acidbasement Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here's a breath of fresh air for those of us who've been pissed off by poor vinyl pressings recently: http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/139/Tom_Waits_Rhino_Repress_Vinyl_Exchange/ I wrote Rhino a couple of years ago to complain about my bad pressing of Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know. They didn't respond. It's nice to see that Mr. Waits cares enough to raise a stink and make them notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 For vinyl and iPhone/Android users, a cool test app... http://www.stereophile.com/content/lower-gloat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penger Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Just saw this on the Zu Audio blog. http://zuaudio.blogspot.com/2011/03/zu-sl-1200-turntable.html?ref=nf Stuff looks cool, no clue how those prices stack up though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Some brief impressions of the Choir Audio Hashimoto HM-7 based SUT. Lifted this pic off their website, and it is actually of my unit. The fit and finish is top notch. I opted for the Cardas Silver outputs, since John at Choir Audio mentioned that he prefers them, and that the WBT connectors have been having quality problems. I burned the SUT in for 100 hours using the Granite Audio MC burn-in CD track. Disconnected the CD player, reconnected the phono cable, and voila, time to listen. My previous SUT was the Bobs Devices Cinemag, a well respected and reviewed unit, and rightly so. I noticed right off, a more refined sound with more resolution/transparency and detail in the treble and mids, especially low level details. A bit wider and deeper soundstage. Plenty of deep bass and dynamics, but no bloat, and no bass roll off that I can detect, or treble roll off for that matter. Plenty of color and musicality and super quiet. A nice step up from the Cinemag. Truly an audio bargain at $1500. Not sure what I could get that would better it by any margin for any price. My search for phono stage components is over. I built myself a phono cable to go from the SUT to my phono stage. At first I tried some normal RCA ICs I had, and they killed the sound, lost frequency extension and dynamics and transparency. So I got some OHNO UPOCC Silver 28g teflon cryoed wire from Take Five Audio, along with some silver braid shield and Eichmann bullets. Turned out very nice sounding, comparable sounding to my Grover phono cable I am using from the SME V tonearm to the SUT. I burned the cable in along with the SUT and CJ phono stage for the 100 hours. The CJ got a teflon cap upgrade and only had about 200 hours on it, and I hear that those caps need about 400 hours break in, so I figured an extra hundred hours of wear on the tubes was worth it. Anyway really enjoying my system now. I would heartily recommend the Hashimoto HM-7 SUT in conjunction with the MM inputs to your favorite phono stage for a fantastic sonic experience. Cheers Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsieurguzel Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Just saw this on the Zu Audio blog. http://zuaudio.blogspot.com/2011/03/zu-sl-1200-turntable.html?ref=nf Stuff looks cool, no clue how those prices stack up though. Yeah, I just noticed that too the other day. I knew that they built a a modified Denon cartridges for some time but not the entire turntable. It is very cool, but it pretty damn expensive @ roughly $4500. Granted, I really like the sound of stock Denon tables and Zu tends to do a really good job with getting the right tonality in their equipment...so you never know. I have a pair of Zu Soul Superfly which I absolutely love...they might not be the end all be all for bass extensions, soundstage, etc. but they sound so right with just about any music I throw at them. With that in mind, I might someday consider one of those turntables Btw, I love this image the insid of the platter: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Some brief impressions of the Choir Audio Hashimoto HM-7 based SUT. Lifted this pic off their website, and it is actually of my unit. The fit and finish is top notch. I opted for the Cardas Silver outputs, since John at Choir Audio mentioned that he prefers them, and that the WBT connectors have been having quality problems. I burned the SUT in for 100 hours using the Granite Audio MC burn-in CD track. Disconnected the CD player, reconnected the phono cable, and voila, time to listen. My previous SUT was the Bobs Devices Cinemag, a well respected and reviewed unit, and rightly so. I noticed right off, a more refined sound with more resolution/transparency and detail in the treble and mids, especially low level details. A bit wider and deeper soundstage. Plenty of deep bass and dynamics, but no bloat, and no bass roll off that I can detect, or treble roll off for that matter. Plenty of color and musicality and super quiet. A nice step up from the Cinemag. Truly an audio bargain at $1500. Not sure what I could get that would better it by any margin for any price. My search for phono stage components is over. I built myself a phono cable to go from the SUT to my phono stage. At first I tried some normal RCA ICs I had, and they killed the sound, lost frequency extension and dynamics and transparency. So I got some OHNO UPOCC Silver 28g teflon cryoed wire from Take Five Audio, along with some silver braid shield and Eichmann bullets. Turned out very nice sounding, comparable sounding to my Grover phono cable I am using from the SME V tonearm to the SUT. I burned the cable in along with the SUT and CJ phono stage for the 100 hours. The CJ got a teflon cap upgrade and only had about 200 hours on it, and I hear that those caps need about 400 hours break in, so I figured an extra hundred hours of wear on the tubes was worth it. Anyway really enjoying my system now. I would heartily recommend the Hashimoto HM-7 SUT in conjunction with the MM inputs to your favorite phono stage for a fantastic sonic experience. Cheers Pete Coincident MC SUT though it's $2500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Does anyone have the Hifi News or Analogue Productions test record they want to let me borrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Oh yes the table I've been listening to this last week, drove down to meet the seller to pick it up. A nice improvement from the Technics while I wait for Slatey to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 ^ Nice! I do miss mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschell Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 ...while I wait for Slatey to be done. Slatey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Slatey? One of my Lenco L75 projects that will probably never get done :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 One of my Lenco L75 projects that will probably never get done :/ Did you hire Mikahil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 My house has horribly leveled floors. I moved the rack about 10 feet from its original position and now need 3/4" thick pieces of wood underneath the two front rack footers to make it level Without the wood and starring at the table plinth at eye level I can see the back of the plinth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Found and downloaded the manual for a similar model turntable to mine, finally got the "start/stop" automatic adjustment set correctly, tone arm balance point, and confirmed my cart was aligned correctly. Now listening to the Cowboy Junkies on vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp11801 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 what TT are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 sony ps-x45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 the vinyl infection is spreading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 I just didn't have a table set up since I sold Juan my ps-x500 last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 the vinyl infection is spreading grawk is one of the tweakers now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Naw, still pretty straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 vinyl is tweaky by nature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 bah people say that about meth too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emooze Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) With the help of RJM, I abolished the hum coming from my phono stage and now on clean records, my setup is darn near silent. Also has anyone had any experience with a Spin Clean? I'm looking for a fairly inexpensive say to get a good, deep clean. Edited June 7, 2011 by Emooze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp11801 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 great to hear about the hum being abolished as I was really concerned about this post sale. As crazy as it sounds there is a great thread on audiogon regarding steam cleaning for records. You need to be careful but it is a godsend for really dirty vinyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolink24 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) sony ps-x45 That's funny, I was using a PS-X45 that I got for free until I got my PS-X5. Haven't known anyone else that owned one. Edited June 7, 2011 by revolink24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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