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RE: Tweeter difference problem with 3.3Rs and more

Cleaning:
1. There are downsides to both ethanol and isopropyl alcohol. Either can cause damage and swell the vinyl or acetate, or release the release compound remnants and most often redissolve old record treatments. Which is why you should NOT use stiff bristle brushes on the record with this solution. Use the discwasher brush, the Hunt brush or something similar. 2. Rinsing is necessary only if you let most of the material evaporate before wiping or vacuuming it off. It is a good precaution. Should only be done with deionized or distilled water alone or with no more than 10% alcohol.
3. No need to rinse after a steaming unless you have gunk left over after wiping or vacuuming.
4. Call up the manufacturer of you cartridge to make sure it is not sensitive to isopropanol or ethanol.

Damn DG pressings from the late 60s they are so thick i have only 1/2 a mm left on the vta adjustment. But oh so nice...

I guess I should bone up on the Quad 99 mkII to see where it stands in the pecking order. I'll need to find a dealer in the area or an evangelical owner. I always liked Rega stuff outside their turntables, which though undeniably musical are too wobly for me. It was a relief to have mine go after the nearly 2 years I had it. I was impressed with their ealy CD player and the ELA speaker (for nearfield listening in a small room). They also had a nice low power integrated for a while. Everything was very musically communicative but nothing was particularly high performing - not bass, not output power or loudness. So while I am sure their CD players would have little of that problem since they don't need that much output power. which would play into their strengths. The player is unique at this price level in having a memory buffer and non-standard error correction to rebuild the digital data in time and word to more perfect. Now all they need to do is make an effort to build a class A output stage.

In general, I would like to get a CD player with DAC access for other digital sources (computer based), So while I would walk away ffom an Oppo BDP83 SE because of its lack of DAC functionality, I would not let a Sony 5400 go because of it, since it gets so much closer to as good as it gets before paying up automobile like prices. But with a reasonable expenditure on modding the cheap output stage you can get the oppo to function like a true high end player.

Re - why Denon stuff went up: The Japanese yen appreciated shraply in the last decade, particularly during the crisis, and at some point prices had to rise to reflect it.

I came across the Denon stepup transformers on the vintageknob.com while researching DD turntables a few years back. Appears that during the golden age of Japanese high end they did wonders on that count, but never sold them abroad in substantial quantities. I am sure that at that scale tipping weight there is enough wire and magnetic compound to do the job well. I don't think you will find the comparison you are looking for because they are both rather rare items outside Japan and I don't see many Japanese translations though it is probably there you would find someone with both in their collection chatting up his experience.

I had come across the DL S1 spoken of as a great performer and a great deal. But I was not looking in that direction (I am looking towards trying out a Sounsmith Shibata tipped moving Iron) so I was not paying much attention. But I'll read up on it with "daves thoughts" in mind. I have not come across the 103D online in print or in real life, so I haven't a clue. But your speculation seems reasonable.

Re alignment, I don't have a Baerwold protractor or whatever those are called, I used the Oracle setup routine with their arm and others with similar effective length and I believe theirs is a Baerwald. But the Technics alignment seems fine too - at least to these ears that cut off at 17khz. So if you think these would come out better with your favored alignment, then send them mounted. If you dont't think it matters that much I will be happy to mount with the Technics standard.

Re Speakers and JBL The JBL has great bass and decent midrange, but not great group delay and a throwaway tweeter with no extension to speak of. It creates a very broad panoramic view but is shallow and imprecise. The NS1000 tweeters help alot. The greatest thing is the bass and midbass that can carry power and stay tight without eating too much power. They are nothing like a well setup ribon maggie, not even close.

I am not familliar with that Celestion. That is rather big for a Celestion product. The SL6 was great but for a lack of real bass and missing midbass power.

What you really need to come across is the old top reference speakers from KEF. The "titled" Tannoys, and the thin wood AudioNote and Harbeths. If you come across an Altec voice of the theater you can swap the bass with one of the Neo units I showed you and with new compression drivers from that same Italian manufacturer and get a hyper sensitive speaker that can be driven to room shaking volume with a couple of watts.







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