Recent content by stevieg330

Hi Drummerman, I have the Trichord Dino and think it is a very good phono stage although I haven't compared it to the Rega one. I have also tried the Graham Slee stages, both the Reflex C and the Reflex M with Elevator. Both are extremely good and a step up from the Dino. More detail and...

Hi, I use a Naim Pre / Power combo with Montor Audio RX6' and imho it sounds superb. Definitely not warm sounding but it has wonderful clarity with no harshness whatsoever. I tried lots of amps with the MA's and the Naim was the only one that could control the bass properly. I have an Arcam...

Hi, I used to have my RX6's biwired with QED Silver Anniversary bi-wire but needed some flat cable so changed it for single runs of Belden cable . I use link cables made from the same stuff rather than use the metal ones supplied with the speakers although I did use them initially. Have to say...

Hi Nigel, I have one and as a Blu-Ray player it's fine but I think it's only so so for cd or sacd. It was about as good at playing cd's as my old Marantz cd recorder was. IMHO there is no comparison between the sound quality of the Sony and the Arcam. The DV135 is just so much better. You could...

Hi Nigel, One other option you might consider if you don't mind going second hand is an Arcam DV135. Admittedly faulty (spindle motor failed) when I got it I paid the princely sum of £19, so maybe you could pick up a good one for not too much money, It's by far and away the best cd player I...

Hi CJSF, Sorry, I couldn't see how to send you a private message (if it's possible) but I wanted to ask you what you thought of the Audiomods arm now you have had it a while. Do you think it was a worthwhile upgrade from the RB700 you used previously? I currently have an RB300 on my deck and...

Hi, I agree with Coll, I think that the RX6 is a fantastic speaker. I am currently demoing a new phono stage at home and some of my lp's sound absolutely wonderful through them. The only thing I would say is that they re not warm sounding speakers and IMO cannot be made to sound that way by...

Hi CJSF, Can't say what is causing the problems with your frying bacon' sound but wanted to let you know my thoughts on the record cleaner you have just bought. I also have the Knosti Disco-Antistat and I find that, on its own, it really isn't very good at getting muck out of the grooves. The...

Hi, I have both '19' and '21' on vinyl. Have to say I think they're ok but nothing special. I think they just sound rather flat and boring if that makes any sense with no real dynamics. Mine are perfectly flat so if you have a warped copy then I would get it changed. I' recently received a...

Hi Dean, Did you find that the alignment was much different with the Avid protractor? Also, as I said previously my cartridge is actually skewed very slightly with the front pointing inwards, does the MC30 do the same or is it fitted square? Glad you think it has improved the sound as it's not...

Hi All, The first system I put together was when I was a skint student and consisted of the following:- Sugden A48 mark III amp which I still have in the loft. As an aside if anyone knows where I can lay my hands on the front panel and some knobs for it, then let me know. It suffered a dog...

Hi, I had, until recently, an SA-510 Pioneer amp which I guess could be similar to the the SA-5500 II (although it was 33 watts per channel rather than 15) and it was ok driving my MA RX6's but didn't really have the oompf to properly control the bass. However the sound quality, ignoring the...

Hi Dean, A couple of things, you mention that the cartridge is sitting squarely in the headshell but that may not be perfectly correct. My cartridge actually sits slightly skewed inwards as per my protractor so it sitting square is not necessarily right. As I said before I could not get...

Hi Dean, Perhaps it was me being dim, I forgot that there was a protractor with the record. Having said that and bearing in mind I also have a Rega arm, I could never get the alignment right with this protractor. If I remember correctly the main problem was that the sound got distorted towards...

Hi, Sorry, I may be missing something but how do you set cartridge alignment and overhang with the test record? I Have it and can't think how you could do this. There is an azimuth test but that is for setting the vertical alignment. You need to be setting overhang and cartridge alignment with...