Recent content by Tilters

Have heard extensively or owned: Model 1, Rainmaker, Sky. The first two are 4 ohms, the sky is rated 8 ohms (though haven't seen measurements of it). The thing I notice positively about their speakers is clarity and speed. Very good integration and coherence too. Totems are'nt a ho hum easy...

On the newer Rega cdp's, seems it's not really down to the laser, but the software that controls it, as machines with new laser replacements may exhibit the same issues right away or sometime later. Particularly if you change discs and send commands frequently. And the read out display going...

I like the 225 pretty well. One thing to be mindful of (as stated in the manual) it's a high bandwidth, high speed, direct coupled amp with no protection built into the design. If RFI gets into the input it will oscillate and over heat in no time. Also If the preamp or source passes any DC...

Will post to this older thread since this a common issue with Rega users. Here's what I do. If I don't use a Rega cartridge Baerwald geometry (via a Geodisc) is what I use because no other cartridge has 3 bolts and I'm free to move things around (although there have been times when the cartridge...

It has been suggested that individuals buying "grey" internet products from Juki or anyone else hurts society since it evades taxes and duties (although it is probably safe to say that the original manufacturers got their money on the cartridges Juki sells, just not the retailers)...

Some claim Juki sells "fakes". Oh yea he's going to invest in the tooling to make counterfeit Denon, Dynavector, Rega and Ortofon cartridges and have them come out exactly like the "real" ones every time. And he goes out of stock on certain things for long periods- if there's a Chinese factory...

I agree the sound of a cd player or amp is not going to magically transform itself. If I don't like something out of the box, or at the dealer, I don't ever like it. They even used to say sometimes at the dealer when I did'nt like something "oh it's still burning in". It's Just an excuse for...

Dealers calling it a myth? I never experienced that. The first time anyone mentioned the concept to me was a dealer. My dealers were real big on the burn in thing- think about it, cuts down on returns. By the time you "give it some time to burn in" you are beyond your return period. Some...

I did'nt find it to be completely cartridge dependent- what the OP says about the Technics is pretty much true regardless of cartridge. A given cartridge on the technics will have a narower stage than that same cartridge on a Rega for example. The stage on the technics is narrowed down but...

I see it as important, but not my number one thing. When I go to the symphony I can't "pinpoint" everything on the stage the way I've heard some "high resolution" stereo systems do. In theory, and ideally, the recording as well as the stereo reproduction should allow for the spatial qualities to...

Unless you use an SUT. It certainly is against trend to have phono stage whether you want it or not, instead of no phono stage whether you want it or not! Maybe they wanted to directly mount the phono circuit instead of having it be "plug in", leaving no line stage only version. I see your point...

Rega's integrated amps do tend to sound less powerful then they are rated, especially the brio. My elicit sounds great with the RS3 speakers. It does'nt sound as good with my pair of Monitor audio. It can be a little on the polite side, but I'd hardly call this amp laid back. It is definitely...

Condos and apartments suck but they especially suck for an audiophile. The best neighbors are ones that are always gone. Mine are rarely gone. There was a time when the whole joint would be empty and I'd rock out for hours. You'd probably do better to have them put padded carpet in the unit...

Yes Rega's site and even their owner manuals have spelling and sentence errors- they should send to a proofreader- we're talking just a few pages here. The previous version was out for four and a half years, that's not really a short life in today's market, but a shorter cycle than Rega and...

It is'nt just the area the belt rides on, which actually is pretty concentric for something that is molded, not machined, it's also the little piece that the platter hole fits on and the spindle- this is a bigger culprit IMO because it makes the platter and record rotation off. This has the...