Recent content by BenWatts

Thanks. It’s a gamble. No listening session before. Only specs, only in depths discussions with the designer/manufacturer. Time will tell.

I tried the Domino and it was deceiving. Cold as I could not imagine a phono could be. I sent it back. We cannot compare the domino and the Audiomat. X10 ratio in Pricing

You are right! It’s wise to consider maintenance according to that amount of money. Life is a gamble to me. Actually qi am not sure it’s a relevant investment due to poor quality of recent vinyls except specific ones with maestros like Kevin Gray for Blue Note Tone Poet editions or Speaker...

my current device is an optional board made by Heed in an Obelisk SI3. I have tried just a few phono stage but no one won the battle. Up to a Musical Fidelity (roughly 1000€). The maintenance will be done by the owner directly. A warranty period has been agreed. Health as usual will set the limit.

Please tell me it’s not that good: one month to wait. Already paid and arrived at a relative’s but … we cannot meet before March 28th. I am still not convinced it will be night and day with my current device. I can’t afford an MC for the moment. My strategy was to invest in a long term vision...

And the chosen one is.. None of them. An incredible opportunity : Audiomat Phono 1.7 mk II. A handmade phono stage straight from the retired founder. Just to ditch the stock… Option : black face. No silver face at home. For all good opportunities, it has a drawback : I will have it in...

Fear inoculum in 2x45RPM is far better produced. But Vicarious and the pot are soooo good. I couldn’t resist.

Blue Note website and most of the time : Tone Poet series. https://store.bluenote.com/collections/tone-poet-series I also buy some vinyls on this one https://www.hhv.de/en Sometimes I can find a lot of good things in www.fnac.fr BTW: I use to buy vinyls at the merch after a concert. A lot...

Impressed this afternoon after a P3 and AT VM745xml listening session ! Cambridge amp and Triangle speakers. Quite humble set up if you consider the bill but I sounded very nice. I did not challenge the cartridge with another one through an AB test. Only what I had in mind from home (Thorens...

Who are you to wave your finger? You must have been out of your head Eye hole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox, house of cards and glass So don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been high You...

Ho ok. You have to prove things.

Tisbury Domino. Noise, cold, lower volume, missing details. One of the Project first price. About 100€ the phono stage. Worse than the Tisbury. Another cheap Cambridge. This one was not that bad but only MM. The heed phono board appeared to be once again better. A nice Musical Fidelity. I...

Modern jazz / contemporary jazz, prog rock and a a bit of roots

The red and blue bodies are different than the bronze and black one. The stylus won’t fit in correctly with the huge negative impact you may imagine. The 2M red is an awful cartridge with a lack of details, far too high frequency oriented and the blue one is not far better. Thakker will...

Super relevant question ! Today : Thorens TD-1500 + 2M Bronze plugged into an Obelisk SI3 with its heed power supply. The project would be to swap the excellent 2M Bronze for a Hana (EL, ML…?) or the brand new X (20, 30…?) Ortofon. As you can see the optional phono board is very small...