The most common failure mode on these old Naks is the rubber belts and the idler tire in the transport mechanism. I just rebuilt my parents' CR-3A, which I believe uses the same Sankyo transport as the BX series, and the belts had turned to soup. Replacing the belts, idler, and electrolytic capacito...

Oh, great! We know precise cable length never makes a difference, don't we Fredrik? ;-) Haha, so a 8.5 feet cable might end up at 2,48 meters :-) I custom ordered 2.5m cables from BJC. The custom nature of the order means their return policy does not apply and they incurred a nominal additional cha...

OK, so I have compared the following two network setups:

A: B: A is much better than B.

While B sounds like a great digital music streamer, A delivers magical music that playfully grips me and won't let me switch it off.

Topkho wrote: ↑2022-02-28 00:44 What is exactly the black Linn RCA interconnect? I actually thought the “gold standard” was the silver analogue interconnect II RCA?

https://www.linn.co.uk/us/speakers/acce ... erconnects

ITB wrote: ↑2022-02-02 21:46 Arjan,
Fan 'e boppesteande docht bliken dat wat jo freegje is net mooglik.

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I'm staying out of this as I already heard the clips previously via a text so it wouldn't be a fair comment. But I can give my take after the reveal. I will note that the difference is not as pronounced on the dropbox clips as it was on the direct clips which is something that I have noticed before...

2, please!

Okay lidsayt, it's time to reveal the results. Members participating in this thread are encouraged to post their results within a couple days, assuming there have been a reasonable number of replies. It has been five days and there has been quite a lot of feedback on your clips. If you are waiting ...

For witnesses, there's no better witness than yourself. It's entirely up to you if you go ahead and do your own listening tests of a 2022 Majik LP12, or any other spec of LP12 against a 1970's to 1980's statement Japanese or German direct drive. When you do your listening tests it's also entirely u...

At least it's just water. A friend of mine gave me a box with about 150 of her old records. It was mostly Scandinavian and Icelandic artists I had never heard of and I was looking forward to expanding my musical horizons. I managed to saturate the entire box in diesel before I had a chance to listen...

for me also clearly Puck the bass in Hockey was less structured and defined and took away musicality is Puck with Skeets and Hockey without? He shoots...HE SCORES!!! That is precisely correct, Defender!* Hockey is the usual spikes through carpet into the wood subfloor. Puck is Skeets on top of the ...

Here's some clips of the latest round of experiments. I think I know which one I prefer and it's not what I expected. What do you think? Hockey: https://www.dropbox.com/s/777mvkiqlk7jvh7/Video%20Jan%2012%2C%2017%2045%2000.mov?dl=0 Puck: https://www.dropbox.com/s/it50p76nynva42m/Video%20Jan%2012%2C%2...

Can’t attach the iPhone clip. Any idea how? Unfortunately you can't just attach clips or images to a post. You have to upload the clips to a service like Dropbox, make the link to the clip sharable, and then post the URL in your message here. Send me a PM if you need further assistance. -Moderator

Note that my audio dog in training is adding some sonic information in the far right channel that is not necessarily musically related to the piece playing, especially in the second and third tracks. Lily seems to be an extremely intelligent dog which doesn't always have positive consequences. A go...

I have an opportunity to pick up a 310S locally for a reasonable price. The possibility of adding the sub to my system sends me, once again, down the cable rabbit hole. I would need a pair of cables terminated with XLRs at both ends to connect the sub's high pass output to the 308s. Linn only sell f...

For clarification, is the hierarchy expressed by MI8 based only on the LP12 and not the plethora of modern turntables with a completely different design philosophy? The hierarchy knows no brand loyalties. The example I mentioned was LP12 specific, but Source First applies within practicable limitat...

record playback system Gotcha, I just assumed that all fell under "Turntable", and the record play back "System" was turntable, arm, Cartridge and perhaps phonostage. But I see where your coming from being there's now probably around 97 ways to build up an LP12. I wrestled with the exact phraseolog...

No. I meant that it is the second least important component of the record playback system. Plinth, top plate, base, platter interface, platter, bearing (exact order subject to correction), power supply, sub-chassis, arm, cartridge.

Let's also remember that in the source first hierarchy the tonearm is the second least important component of the record playback system. The tonearm will only perform as well as the musical capabilities of the upstream components will allow.

Thanks, Tony. I'm glad to hear people are finding the new Music forum useful and enjoyable!

Happy New Year to all of you. I hope 2022 is a good one!

Looking good there, markiteight... Or would you score them higher than that? I think Jajo's description of the 308's performance is spot-on and IMHO '8' is actually a pretty accurate assessment. Played within their dynamic limitations they are as close to a '10' as anything I've ever heard, but it'...