Clearaudio Owner's Thread
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Performance SE owner here, have a LOMC Dynavector 17D3 on mine with the Dynavector P-75 MKII phono pre. I auditioned the Roksan and found it to be way to expensive for its performance. The Well tempered you mentioned goes for 3400 here, so it would be a cold day in hell before I paid that for an audiophile golf ball....
Here it is on a temp stand, still waiting for my rack:
Very nice! How do you like the arm?
Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
The Concept is the bottom of the line and one of their new generation products. Clearaudio does have a website.
http://www.clearaudio.de/eng/navi_lw.html
CasualKiller
Active Member
The arm is excellent, it's the Satisfy carbon fiber. I just upgraded from an MMF 5.1 so needless to say I'm impressed with everything lol.
If Luther is lurking, please post your table with the cold cathode tube below it.
Here's my clearaudio table. It's an Emotion with a satisfy arm with an aurum beta woodbody cart. The cover is from an old pioneer pl41 and keeps it safe when not in use. In addition to sounding wonderful it will track almost anything and I have to actually try to make it pick up feedback.
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Is that the version of the P-75 II with the switch mode power supply? Impressions??????
Yes they do. The ranking of their products is unclear.
CasualKiller
Active Member
This is the one:
http://brooklynaudioinc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29_65&products_id=211
Only thing I really have to compare it to was my old Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 SE, and the Dynavector absolutely blows it out of the water.
Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
That's why I answered your question.
Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
Nice new clamp just for the tables with the Delrin platters from Clearaudio. I like!
http://www.clearaudio.de/eng/z_iz_recordclamp.html
http://www.clearaudio.de/eng/z_iz_recordclamp.html
Is that a weight or a clamp? I know they are calling it a clamp, but, it looks more like a weight to me. I cant see how it would clamp. Oh well, I guess Clearauddio knows what it is talking about.......:scratch2:
I have a Concept and it was a love/hate relationship in the beginning. I had a Denon DL-301mk2 mounted to it. I didn't think it was anything special until I mounted a Virtuoso to it. Now it really sings. The synergy of these two Clearaudio products is amazing.......:thmbsp:
Rotoplooker
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Interesting thread. Not intending to jack the thread but as I mentioned earlier, I am poised to upgrade to a Clearaudio table in the near future so any thoughts on your cartridges choices(and why) would greatly help this Clearaudio wannabe. (but soontobe)
Fwiw-I am leaning towards the Emotion and starting with the prefitted CA cart.
Fwiw-I am leaning towards the Emotion and starting with the prefitted CA cart.
Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
The Emotion and Concept are two very different sounding tables and one is not better than the other just different. The Emotion will be brighter and more detailed but with less sense of PRaT than the Concept. The Concept is a different beast for Clearaudio and is ushering in a new wave of thinking for that company. Not better or worse just different.
CA cartridges are a great match with their tables and so too are Benz Micro cartridges. I have a Dyn 10x5 on mine and it sounds quite good.
Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
Clearaudio says it's a clamp...I'm gonna have to defer to them.
Crutchfield.com currently has the Marantz TT-15S1 on clearance, for about $1200 or so w/free shipping. This is a highly reputable retailer, so no chances of scams like on some questionable sites with prices too good to be true. Incredible deal for someone looking for true high end performance and build quality for a value price. Even at the regular price of $1700, the TT-15S1 is a steal and superb value; perhaps the best current value in the industry. It even comes with the highly regarded Ebony Virtuoso Clear Audio cartridge; which sells for over $800 at it's cheapest!
The Marantz TT-15S1 is a CA table custom made for Marantz; it fits between the CA Emotion SE and CA Performance tables in features/specifications. If the TT-15S1 was sold with a CA nameplate, I expect it would retail for about $2750.
Photo angles of my actual tonearm:
Phot of my table as set up in my main system:
-Chris
The Marantz TT-15S1 is a CA table custom made for Marantz; it fits between the CA Emotion SE and CA Performance tables in features/specifications. If the TT-15S1 was sold with a CA nameplate, I expect it would retail for about $2750.
Photo angles of my actual tonearm:
Phot of my table as set up in my main system:
-Chris
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