Best bang for the buck. Nice selection of carts, too. DL-110 and AT VM35EL - or even VM35F?

Oh dear, here we go again. The most basic non understanding how ESLs work - they are electrically a capacitor. A capacitor halves the impedance for every doubling the frequemcy - and for the infinite frequency response, you would need infinite power in order to charge this capacitance - BEFORE...

I just wanted to give a clear example where ABX is ... nothing but a waste of time. Besides that , it is an practical impossibility. SWITCHING two high volage amps/transformers/whatever is an extremely daunting task... - if nothing else, there is NO standard or prescription how polarising...

The outcome on blind test to Stax SRM-252S ( a typical electrostatic amp uncapable of supporting wide bandwidth without inevitable slew rate distortion setting in due to too little POWER/CURRENT to drive the capacitive load properly ) and a BHSE ( which is one of the few that can drive properly...

I do not think AKG exists anymore - at least not AKG capable of servicing K-1000. Just ask Heinz ( hrklg01 ) via PM - he still does service his baby.

Here you go : http://www.hembrow.eu/personal/widerangeelectrostatic.html

Correct - as long you CAN increase the force. This ends with low SPLs, where you can not increase the force - because for certain SPL it is given and adding any more force woul increase SPL required - which is forbidden if the accuracy is to be maintained. Regarding ESL vs dynamic drivers...

Peer rewieved double blind test scientific evidence vs anecdotal evidence

The real question is the other way around - what kind of digital equipment has the performance which is capable of covering all the bandwidth of the best analog without introducing any objectionable quantization noise. I know of exactly ONE documented and from third party verified "soundcard"...

Peekaboo ...

@bigshot Debatable in this case just means resistant to facts. Hey - you are in the very wrong thread. High time you do get to listen to a properly recorded analog records using proper record record playback equipment. At least once ... Then it should be crystal clear where the prescribed...

Variables in LP playback are numerous - but they are not largely uncontrollable. How well a LP and CD perform is debatable - at least. It is perhaps fairer to say that CD performance is more predictable than LP - where there can be quality so superior to CD to be mind boggling - and...

MM vs MC is a theme older than the hills. And it is FAR from finished article - nor it is anything written in stone. Recent resurrection of the vinyl as a viable medium for music has finally allowed some of the concepts from the very peak of the analog (end of 70s, beginning 80s ) to finally...

Thank you for your comment - much appreciated. I would not want to make a recording any other way - even with unlimited budget. But capturing these three "acts" in a really optimum way would have required more careful and precise positioning of the microphone and - in particular - the...