Recent content by TobesEtc

Anniversary, not Meta. Old!

The room is 3m "deep" x 2.5m "wide" but with one side open the size of a double-door (removed), like this... (attached). London terrace, two rear box-rooms converted to my office and play room, dividing doors removed.

For well over a decade (maybe 17 years?) I've had a system built around KEF LS50 Anniversary speakers and Roksan Kandy K2 Integrated Amp. Both bought new. Both, iirc, about £800 each. Sources are Yamaha CD-S2000 CD, Eversolo Z8 Dac and highly modified Technics SL1200. I'm not interesting in...

Vta at minimum already. But this video exactly explains the issue - does that cartridge/headshell look exactly level to you, in that video? Exactly level? If that's level, then so is mine! But I've put a spirit level on it, so I know the answer. But, as helpfully explained by earlier...

I feel some man-maths/logic coming in.... :)

Firstly, I can't honestly say there was an issue with the sound before, nor that adding this in any way changed the sound (good or bad). It was more an experiment because audiophiles say the cartridge needs to be totally level. Obviously, changing the height by a matter of millimetres at the end...

I've got a 1210MK2 that I've modded in the usual ways (external power, fluid damping, new wiring, etc). One of the things that always irked me is that with a 2M cartridge the VTA won't go low enough to get the headshell perfect level on my set-up. Rather than get a thicker mat, which stopped the...

Metal Bong theme, eh... Goldfinger? Man with the Golden Gun? :rockout:

Going to try to not buy anything for a couple of weeks and just enjoy what I have! (Though that said I've just ordered the KAB fluid damping kit for my SL-1210 Mk2). My question was prompted by seeing the power amp for £350 second hand. But your comment about the speakers is probably correct...

Sorry, must have hit save twice!

Yes, I think I agree that's it is over-kill. I'll try to resist the temptation to buy anything new for a while and just listen to the stuff I've got!

I've just got a Roksan Kandy K2 integrated amp to go with my Yamaha CD-S2000 and Technics SL-1210MK2 with B&W 685 speakers. I'm considering adding a Roksan Kandy K2 Power Amp (second hand) to bi-amp the speaker. Worth it, or over kill? (Music ranges from Van Morrison to Vivaldi).

Yes, it is possible to connect the mUSB port to the GW500 USB-in and then mount as a drive. The HU then reads the files. However, the controls on my HU are useless, so I wanted to play from the Phone, not the HU.

Situation: have a car fitted with Dension GW500 and an Apple doc. It streamed music digitally out of the Apple into the stereo and could be controlled by the Apple acontrols. No I no longer have an Apple iPod but I have got a Samsung Galaxy S2. So, what I'd like to do is change the doc so that...

I've just bought a Samsung UE40C8000 tv and already have a Sony BDP-S760 br player. Decided not to buy a new 3d player as there's little point (ie content) and the Sony is reasonably new. Initially I had awful issues with the TV losing the br signal (ie Handshake issues). Some discs seemed...