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Is there a "World's Best Cartridge?"
Fascinating. I've reached the peak (for now, due to mostly financial and space restraints) of vinyl playback in my system so at this point the focus is superior source material. I was hooked on 15ips tape, but once in a while a vinyl will open my eyes. It's nice to have access to a forum such as...- Hxt1
- Post #94
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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vinyl upgrades; Dava, FCL tone arm, EMIA silver Phono Corrector, MC Trio
Nice! I see the Saskia! As you know I'm a big Lenco/Slate guy... Glad to see she has found a place in such a premier system!- Hxt1
- Post #84
- Forum: General Analog Audio Forum
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vinyl upgrades; Dava, FCL tone arm, EMIA silver Phono Corrector, MC Trio
Wow! Things have come a long way for you since my visit, some years ago! (Came out with Rich and enjoyed some fine tapes and vinyl) I haven't logged in for a couple of years, will have to "catch up". Field coil cartridge? Whew!!!- Hxt1
- Post #83
- Forum: General Analog Audio Forum
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the time of day has lost much of it's relevance. seems a bit disorienting to me. but i'm warming up to it.
Well, with 5 kids at home , I'm plenty busy! Bathroom renovation, gardening, deck addition, and all of those pesky 'projects' I was going to get around to... I must say, I am going a little stir crazy, but this is the perfect time to revisit my music collection! And get that Karlsson horn...- Hxt1
- Post #90
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Bybee Bullets
I sold my Bybee bullets and associated bybee stuffs and never looked back! That Schumann resonator though... everything is SO much richer, deeper, and live-y-er! Did I tell you all about my little 'resonating bowls'! I stuck one on top of each OB speaker and two on the back wall... lively-ness...- Hxt1
- Post #30
- Forum: Audio Tweaks Forum
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Would it make sense to manufacture a playback only R2R?
The Studer A807a 'archival' machine was a factory built playback only machine. There is a dummy blank in the recording head position. I own 2 of them, it seems the CBC jettisoned their tape equipment a few years ago and there were quite a few of these machines 'out there' I use them as...- Hxt1
- Post #19
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Befuddling Studer a807 transport problem.
Well, I did some maintenance on my studer 807 decks last year, resurfaced and adjusted the brakes, deep cleaning and lubrication of tape path, etc. I've moved house and now my main deck doesn't stop automatically at the end of a tape. It actually goes into high speed rewind, madly flailing tape...- Hxt1
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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"Cafe Blue" on Tape!
I can't recall exactly who I got that tape from.. a fellow collector somewhere along the way It's definitely worth tracking down on tape imo.- Hxt1
- Post #38
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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"Cafe Blue" on Tape!
I scored a copy of Cafe Blue on tape, and it does sound great, however it's not my cup of tea musically. I paid way less than $525, thank god. If anyone is interested in it , I'd be willing to trade for something interesting or sell it at my cost. I still can't get my head around BIA, it...- Hxt1
- Post #34
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Putting out feelers to sell one or two Studer A807
Oh!! I bought the one with no pinch roller; All it needed was a little love. It's running just great with an outboard preamp Happy 2015- Hxt1
- Post #4
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Panasonic EPC-451-c vs SoundSmith SG
Hi all! I got this venerable cart from U-47 last year, we made a trade and I gave up my Bottlehead Eros and took this cart with a custom made gainstage. The carts response isn't exacly flat, there is either a dip or hump in the upper midrange (Rich can chime in here)? However in my system, my...- Hxt1
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- Forum: Cartridges
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Putting out feelers to sell one or two Studer A807
Well, I bought the one sans pinch roller, as I had a spare here at the 'Casa El Harvo' It's newer than mine, much better cosmetically, but man oh man was the tape path ever dirty... The things been sitting awhile I guess. When I played a reel it sounded like a blender or something. All of the...- Hxt1
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- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Reference tapemachine
I have to agree with you here, Mr King. The 'problem' IS that there is nothing new out there to buy... as you say there are plenty of machines out there, and let's face it, the pro/pro-sumer/broadcast machines are workhorses, many engineered to run long hours day in day out with basic...- Hxt1
- Post #46
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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Studer a807 won't play
I'll second Lower Mainland area. I finally found a fairly local Studer/Revox r2r tech, he's retired and isn't exactly 'chomping at the bit' For work, but, much like my Leica guy, he knows these particular machines back to front, has all of the service manuals and tools and got mine back in...- Hxt1
- Post #7
- Forum: Reel To Reel Tape Deck and Content Forum
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