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    EMT new TSD cartridges

    I am in the process of finally getting my act together and having my EMT 950 restored. I have an odd dilemma and want to know if someone can advise or speak from experience on whether they've tried out the new magnesium bodied EMT cartridges against the original TSD 15 etc? Have they removed...
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    Speaker coupling options

    Hey guys. I have been doing a lot of DIY of late and made some stands for my Yamaha NS1000M speakers. I made some out of wooden worktop and resemble the Kenrick Sounds stands. My question is this. 1. Should I couple the speaker to the stands with some feet, or 2. should I sit it directly - ie...
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    What is it about direct heated triodes?

    As per the thread starter why are these so loved? What are their strengths and weaknesses?
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    Monster Sigma Genesis S2000

    Dear all anyone here familiar with this cartridge? I understand it was made by the guy who makes zyx and had gold coils. How does it stack up to the new top flight cartridges? What arm compliance is good? Sut or active phono stage? thanks
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    HELP FINDING OEM BEARING MANUFACTURER - OR MACHINIST IN THE UK

    Dear All I have done something monumentally stupid - I have somehow managed to lose a part of my turntable bearing on my Amazon Model One turntable - it has a 50mm deep platter with an inverted bearing using a ceramic ball on the top. Amazon no longer make turntables - and i am certain he does...
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    magazines in the corners behind speakers

    Dear all has anyone tried this technique? I read about this awhile ago and was wondering if anyone has tried it? I had a small dedicated room and a pile of old magazines which i don't want to discard - hence the lightbulb over my head
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    ART DUDLEY HAS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY

    I just read that Art Dudley recently passed away. I always liked his reviews and his love of the vintage.
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    Sony Bulk Mould compound

    Does anyone here know the closest modern equivalaent to Sony Bulk Mould Compound as used in the Sony TTS 8000
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    Where to go from lavardin it

    I have had my trusty amp for many years and it has survived several changes everywhere else but I reckon it’s time for a change. I need quality not quantity for my near field set up. That said, like the IT it must be very load tolerant. I am considering: Atmasphere TOM Evans Dnm I have an open...
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    Audio New Years resolutions

    Just for fun what are your audio New Years resolutions? Mine in no particular order: - finish my room treatment - finish my various turntable plinths - spend more time listening to music So to the great and the good - what’s urs?
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    Tom Evans PULSE B owners out there?

    Dear All I think the time has come for me to have a change of amp from my trusty LAvardin IT. I don't need huge watts - just good load tolerance as I have some speakers with a 4 ohm load. I am particularly curious about the Tom Evans PULSE B. Anyone out here with a Tom Evans audio chain? I...
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    Valves have microphony full stop the end...

    Dear All I throw this question out on the basis of reading that the Allnic DHT phono stage is very sensitive to microphony. I recall speaking to more than one solid state designer who has said that you just can't be rid of microphony, and as such valves are just too inherently flawed. Now...
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    Do some stylus shapes shapes have less audible errors in a tangential arm over a whole record.

    Before I say much more. I know that when B and O made the MMC cartridges for their parallel tracking turntables they designed a stylus to work better in a parallel tracking arm. It may ultimately explain why parallel tracking arms have problems with compliance which is different in the lateral...
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    Great live recordings

    I am curious what albums out there any format, any actual musical genre - has a good quality live recording? By that I mean to your ears, preferably having heard the musician un-amplified, the albums and recordings that are pretty damn accurate so to speak?
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    TONEARM CABLE

    Dear All I thought I'd start this thread both for my own selfish purposes and as a general point of discussion. My questions are thus. 1. Do the majority subscribe to the one loom approach - ie the same manufacturer tonearm cable, interconnect and speaker? 2. Have others switched around...
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    CD's/SACDs vs Server and Streamer

    I have been reading this forum, and have noticed a trend that straight off a CD player sounds better than downloaded into a hardrive or streaming. The thing is bits are bits. So what's the deal? Its it that the hard storage has to go through more networks to deliver the sound? hence whilst bit...
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    Puzzled by my room acoustics - goes way deeper than the dimensions suggest

    I am baffled by something in my room. It measures 5m x 3m. It is in a roof following 'room within a room construction' I have calibrated and used room eq and sweep after sweep is giving me bass down to 25hz (I have not tried deeper) it's only 10db down with a sweep at 85. What is this...
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    Not worrying about neutrality

    Dear all I had an epiphany today visit a very good dealer called Analogue Seduction in the UK. I was testing 3 speakers with which I used my own amp: Spendors Harbeth 30.1 Dynaudio 40th anniversary standmounts Now I must say I found the Spendors utterly dull with my amp. The Harbeths added a...
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    Roksan Darius S1

    Are there any WBF people out there familiar with this small[ish] speaker? I've been testing some in my set-up and am utterly blown away by them. It's rare when I agree with reviews, but the combined writings of Paul Messenger (whom I think is very credible); Alan Sitcom (never says a bad thing...
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    Speaker height and width conundrum

    I have a small room in my loft for my hi-fi (relegated to the heavens) thankfully the boss allowed me to get it made in 'room within a room' style. Now, due to being in the loft I have a conundrum. In order to get the speakers sufficiently wide they need significantly lower stands - I have...
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    speakers for nearfield set up - smaller the better

    This is very similar to a thread I started in that very short window of threads that got deleted due to the WBF update - LOL. Anyway I have built my 'man cave' in the loft of our home. As such whilst the room has been set-up as na room within a room construction - it is small. At present I...
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    Where has the thread I started gone

    I started a thread about some high quality small speakers for a small room, and since the re-vamp of WBF it's sadly gone. I was getting some super suggestions on the thread
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    Less equipment - less forum threads = more music

    All my kit has been in storage and boxes since my dedicated audio room has been built, and the most bizarre thing happened. I was reduced to downloads, my Apple Mac Pro, and some headphones I got from MAplin for £40.00. I found that I connected too and enjoyed my music as much, if not, more...
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    Why does burning in work

    Is there a clear and logical scientific reason why components work better Whe. 'burned in' and does this mean they deteriorate from optimal state shortly after having been burned in?
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    Are there any products that genuinely go up in price

    This may seem an odd question, but outside vintage products, are there any products that from the first moment they are put to the market, that actually go up in price - like a Rolex Watch, or the McLaren F1 car, or a house?
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    Anyone here had a listen linear tube audio products

    Dear all I am curious as to whether anyone has heard any of the LTA amps? is it a Berning on the cheap? I am considering a new amp for my monitor style set-up, so a smaller high res amp is what I sam interested in - I currently use a LAvardin IT. Let me know - thanks
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    methodology and approach for subs and bass traps

    My builders have just completed my man cave in my loft. It is in a triangular space that effectively measures 2 meters high - 5 meters wide, and 3 meters long. the shape is such that the speakers must be placed on the longest wall. I have had the walls and ceilings suspended on acoustic...
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    1 ohm amplifiers

    Out of interest - which manufacturers make amps that drive a 1 ohm load? thanks Lohan
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    Surprisingly good audio equipment

    Just thought for fun I'd start a thread about surprisingly good equipment. Yes we all know that Micro Seiki, Rockports, Constellation, Soullution etc are known great performers. But it'd be nice to know about those random star performers. Doesn't need to be expensive, nor necessarily cheap...
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    Where do you place your equipment???

    Out of interest where do you place your system? At most shows, you almost always have the equipment between and behind the speakers. Against this I have read, that you are better off having your system set up to the side as it is less affected by feedback acoustics etc... Anyway please...

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