Mithrandir41

I wish Honda would put these systems in their vehicles: Honda stock systems are gutless.

Agreed. Death metal makes more sense in the niche that you describe. Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy6ZW2HxY8k Have never been drawn to death metal tbh.

True. It may not be the point of the music, but a halford Dio or Osbourne is always going to elevate the song instead of sounding anonymous.

Yeah but they have unique voices. So does the Dismember guy. “Ieeem fierced tooo murder and storm here BY THE VISIONS INSIDE MY HEAD!” Ozzy can’t sing either but the vocals in metal pretty much got universalized in the mid to late 90s to be Cookie Monster, bathroom Satan voices, and lame bar rock singing. Nobody that can compete with Ian Gillian or Tom Angelripper types.

Great to hear! I admit my heart sunk a bit when I saw your original post about that a little while back, but thankfully Ortofon seem like really cool people :)

I'm amazed, delighted, and really glad for you. And impressed by Ortofon's customer service too.

Yeah, my heart (and wallet) really sunk that day. I can't wait to listen to it finally.

It's a pretty hard way to learn the lesson: go easy with that torque!

Unless the jeweller you go to is a watchmaker too, I do advise the watch-repairer route. Speaking as a one-time hobbiest jeweller, with a fairly well-equipped workbench, I don't think I could have handled that. Jewellers make/repair stuff that has to fit, look good, etc... but there is not much involving mechanics.

Update: ortofon USA said it is likely covered under warranty

Brilliant. people are usually very gentle with record-playing equipment. Surprising that screw would sheer. They may be small, but so is the amount of force that can be applied to a tiny screwdriver. Screws/bolts I have sheered: much larger, but with the help of foot pounds applied on the other end of a wrench.

What cleaner are you using? Curious about the cleaning rate. Maybe this summer I'll grab this bull by the horns

The pro-ject VC-S. it's a solid cleaner

I spend a couple minutes per record

Curious why you decided on this over say, a used VPI?

A mix of the right price with an MC cartridge, and I like the aesthetics. It was well reviewed, and I like pro-ject in general. I was looking at the VPI Prime Scout, but with the cart and Step up Transformer, it was pushing around 3000

@brencho, I concur, even though I don't have many 45s. Coming from a Debut Carbon, I really just want a quiet, non resonant TT. I can also probably stretch to a new Prime Scout, but I hate the idea of an epoxy arm on an expensive turntable.

Yeah definitely, you could scout for a used table with the stainless steel arm as well

anyone have a link to an overview of all the arms VPI has offered over time? I saw a scout a few days ago for sale but wasnt sure of exactly what I should look for apart from no 3D printing/epoxy

http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/vorlon-has-zero-eq.5864/

Oh me oh my.

Some people seem fine for a long time, then decide to preach in someone else's house. It's kinda funny when there's zero self awareness.

I think Audeze has special EQ profiles for Roon. Have you tried those?

No. I currently use jriver. I tend to prefer analog EQ, instead of digital EQ. I've tried digital solutions, but none sounded that great to me. Yet.

How's your UDP-203 working for you? I'm thinking of picking up a CD transport (~ NAD 516BEE), but may swing for an Oppo for the added video experience.

I want the Dolby Vision capability and sacd Playback, and it is doing both extremely well

I'm digging the midrange on it most of all. Great grip on the bass and I'm not noticing anything objectionable in the l lower treble with my lcd-3 or 650s

What about staging compared to the K.E.?

I wouldn't say staging is its strong suit, but it's fine. Head stage is my least important criteria for any headphone related gear. I listen to 'phones for detail and tonality.

If my hunch is wrong, maybe they will tackle the headstage next. :)

@Marvey: watch the monkeys swing around in the trees :D -- bought mine around the release date & it's 1.01 -- just swinging' around.

@Melvillian think I had a comment somewhere here about the Jot surprisingly source scaleable-- it really is

Tax time may require a Song 3 purchase... baby Jesus.