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I have been involved into high end audio for about 7 years now .

My long time favorite preamps have been Audio research /Marklevinson i also owned a ML 431 and a graaf GM 200 power amp.

I am not very much a digital fan and i like the set up that i have now, although it might be a bit on the dry side of neutral, it is very dynamic and clean .

The thiel diamond tweeters are very nice especially with strings and voices , the attack of those high frequency units is phenomenal.

At the moment i just buy more records i enjoy especially flamengo music ,Manitas de plata being my favorite LP to spin
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    • VPI Industries scoutmaster signature
    very nice and dynamic sound , makes me wonder why i should spent more.
    • Nagra PL-P
    very dynamic/clean sound and very precise tends to be a bit on the dry side of neutral
    • Krell EVO 400 mono
    Very clean and dynamic sound , has to be under power a day to get the warmth in.
    • Koetsu urushi wajima
    very good cartidge, very dynamic great tracker not a dust collector. beatiful with voices
    • van den Hul the condor
    Open body so you have to be careful with it , great detail and dynamics light tracker
    • andromeda audio illusion diamond
    My own designs . They will stay within plus /minus 1,5 dB bandwith measured from 250 hz till 19 khz , measurements under 250 hz are very roomdependent
    • van den Hul Vde hul condor
    My repaired condor with the coilwires now shortened and behind the red cloth
    • Koetsu Urushi
    Urushi wajima again just before switchig to the Condor , Tracking weight 1,80 gram and all the settings are written down
    • SME 20/3 A
    its finally playing my favorite record ,Flairck :de eerste dag na je vertrek .
    meaning the first day after you left.
    • sme 20/3A
    Assembling the sme together with the importer takes me back to my youth ,assembling kit aeroplanes just kidding , man o man a whole lot of parts and the build quality is very good a lot of pride of ownership . maybe not at first glance but surely after you have assembled the whole thing
    • sme 20 / 3a
    screws and bolts , but a beautiful piece of construction
    • sme nice
    in between
    • sme 20
    A lot of parts
    • sme sme
    turntable
    • sme new
    this record clamp is heavy
    • vd hul condor
    sounds much better than the vpi arm /table combination , but at a price difference of course ,
    • SME Series V
    A light and a bit fragile feeling in comparison to the heavy jmw arm , but is a breeze to adjust and produces a precise sound
    • koetsu wajima
    Now mounted in the sme arm and playing its first tunes , i ll make a comparison after a while and write my expiriences down
    • koetsu and sme 5 wajima
    Japanese laquer
    • unknown , i ll ask! acoustic absorber
    acoustic panels , filled with ??? 120 cm , 60 cm 17 cm thick
    • absorbers ?
    room wih absorbers and measuring microphone (not in use). good stuff
    • koetsu vd hul modified koetsu urushi
    A koetsu wajima with a vd hul 1 stylus
    • london(decca) super gold
    My new reference cartidge moving iron(i think) with a comlete different technique of turning movements into electrical signals , output 5 mV so no transformer needed i think i plug it into the mm of the pre
    • london super gold
    MY new reference cartridge taken after a couple lps , and it doesnt sound dissapointing , first of all the transformer of the nagra is taken out of the signalpath , and it actually sounds very good but different fom normal mc s , but its to early for fianl comments
    • ayon audio spirit
    look im an audiofile , check out the cables
    • ayon audio spirit
    tubes
    • Convergent Audio Sl 1 ultimate mk 2
    my new toy , first impression heavy , it has the legend front panel
    • philips blue ray 9000 series
    blu ray player with dedicated audio output
    • Zanden 7000
    tube power amp with vol . control
    • studer B 62 VU B 62
    reel to reel recorder

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I'm wondering about jacking that cartridge's output straight into the Nagra's line input - what about the RIAA curve that is needed to re-create the proper output for amplification??

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rlwainwright