Let's See What Makes Your Vinyl Spin!
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kvetcha
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damn pretty amplifier.
JohnnyCashFan
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Russ I
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And some Totem Acoustic speakers? Which model? They look a lot like a pair of Hawks I have.
Ed Selley
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This (regrettably) isn't mine but it's here for a bit.
This magnificent object is a Vertere MG-1 and I’ve exercised a longstanding agreement with a website I review for which is a sort of ‘Christmas Joker’ whereupon, each reviewer gets to pull in something to test because they fancy a go on it rather than being led predominantly by site feedback and commercial considerations. The review then goes live on Christmas day.
The MG-1 is a belt driven, unsuspended turntable. Vertere makes the whole thing themselves from tip of the stylus to the RCA outs of the cable and does so in a small industrial unit in North London. There’s two somewhat contradictory statements that go hand in hand with this;
- The deck as it sits in the pictures is £14,825.
- It’s the second cheapest turntable that Vertere makes. The RG-1 in full fat, 'fire everything' form nudges one hundred grand.
I thought it would be an interesting thing to test because my resident GyroDec currently mounts the same Vertere arm (actually a slightly higher spec version) and cartridge as this MG-1 so I thought it would be an interesting test (into the same phono stage, amp and speakers) to see how much better the MG-1 is. The annoying if not wholly unsurprising) answer is ‘a lot.’ The Gyro is a magnificent deck but this thing is gently but firmly redefining what I’ve been expecting from vinyl.
I’ve spent most of the day feeding it records and realising that at some point in the future, I’m going to do something grossly irresponsible to own one because I can’t not have something that sounds like this in my life. What’s the going rate for a kidney anyway?
This magnificent object is a Vertere MG-1 and I’ve exercised a longstanding agreement with a website I review for which is a sort of ‘Christmas Joker’ whereupon, each reviewer gets to pull in something to test because they fancy a go on it rather than being led predominantly by site feedback and commercial considerations. The review then goes live on Christmas day.
The MG-1 is a belt driven, unsuspended turntable. Vertere makes the whole thing themselves from tip of the stylus to the RCA outs of the cable and does so in a small industrial unit in North London. There’s two somewhat contradictory statements that go hand in hand with this;
- The deck as it sits in the pictures is £14,825.
- It’s the second cheapest turntable that Vertere makes. The RG-1 in full fat, 'fire everything' form nudges one hundred grand.
I thought it would be an interesting thing to test because my resident GyroDec currently mounts the same Vertere arm (actually a slightly higher spec version) and cartridge as this MG-1 so I thought it would be an interesting test (into the same phono stage, amp and speakers) to see how much better the MG-1 is. The annoying if not wholly unsurprising) answer is ‘a lot.’ The Gyro is a magnificent deck but this thing is gently but firmly redefining what I’ve been expecting from vinyl.
I’ve spent most of the day feeding it records and realising that at some point in the future, I’m going to do something grossly irresponsible to own one because I can’t not have something that sounds like this in my life. What’s the going rate for a kidney anyway?
Thackeraye
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Ed Selley
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I’m good thanks. Absence has largely been down to being busy and taking advantage of not being sealed in my house rather than anything being amiss. Hope all’s well your end too.
Dylanfan253
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Obligatory millennial just moved out of his moms house setup photo.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
I didn’t realize you owned Maggies! Excellent.
Dylanfan253
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I have had them for several months, never really tried them for an extended period I didn’t have space for them to be practical also not sure if I really like them to be honest but want to give them a couple hundred hours to grow on me. Previously I was using my sound artist pre-1 tube pre-amplifier, currently using my nad integrated as the pre.
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Dylanfan253
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I now have room to possibly set up a second system to utilize some of my vintage gear.
JohnnyCashFan
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Very nice! Planar's need power so be careful with the NAD, only 50W. I bet Dylan sounds like he is in the room through the Maggies ?
Look forward to seeing your vintage system!
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
Maggies are wonderful and transporting but they do need juice.
dansomeone
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I keep on picking oranges/But she squeezes all the juice
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Dylanfan253
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I’m only using the NAD as a pre amp I have an Adcom GFA 545 II that I use as my power amp. The thing I don’t like so far is no matter how I place them the right speaker always so more predominant, especially vocals.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
That's because the right speaker is pushed into a corner and the left is not, and Maggies project sound equally front and back. So you're getting reinforcement from the corner loading.
Dylanfan253
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I seemed to get the same result in my previous room as well when they were evenly placed in regards to reflection, I guess I should just adjust the balance on my preamp to compensate.
Jango
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I had this issue awhile back after I set up my system in a new place. I thought it was the amp, but when I switched channels, the right speaker still seemed more quiet. It turned out that switching the direction of the cable for the right speaker did the trick.
I’m not saying that’s your issue, but sometimes the solution isn’t obvious. I also worry that, unless you only listen to mono mixes, your listening experience will suffer if you settle for compensating with the balance knob.
Dylanfan253
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So are you suggesting to switch the speaker cables at the amp and swap the channels ? I have the speakers positioned so that when I’m listening speaker serial number -1 is on the left and -2 on the right .