Every time (almost) I look for owners' forums or manufacturer threads I don't see anything I own. My main system consists of:
Primare I32
Oracle Alexandria MK III with a Sumiko Premier MMT arm
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
Stax SRX MkIII/SRM-T1S headphone and amp.
I do have an Oppo BDP-105 and can find forums; but mine is modded by EVS, so it gets down to finger-pointing.
All of the above has been bought used
I do have a Nakamichi Receiver 2 (less well known than the inferior RE-2, I fear) and a pair of Boston Acoustics T-830s that I bought new back in the day. Even those are not household names.
So it's been hard to get advice on system synergy as I built my systems. Currently I am looking at upgrades to the Sumiko tone arm. It's complicated because the Alexandria can only handle arms within a certain range of weights. Oracle put out a list years ago; but it doesn't include modern arms like Origin Live, or The Wand. I've been looking at Acos Lustre, Micro Seiki, and SAEC; but I'm not sure any would be an undeniable improvement over the Sumiko. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. I'm using a Hana SL most of the time, but I like to switch to a Sure V15 V or Dynavector 10x3 or Denon 301 at times. My budget would be under $1,000...the more under the sooner I could act.
Thanks to all,
Jim
Primare I32
Oracle Alexandria MK III with a Sumiko Premier MMT arm
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
Stax SRX MkIII/SRM-T1S headphone and amp.
I do have an Oppo BDP-105 and can find forums; but mine is modded by EVS, so it gets down to finger-pointing.
All of the above has been bought used
I do have a Nakamichi Receiver 2 (less well known than the inferior RE-2, I fear) and a pair of Boston Acoustics T-830s that I bought new back in the day. Even those are not household names.
So it's been hard to get advice on system synergy as I built my systems. Currently I am looking at upgrades to the Sumiko tone arm. It's complicated because the Alexandria can only handle arms within a certain range of weights. Oracle put out a list years ago; but it doesn't include modern arms like Origin Live, or The Wand. I've been looking at Acos Lustre, Micro Seiki, and SAEC; but I'm not sure any would be an undeniable improvement over the Sumiko. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. I'm using a Hana SL most of the time, but I like to switch to a Sure V15 V or Dynavector 10x3 or Denon 301 at times. My budget would be under $1,000...the more under the sooner I could act.
Thanks to all,
Jim