Slimwhit33
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I tell my kids that he was what Zion Williamson should be but won’t because he’s just seemingly not motivated. LJ was so high energy. Loved watching him play, even as a Celtics fan.
Let's See What Makes Your Vinyl Spin!
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Looks amazing and I bet it sounds amazing too.
Dylanfan253
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I love it when gear is aesthetically pleasing, my Lintons are the nicest “furniture” I own.
Nee Lewman
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Aesthetic was a major consideration in both the purchase of the NAD and the Marantz in my system.
displayname
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I've got VTI racks as well, and I have some of the same gripes. My friend that sold them to me moved to a single Solidsteel S4-3 rack back when those still came in walnut. I think VTI isolates better, but the Solid Steel design is much easier to live with.
Racks that I think have the best coupling and isolation but the worst ease of use form factor are Live-vibe (formally Starsound). Silly expensive. Difficult to set up. Difficult to live with. But they do look cool and sound good for gear that is impacted by positive isolation.
mindhead1
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How are you liking those Thetas? I had some Triangle Comete speakers that I liked a lot and have been drooling over the Antal 40th for a while. Triangle makes some gorgeous looking speakers. They also sound good.
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They are stunning to look at for sure. The finish on them is so pretty. What I've noticed the most is how much better they sound at low levels. I am a night owl and listen to music after the rest of the house goes to bed. I'm in a spare bedroom, so close by and I used to just listen to my computer or headphones but now I can play music at low levels and still get all the details. The vocal range is really the best part of these speakers, voices sound so natural and pure. There is definitely a bit less bass, but it's not bothering me at this point. My amp has an A/B for speakers and I'm most likely going to set up both pairs on it, because I am a nerd! haha.
My old speakers were Polk LSiM 703. I don't want to part with them yet!
kvetcha
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it’s no Telarc 1812 Overture
Jbraswell
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I need to try that one some day.
The Original Source series is pretty wildly dynamic.
I've never seen the lathe cut this close to the center label on an album.
OMC
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You need to be on the lookout for some '50s and '60s Mercury Living Presence records then. George Piros would cut all the way to the label and get astounding dynamics without distortion even at the innermost groove. Some cartridge alignments work better for older stuff like that than those designed for newer cut records. My WallyTracker alignment tool has two different sets of measuring for just that purpose - take your pick.
OMC
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Roger Wilco. The monos of that era are dirt cheap but the stereos are often $$$. That would work. Tomorrow is a football day, GO CHIEFS!, so I'll try to get some #s and a pic or two describing what I'm talking about. George Piros was responsible for a lot of the mastering work for Mercury and others and did some great work later in his life including some great rock pressings. The Kevin Gray of his era, if you will.
SnowmaNick
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OMC
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Grew up in KC and a friend’s dad used to get sideline passes for us back in the AFL days. Always root for the Broncos unless they are playing the Chiefs.
Angsty
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In a “whatever happened to …” moment, I was thinking of the Roksan Xerxes this weekend and ran across @Ed Selley ‘s review. It’s a great read for those of us who wonder why people spend five-figures on a turntable.Strange times chez Selley today as the Vertere gets to meet its Dad;
Vertere is owned by Touraj Moghaddam who is responsible for the bulk of the design work at the company. Before Vertere, Moghaddam was a co-founder of Roksan where he designed the Xerxes turntable. Because the hifi industry is fundamentally odd, even though he no longer has anything to do with Roksan, you can still buy a Xerxes, brand new and continuously updated since 1985. I didn’t think I’d ever have a work reason to have both side by side but it’s managed to happen.
The two turntables follow the same basic pattern. They’re belt driven (the motor of the Xerxes is under the platter and acts on a sub platter whereas the Vertere sits it outside to act on the outer edge of the single piece platter) and use a series of rubber domes to split the main plinth and decouple an inner subchassis. Both sit on three feet and use a unipivot type arm. They are both designed to have the spindle pull off once the record is on the platter to help with decoupling and both have a slot in the plinth to hold it; although it’s magnetised on the Vertere. Both have external PSUs but the ‘VSC2’ on the Xerxes is a combined PSU and phono stage which is good idea. You get a lid as standard too which you don’t on the Vertere.
Some parts of the Roksan are much more annoying though. This afternoon’s exertions have confirmed that it is an order of magnitude harder than the Vertere to get up and running and the weird ‘tags on cables’ on the Shiraz cartridge are a warcrime. The Mystic cart on the Vertere is rather more confidence inspiring as is the SG-1 arm, which even though it’s a unipivot, doesn’t need to run the lead out cable out the top either. On the other hand, I do think that the Roksan is prettier; one of the most proportionally perfect turntables you can buy in fact.
I’m not saying that Roksan is taking this quite seriously but the original spec for the review sample was supposed to be XPS8 PSU, Nima arm and an MM cart before someone let slip that I own a Vertere. As such, what has actually shown up has a Sara arm, Shiraz cart and VSC2 PSU and is yours for a robust £12,990. This afternoon’s exertions have confirmed that it is an order of magnitude harder than the Vertere to get up and running and the weird ‘tags on cables’ on the Shiraz are a warcrime. Anyway, it's in and running and it should be an entertaining session.
Mather
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I.... I must have it.
kvetcha
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because it looks amazing and linear trackers don’t give a fuck