Recent content by deserter

The mass on the WT tables is in the right place….the platter. The Simplex plinth is very light and the arm tube would probably float in to the air if it wasn’t tied down…..but the important thing is that it doesn’t resonate, and there’s effectively no arm bearing . Ingenious! Platter bearing is...

Thanks The modern ones are fairly different from the “classic “ designs,I believe

The latest ones ( well I’ve had my Simplex2 for about 4 years) are superb if you can tolerate the unusual build. to be honest, once it’s playing you just forget all that . A couple of tips Use as little “damping “ as you can get away with , the sound is livelier that way They sound better...

Probably a silly question, but have you heard the modern Well Tempered decks? ( Simplex2, Versalex etc) . Plenty of original thinking there and they sound pretty different to anything else I’ve heard ( although I’ve never knowingly heard an idler)

Well Tempered Simplex 2 and Funk Gett, but probably about to sell the Gett ( with Dynavector 20X2L cartridge )

I’m a music obsessive but I do like a good sound. I like many types of music, not unknown to follow King Crimson’s Red with Benjamin Britten or Michael Tippet, and Roland Kirk is a regular appearance . I drive my partner mad . My main system has been under construction for about 4 decades, I...

Can‘t find anything official; but a few years back I was toying with adding a sub. I was in correspondence with the manufacturer of the sub and he said they went down that low and that he would have to build a special low pass filter . Where he got that info I know not . I never went ahead with...

I don’t think the website has been updated for ten years. Very much a “word of mouth “ operation

The bass goes down to 28hz I believe

They are reasonably efficient but I can’t give exact figures. Try Pear Audio

I’ve only gotten heavily in to streaming in the last year or so. My thoughts A ripped CD played through the streamer does not sound quite as good as played from the CD player None of the online streaming services sound as good as either , but are ok if you don't obsess about it These...

Yes, the genius of Shahinian . What are you driving them with? I love mine but as said elsewhere they are quite room dependent .

Bump

I second the Nait thing. I have a Nait 2 I wheel out occasionally and they sound glorious on the end of that ( although definitely not on the end of Nait 3s)

I’m led to believe that at that age , the condition of the “suspension” might be more of an issue than the stylus tip i recently replaced an old but low mileage XX2mk2 with a new DV20XL2 and was shocked at the improvement .