A big question I would like to ask you guys is: Why do you think my reported experience of the Linn LP12 and Rega Planar 3 vs Cherry Picked A N Other (including Japanese direct drives) differs so much to yours? What do you think is going on here? Feel free to be very open and honest here. Give me b...

The Rega Planar 3 was not the most tuneful £200ish turntable in the early 1980's. There were multiple middle of the range turntables from the Japanese corporates from that era that were more tuneful. The bottom of the range plasticky Japanese turntables were untuneful. Avoid them at all costs. But ...

Did you make any P10 vs LP12 recordings when you had it home? I did at the time. No one preferred the P10 but those people listening tend to have similar preferences to me so perhaps not a surprise. I would encourage anyone interested to have a listen. Do we not tend to agree with with each other o...

In addition to borrowing a P10 for a few days, which I enjoyed, I had a brief P6 demo using Rega amps and Dynavector speakers. Could have been the dealer but it was really dull. The positive is that it wasn't impressive Hi-Fi, but it wasn't at all engaging. Conversely, the Rega One system I heard a...

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I met Roy once, I think it was in 1990. He was an inspiring high energy guy, that’s for sure. He arranged a blind (single blind, he played on the decks behind a screen) demo of Planar 3 versus Linn Axis. He was very annoyed when Axis got nearly all the votes. Funny, just like when a member hear pos...

He presents well but i agree that it was all pretty pointless, esp including decks he'd never even heard in that first video. Its like saying, 'one of my favourite holiday destinations is X. - no, I've not been there yet but a lot of people like it and I've seen the photos.' It's a long video Charl...

More recent Rega "Kool-Aid" I saw over on PF if any of you are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNyoQKAs4E&t=114s

Interesting reading of my thinking, using your psychic powers or just projection? It would seem to me that lindsayt's post was at least as questioning as mine. Note that he mentioned being bored by 5:40 mark. If there is anything I am upset about it is not his choice of turntable, that is up to him...

Just watched it. Oh, boy! Part 2 - why did he buy it? Oh, it's because it has all this cool tech in it that the guys at Rega showed him and explained so it must be a great turntable. He almost bought an LP12 but then changed his mind. After all Linn certainly hasn't experimented with different mate...

I'll stick with Cd2 over Cd3.

I find Cd2 to be more musical as well..

Pretty huge to me Charlie, that whole opening on that U2 track was full of drama and sucked me in -and those battling "different" power guitar chords, wow. I understood better the musical intentions of the track on the serviced Kans, definitely moving along in the right direction IMO Charlie. The un...

The current Rega Planar 10 I don't have any experience with as we haven't sold any yet. I did get a listen to the predecessor, the RP10 and I would still choose the original Majik LP12 over it. But there are many changes to the new P10 so who knows? You say " The current Rega Planar 10 I don't have...

Thanks for all your positive feedback, gentlemen! It really helps to know that I’m broadly heading in the right direction. I’m going to tweak the speaker and post another video before maybe experimenting with an isobaric bass arrangement. I’ve no idea how it’ll sound, but there’s only one way to fi...

lejonklou wrote: ↑2022-11-17 00:24 Ok, let’s see what you think of these two:

Lower: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zuuyg8h3uu5tt ... r.mov?dl=0

Higher:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/awrmf6bcmfbwc ... r.mov?dl=0

"Higher" seems to have the edge IMO.

Very interesting Frederik, but in reality is it realistic to think that a capacitors tolerance considering time, temperature & usage can retain such a tight 1 ohm sweet spot for any reasonable duration? And then what happens when -over some relatively short period of time, say 6 months? ...if that?...

Very interesting Frederik, but in reality is it realistic to think that a capacitors tolerance considering time, temperature & usage can retain such a tight 1 ohm sweet spot for any reasonable duration? And then what happens when -over some relatively short period of time, say 6 months? ...if that?-...

Agreed, 998 seems to have the edge in the refinement Dept.

Always helps if you can run a dedicated AC cable from the mains panel to the stereo if possible.. Agreed, I always prefer listening to music late at night, also in the cooler months when all the air conditioners are not running all day and night. That just never worked for me. It started as a pair ...

Always helps if you can run a dedicated AC cable from the mains panel to the stereo if possible..

Agreed, I always prefer listening to music late at night, also in the cooler months when all the air conditioners are not running all day and night.

Can argue that C sounds better while A is more in tune. So A for me,

I have tried one piece variants (similar but not identical to your image), but two washers was always better. They should have their flatter sides against one another (which likely makes the contact area against the case smaller in practice than 1.3 mm2). An interesting detail is that the smaller w...

Just wish I could get hold of the same rubber feet Fredrik is using under his amps… Below my big cases, they need a big washer that supports the entire top surface of the foot and a small washer that makes a contact surface area against the case of 1.3 mm2. The rubber foot alone doesn't sound nearl...

Let’s see how promising they are, here’s the next comparison: A: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jc6n7kssn1chsc/Video%2006.11.22%2C%2018%2004%2037.mov?dl=0 B: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcqe7gimxkyi9mi/Video%2006.11.22%2C%2018%2009%2041.mov?dl=0 Ok, maybe it’s time for the reveal: A (IsoAcoustics) was pr...