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    Evolution Acoustics MMMiniTwo Wins 2014 Stereomojo Maximum Mojo Award

    Over the course of many years I have owned a lot of excellent equipment. Nothing, however, prepared me for the MMini2s. They are amazing! It doesn't hurt that my system has Evolution Acoustic speaker cables and power cords. And, together with Dartzeel electronics, the Playback Designs MPS-5...
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    Artisan Fidelity "Achates Idler Drive" Turntable

    Pic I'll send a couple of photos later today. The rest of my system is a combination of Dartzeel, Evolution Acoustics (MMMOne's), and Playback Designs MPS-5. After decades of owning excellent gear, I have to say that the only thing that compares is the sound of a chamber group in our house or...
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    Artisan Fidelity "Achates Idler Drive" Turntable

    I have had an Arstisan Fidelity SP-10 MkII with a Panzerholz plinth for a few months. It is very fine. With a Talea II, and Ortofon A-90 the sound is superb. The best vinyl by far I've ever experienced. I don't think anyone who goes in that direction is likely to have anything but praise for the...
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    Herzan/Table Stable "Active" Isolation table.

    Isolation works! For a long time I have used a Minus-K isolation platform be under my CD player. There is not any doubt at all that it makes a huge improvement in every aspect of performance. (Besides that, the physics of the Minus-K technology is brilliant.) One thing that does have an...
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    Anyone build their system around an amplifier?

    Me too. Plus the Dartzeel preamp, a superb combination.
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    Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne loudspeakers

    And if? And if that person also simultaneously ordered EA MM7's. What about that?
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    Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne loudspeakers

    Why so much scepticism about MMMicoOnes? Many people seem quite upset that relatively inexpensive speakers, off the scale low by the standards of this forum, can sound as good or even better than much more expensive speakers when coupled with good electronics? I do not own them, nor do I...
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    Artisan Fidelity "Achates Idler Drive" Turntable

    I have seen many Artisan Fidelity turntable ads on Audiogon, but have no idea how evaluate them. Does anyone have any experience with their Achates Idler drive TT? They are quite beautiful, but how do they perform? And, what about their other modifications of vintage direct drive turntables...
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    HRS M3X Isolation base

    Electron microscopy environment Most labs in which electron microscopes and similar devices are operated are in very noisy environments because the building itself is vibrating like crazy. Isolation devices like air platforms or a passive device such as the one produced by MinusK Technology...
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    AudiogoN Alternatives - The Master List

    Audio art on WBF? No doubt it is right in front of me, but what is the link on this site to buyers and sellers? Audiogon has declined to such a degree that I'd rather not use it.
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    Oppo BDP-103 & BDP-105 Universal Blu-ray Players :: Reviews & Opinions.

    DSD content Although it might be market driven, it's not clear that its a mere "ploy." A lot of music is now available in DSD. To my ears, it eclipses SACD. It's a huge bonus to have DSD playback in an $1100 machine.
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    New plinth, armboard, footers, motor for Vardier turntable

    Hi Everyone, I have an ancient, like me, Verdier Platine tt with a "granito" base. The base is disintegrating, so I need a new plinth. Plus, the footers are rather unimpressive springs that I plan to replace with Stillpoints. Unless someone has a better idea. I can think of several choices...
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    H J s system !

    Higgs cable s instability The only problem with Higgs connectors is that they seem to have a finite lifetime, maybe 100 billion years, but who knows? No self respecting audiophile would be happy with such short lived components. Short break in time, though.
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    Reflections on cable pricing insanity

    A bargain amidst cable madness? In my decades long pursuit of audio nirvana, a fool's errand, I actually found a cable bargain, and so did many others: the Dartzeel 50 ohm cables cost a small fraction of other high performance cables. The "downside" is that you need Dartzeel electronics...
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    Light Harmonic Da Vinci DAC

    Although one cannot hear a 22 kHz frequency, it seems that the overtone structure of lower frequencies is affected. Would that be audible? Would it be pejorative to suggest that much of the cost of the DaVinci is costume jewelry?
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    Speaker (and for that matter, electronics) Preferences

    Listen to a violin, then decide If one takes the Shannon entropy seriously, then it is obvious that no chain of hi if devices can, even in principle, capture all of the information in a musical performance. One way to decide about the relative merits of an entire system by seeing how close...
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    New Tube Tape Preamp out soon-

    Shannon entropy and sound reproduction Although I have certainly not read the technical literature, it is clear that every step in signal transmission, from a microphone to the sound waves produced by a speaker, necessarily occurs with a loss of information. This loss is the Shannon entropy...
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    Does it make sense to put isolation devices under speakers?

    Decouplers under speakers I recently put Stillpoint Ultras under my Lansche 3s. The effect was dramatic in every parameter. It was the most cost-effective upgrade I have ever made. Now they are under all my equipment. Of course, there are now Ultra 5s (at three times the cost). I can't afford...

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