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From what you've said this is obviously a room acoustics problem. The most important thing IMHO is the first reflection point on the sidewalls. Move down a sidewall until you reach a point where if you look at the tweeter on the nearest speaker and then look at your listening position, they...

Post what you think of the Linn, unfortunately my Akiva won't last forever :(

I had a DV10xv4 and a DV20XL. I naturally thought I would try a xx2 next but I was pretty disappointed. The lower two cartridges had a nice balance between accuracy and PRaT but the XX2 whilst miles better in every other category, couldn't hold a complex rhythm to save it's life. There's a...

So the ultimate would be a LP12 constructed entirely from one big block of aluminium - plinth, sub-chassis, bearing, platter, arm and cartridge. Just a pity it wouldn't go round :(

I've always stuck to the standard Crabtree leads myself, including using Crabtree switch less wall sockets. What's of more interest if you've got a complete Naim set up is optimising the star earthing with a Hydra as made by Graham's HiFi. This is basically several power leads all joined to...

The accuracy of the weight dial might be off. Remember that even 0.5g is a really tiny amount of weight. If you set the weight to zero, does the arm then bounce about if you touch it but eventually settle at the level of the platter? The real test though is how it sounds playing some of...

I went active with my SBLs and found that where before bass was fast but a bit light, after bass got it's twang back and was just as fast. It made no difference to the treble though which I was hoping it would tame.

Which groove do you mean though. The micro X, micro plus X, groove anniversary, groove plus SRX or Mastergroove? That's a price range from £600 to £12000.

Mauro You don't say which version of the P75 you tried. I'm currently running a Mk 1 in my system which is heavily biased towards rhythm and speed, it's the first thing I listen for. I bought a Mk2 thinking it must be an improvement but I was very disappointed by how lifeless it sounded...

It's a very Heath Robinson arrangement, typically British somehow. I would never trust them after transportation, I would have to take them apart and set them up from scratch. The washing up liquid thing is just this: before you apply the silicone on the seal, use your finger tip to wipe a...

Doesn't the drive belt pull everything sideways when it's applying force to get the platter back up to speed after a transient? I guess it'll only be very slight. I hadn't appreciated before why it's important to get the LP12 level.

How did you get the piano black finish? Is that a new box or did you get the original one refinished?

From the same school of thought that says the best support is a skip :D I don't think there is an obvious best. They all seem to be compromised in different ways.

Those Cresta 1s and 2s are a very good pair of speakers and for the money they are ridiculously good, one of the all time bargains of all time. I don't know why but they seem to have passed under the radar both at the time and now.

I remember a review from at least 20 years ago of a plasma hyper-tweeter. There was just one problem, it produced dangerous levels of ozone, which is of course poisonous. So what if you needed to wear a gas mask :)