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Post by ynwan on Jul 29, 2015 21:21:32 GMT
I do enjoy it - and it did make me smile this time too it reminds me of me and people I know. It's well edited too .
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Post by ynwan on Jul 29, 2015 13:29:59 GMT
Surely you guys have seen this vid before - it's been about for years? My favourite is the guy who says his mains is 50% of the sound, then his rack is 30% - utterly barking .
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Post by ynwan on Jul 27, 2015 18:49:59 GMT
....hifi, that is. 36 years for me. Ouch! Yes, about 36 years for me too.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 27, 2015 16:28:03 GMT
I've got quite a few hi-fi friends, some I actually know as friends and others just via the forums - it's rare that people will use the forum 'friend' feature though as it doesn't have any real purpose (in fact none that I can think of).
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Post by ynwan on Jul 23, 2015 15:37:20 GMT
I could well be wrong Jerry, I've only heard MBL's a few times and the tonal balance seemed fine to me too. I'm sure I've read something like this in the past though (may not be correct though) and was the reason for tilting them. Even then it could be a time alignment issue or something else.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 22, 2015 22:25:59 GMT
Jerry, I've certainly heard, in the past, that the MBL drivers are known for being rather 'hot' in the upper frequencies when listened to directly on axis - were you not aware of this?
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Post by ynwan on Jul 22, 2015 22:21:34 GMT
What a merry dance.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 22, 2015 14:39:14 GMT
Spenders eliminated due to hefty price tag. All of those speakers will have a hefty price tag relative to what you have now.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 10, 2015 9:53:30 GMT
'worth going without furniture for'
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Post by ynwan on Jul 7, 2015 16:28:24 GMT
Which of your designs has been more successful?
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Post by ynwan on Jul 7, 2015 12:41:00 GMT
In my experience people struggle to see beyond the outer case. From an engineering point of view it's fine to say 'here is a fully functional design just not in the finished party dress' but all people see is the ugly outer and just don't seem to be able to put that aside. Also, they have zero imagination as to what it may look like and even a CAD model often fails to do the job. You really have to present them with the completed item and that's just to get it considered for purchase - it doesn't guarantee any sales.
With respect, you are basically underfunded. This is the reason many similar companies are partnerships, partly funding and partly so that each can do what they are best at, selling or designing. Unfortunately, good designs do not sell themselves (as you know). I realise you don't want to go into partnership with anyone but it's an exceedingly difficult path to tread on your own and, I think, impossible without funds.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 7, 2015 9:42:53 GMT
Yes, that's what I've heard of them - sounds very like the Linn Uphorik I tried.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 7, 2015 8:59:24 GMT
Marco brought it over, I assume you had loaned it to him? At the time, I thought it was very good but lacking the ultimate resolution of the Paul Hynes experimental phono stage we had at the time. It was certainly the equal of the Whest I was using then but I don't think it was good enough to match the Aurorasound I'm using now. I didn't realise you used a Vida, of got one on loan at the minute.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 7, 2015 8:50:05 GMT
If you couldn't sell the head amp, then I'm not sure about a phono stage. What I do know is that you shouldn't skimp on casework. No-one wants to pay, say, £500 for a component and have it presented in cheap folded steel. This is where the head amp fell down, in my opinion. Martin is right I'm afraid, the market these days just will not tolerate a component built into a 1960's project box - it doesn't matter how good the design is. The only possible exception would be if you had an international reputation running over many years - even then it would put many off. I wouldn't personally consider making a £400 MM only stage unless you repackaged your step-up to match. Despite what forums may suggest, most people with MM carts are looking to move to MC and often see the MM phonostage as a stop-gap. For them £400 is too much and there are at least eight cheaper alternative stages from more well known makes in smart cases.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 2, 2015 13:28:52 GMT
My early sample doesn't have heat shrink over the plug and cable join so I'll have a look later and confirm I'm not mistaken.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 2, 2015 11:41:35 GMT
No, I meant the strands were individually insulated but (I'm sure I remember that), yes, I did forget to mention the Mylar shield (I also didn't mention the outer copper shield is densely braided as opposed to two layers of contra-wound flat laid strands.
Edit: I've just looked up the ELECAUDIO SC-221OCC and it's certainly not that - that has much finer strands.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 1, 2015 20:27:10 GMT
The better your system the less cables make a difference isn't my experience either - but if it makes him happy.
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Post by ynwan on Jul 1, 2015 12:57:12 GMT
I've tried one of the Atratus II interconnects and thought it very good (very flexible too for once). I was going to write a review of it but I got fed up with the continuous changing over of cables that comparison requires.
I've seen the Atratus III without plugs on and it's not all that similar to the Klotz MC5000 though. It is similar in the sense that it is two bundles of stranded copper conductors twisted together with a braided shield but the actual details are quite different. The Atratus uses long crystal OFC copper and the strands are fewer and thicker - also of varying diameter. Each is individually insulated in PTFE. I don't know how much of a difference any of this makes, but there is a difference.
I've directly compared the Klotz, Mark Grant and NVA SSC and didn't find them that similar, or preferable (though the Klotz is great value and the Mark Grant is also good).
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Post by ynwan on Jun 30, 2015 21:09:43 GMT
Yes, that forum already exists. It is indeed a bit like Viz but without the wit or irony. Edit: in retrospect I should have written 'self knowing irony' or 'intentional irony' .
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Post by ynwan on Jun 27, 2015 16:54:16 GMT
I think a more interesting question than 'why do people leave forums?' is why do people feel the need to post on said forum that they are leaving - or even start a thread about it?
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