Albert Porter's SystemI emptied the Audio Desk's fluid for the first time last night after cleaning about 150 records, all of which were either new or gently used. None were garage sale finds. I was taken aback by the c... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemIn reference to the Ypsilon phono set up. The external transformer is extremely heavy, well shielded and unfortunately takes up quite a bit of real estate. I am not sure that it would have been pos... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemYou are correct, I am using reagent water. Likewise, I am pretty sure that the difference between a gallon and 4.5 liters is negligable. With respect to the rinse, I continue to use my Loricraft; h... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemWhart,Thanks for your responses. I should note that I source the de-ionized water from a laboratory supply store also. The 4.5 liters came from the instructions provided with my AD and seem... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,Thanks very the prompt and extremely helpful answer. I followed the instructions and added the entire bottle of cleaning fluid to 5 quarts of water and the result is exactly as you hav... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,I am generally a late adopter of new technology and have just bought an Audio Desk RCM. It is my impression that the sound of records that have been cleaned in the AD are improved by a... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueJfrech,I apologize for the time which it has taken to respond but I have been overseas on business. I still am loving the Ypsilon phonostage and the step up transformer. Unfortunately, I ha... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueSystem edited: As many of you will know, I owned an Esoteric X01-D2 for a number of years replacing it with the EMM Labs single box player which to my ears sacrificed a bit of detail and bass slam ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI have very much appreciated your comparisons of the Airtight Supreme and the Lyra Atlas; however, I get the impression that all things considered, you are probably leaning toward the Airtight, but... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueSystem edited: I have recently replaced the EMM Labs XDS1 with Esoteric's new P-02/ D-02 which are significantly more detailed with greater extension and control in the bass and more extension at t... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,Did you ever mount the MC Anna in the Sirius III? I am just wondering how the weight and compliance of the Anna will mate with my own Rockport. Thanks,Fred posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemMike,I am one of the many that has had an MC Anna on order for an extended period. Do you have any information about when Ortofon will begin shipping the cartridges to thoose on the waiting lis... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueRecently, I get a wild hare and decided to try changing power cords on my Rockport Sirious. Note that the power supply converts the AC to DC then uses an analog oscillator to recreate the frequenci... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemJust a curiousity question. I am using the Ypsilon phono stage with their transformer recommended for the A90. Should that be optimal for the MC Anna? I am already on the list to get one. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI spent much of the weekend comparing rectifiers on various recordings with some unexpected results. For the sake of simplicity, I will describe the sound of each in my system and then try to make ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI would like to throw several logs on the fire. I visited Albert before Christmas and was able to attend one of his Tuesday night listening sessions and hear the SME and the Talea both mounted on h... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueBoeing,Strange, I had assumed that the Prime power cords did contain a Bybee module given the wooden oval that is attached which closely resembles the wooden element on the interconnects an... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert was nice enough to invite me over to hear the latest iteration of his system on Friday afternoon. We listened only to vinyl and the sound was excellent, some of the best that I have ever hea... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI returned from London last Saturday and installed the Takatsuki TA-300B tubes which I had purchased Sunday morning. The TA-300Bs now have over 100 hours on them and are sounding very good, extrem... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueSam,It is superb on masssed strings. With other phono stages sometimes as the massed violins get very loud there is a hint of stridency with other phono stages which I had attributed to mis... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI look forward to seeing the results of your Tuesday night listening session. I just hope that the boys are not too full of Tex Mex food and cerveza to listen. posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueThe Ypsilon VPS-100 is far superior to any other phonostage which I have auditioned by a rather significant margin. I think that I can best communicate this by comparing it to my previous reference... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueJfrech,First, you would be welcome to drive down to Houston to listen. Given that I have ordered the phonostage, there is no real hurry. With respect to the transformer, the reason for an e... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueThuchan,I have much enjoyed reading your posts in Audiogon. You are correct. I should have said that I used a pair of the Primes for the phono but had a friend build a separate ground wire ... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI have used a number of different cables from my tonearm to the outboard phono stage over the last 10 years. After much listening, about 5 years ago I had Nordost fabricate a tonearm cable for me f... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment |