Clearaudio Evolution
Posted by: Top Cat on 21 July 2001
My dealer stocks it, but I haven't had a chance to hear it yet and want to find out if it's worth auditioning, or if it's more style than substance...
John
Give Clearaudio a try, I think I suggested it a while ago.
Have you yet tried?
1) Roksan Xerxes X
2) Michell Gyrodec
Give 'em a whirl.
Andrew
Andrew Randle
2B || !2B;
4 ^ = ?;
John
PS. Rumour has it that the new P9 is going to be significantly better still. And my insurance company will pay! Happy day!
John
The old phrase "a badly set-up Gyrodec sounds like a planar 3".
Andrew
Andrew Randle
2B || !2B;
4 ^ = ?;
John
You must be talking about Clearaudio.:)
We've just upgraded a customer's deck to the newfangled DC motor - it improves the timing a heckuva lot. I'd agree that the standard Gyro with plug-in-wall power supply has real problems in the timing department. The QC power supply improves on that (some but not all the way). The new QV is substantially better. Still not in LP12/P9 league, but pretty good nonetheless.
RB-series arms really don't suit. However, we have tried a rewired RB300 for a very worthwhile improvement. The rewire (which I have had done to my Mechanic) is available from Mike at Moth and retails for around £130 all-in. It makes a massive difference to a RB300. Haven't tried it on a 600 or 900, but we would like to since the difference is so big, it isn't even funny.
Regards,
Frank.
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