bought that album to test its playability after reading the TA review. IIRC the TA review was was partly based on the use of a very high end tonearm in use that couldn’t reach the innermost modulated grooves...
  13. Kjetil

    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Could you tell us about the TD 124, @arthurs?
  14. Kjetil

    Kjetil's stereo

    It’s Rockfon, very similar to their Cosmos product of today but 100 mm deep.
  15. Kjetil

    Kjetil's stereo

    October 2022: Since November 2024: A WiiM Ultra has replaced the Yamaha WXC-50 and Squeezebox Touch combo as the system user interface. A less cluttered block diagram. :) Better ADC for the turntable, toslink from the CD drive instead of analog, 96 kHz throughput to the speaker system...
  16. Kjetil

    Post Your Frequency Response Curve!

    It’s a very old BBC trick that «moves» the listener some rows backwards in the (artificial) concert hall.
  17. Kjetil

    Post Your Frequency Response Curve!

    Lots of EQ. :) Those three way dipoles first need flattening of the driver passbands, and the subwoofers too (each has 2 12" in a 40 l box). Then it’s the crossovers, and finally room correction (done manually!) and frequency response trim to taste. The pic shows L/R system frequency response in...
  18. Kjetil

    Post Your Frequency Response Curve!

    Draw a line from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. The shallow valley centered at 2kHz is very much intended. Closed box below 45 Hz, dipole above.
  19. Kjetil

    What are some recent LPs you have bought that sound amazing?

    Thanks. Found it streamable as a Supraphon Ancerl Gold edition. A favourite symphony, always good to hear another interpretation, and maybe I have to buy it on black gold too.
  20. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Ozawa Boston Ravel box coming (yeah that one too) in March: https://trackingangle.com/features/ravel-ozawa-original-source-an-orgy-of-orchestral-fabulousness
  21. Kjetil

    At What SPL Do You Listen to Your Stereo?

    Doesn’t havre to be mp3 to have a crest factor of 5. but yeah the lack of dynamics in some audiophile favorites is staggering.
  22. Kjetil

    Advice - New Setup for audio streaming on new gear.... whole house setup

    The Tidal UI is just as good as Spotify’s, and even if there’s still some MQA leftovers there, they also let you stream CD quality and above. I’d use Wiim streamer products. Excellent performance. You cannot fault the objective quality of their Pro Plus and Ultra, If you have DACs you want to...
  23. Kjetil

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    Played this new music for string quartet yesterday. It’s thoroughly enjoyable. Heartily recommended.
  24. Kjetil

    What cables are you using in your system ?????

    Turntable: The silver litz in the Korf headshell, whatever is inside the Bokrand tonearm, and a 1 m Mogani mini starquad based tonearm cable with Neutrik Rean RCA plugs. Interconnects: Canare core plus shield (no semi balanced bull) with Neutrik Rean RCA plugs, for the power amps Neutrik XLR in...
  25. Kjetil

    What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

    The new Bach transcriptions EP Continuum by Vikingur Olafsson. Took me a minute to figure out why it sounded wrong: 45 rpm is buried in the minuscule copyright text circling the edge of the label. Great music making as always from Vikingur.
  26. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    I have not experienced that. I’ve used iMusic in Denmark. They are VOEC compliant (as is Presto) so I pay Norwegian sales tax, not German and Norwegian as I have to do if I buy from the DG shop.
  27. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Why not buy from Presto Music?
  28. Kjetil

    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    I really like the sound of the Grieg Karajan. I’m a sucker for the sound they got at Jesus Christus Kirche, and in this remaster one really hears the sound HvK wanted from the orchestra. Being Norwegian it’s music I grew up with and I’ve been thinking that I’ve heard it too many times, but this...
  29. Kjetil

    Active Crossovers

    I use a MiniDSP Flex Eight for my four way dipole system.
  30. Kjetil

    Which Brand Have You Owned for 20 Years?

    Nothing for as long as 20 years, but Audio-Technica and (B&O) IcePower (I hear the shattering of glass) since 2007.

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