Recent content by popol_vuh

Wow, that's really strange. Because I upgraded from a P3-24 with TT PSU, RB301 with tecnoweight and groovetracer subplatter (which has truly raised its performance to a new level) to a Gyrodec onto which I put RB250 and transferred the cartridge from Rega (Denon dl-110) and the difference in...

Regarding the earlier quoted blogpost and particularly this: "Up until this point it is my opinion [and that of manufacturers like those named above] that virtually all hi-fi reviewers had written nebulously in terms such as treble, midrange, bass, coloration and soundstage. Therefore their...

This might be uglier even than McIntosh turntables. Truly horrendous.

I don't "think" it has brought an improvement. It has brought a very obvious improvement in the bass region. Punchier, tighter and better defined bass. In other areas of sound it made no difference. It wasn't something you needed to strain yourself to hear, quite the opposite. And that was...

What can I say. For me, on a Rega P3-24 and RB301, tecnoweight very obviously improved bass.

On the same P3-24 on which I upgraded to groovetracer subplatter, I also replaced counterweight on RB301 for a tecnoweight. I have no doubts I got punchier and more defined bass (I think slightly more pronounced as well, if I remember correctly). The kind of uplift in sound where I didn't have...

A groovetracer subplatter upgrade on my previous P3-24 was the most significant upgrade I did to that table and I did quite a few of them.

Yeah, waiting for my system to make Xenakis musical.

Exactly. This is the essence of it. If you have a neutral system, you have a musical system, under condition that the recorded piece of music itself is musical. And if the recorded piece of music itself isn't musical, why would I want my system to change it? We don't even have to go into...

Never understood what that means either. If it does mean anything, I guess it's still a highly subjective adjective and not very useful for communicating descriptions of sound.

Thanks for your sound impressions. Do you recall which preamp(s) were used with all these active ATCs? Also, which cables? I believe good professional balanced cables are good and there's no need to go crazy there.

If I had the money and space, I'd love to have both P8/10 and LP12 along my Gyrodec (along with Kuzma Stabi R), which I'd never sell. I just love turntables. I think all of these are fantastic machines. People say quite often they don't like the look of skeletal Regas...I think P8 and 10 look...

What spec is Linn? Are you using the same cart and phono stage on both of them? It's going to be really interesting to read your thread once you start it.

The inside of the chassis does look like someone's hobby project to me, yeah.

I don't have a horse in this race, but that review seems weird and even amateurish to me. A better review would change the cartridge for another compatible one that the reviewer was familiar with to confirm findings. Especially when they're negative. A review should also precisely describe...