The Lindsay-Geyer Highly Magnetic Interconnects (Vol.14 No.2) continue to occupy center stage in my reference system. My opinion of the sound of these cables has not changed. They continue to impress me mightily in the areas of textural purity, treble smoothness, and image definition (footnote 1). The purpose of this short note is to relate some further thoughts concerning David Lindsay's cable hypothesis.
Lindsay correctly describes the skin effect in terms of the propagation of two signal…
DO did not exaggerate
Editor: Dick Olsher's February 1991 review of the Lindsay-Geyer magnetic cable interconnect was technically beyond my comprehension. His conclusions about this cable were so dramatically in its favor as to generate disbelief; was this another example of the kind of literary excess not uncommon with Stereophile writers? Yet one could not dismiss a man of his credentials.
My Adcom preamp and amplifier are connected with a very well-known brand of cable. I bought a Lindsay-Geyer interconnect and performed comparisons…
That was the question I asked myself after auditioning the high-compliance, moving-magnet Audio-Technica AT-ML 150/OCC and Shure V15-VMR phono cartridges in two different settings. Why two? Well, the sound I got from each was so different in the Rega 9 'table—review to appear next month—I figured I'd better give them both another shot someplace else. So I mounted them in a couple of Graham…
Description: Moving-magnet cartridge with Vector-Aligned dual magnets, PCOCC "Paratoroidal" Coils, 0.3mm-diameter gold-plated beryllium cantilever, MicroLine stylus, ceramic mounting base. Source resistance: n/a. Source inductance: n/a. Recommended stylus downforce: 1.25gm, ±0.3gm. Channel separation: 31dB at 1kHz; 21dB at 10kHz. Frequency range: 10Hz–30kHz. Output: 4mV RMS (5cm/s, 1kHz). Recommended load: 47k ohms in parallel with 100–200pF. Vertical tracking angle: 20°.
Weight: Not stated
Serial number of unit reviewed: Not noted.
Price: $400 (1999…
Description: Low-output moving-coil cartridge. Output: 0.25mV (1kHz–5cm/s). Optimum load impedance: 40–100 ohms. Channel separation: 30dB at 1kHz. Channel balance: 0.5dB at 1kHz. Frequency response: 10Hz–60kHz, +2, –1dB. Tracking ability: 80cm/s at 315Hz. Lateral and vertical dynamic compliance: 15cu. Recommended tracking force: 2gm. Stylus type: line contact. Tip radii: 2×120µmm. Cantilever: Sapphire tube. Cartridge weight: 6.3gm.
Price: $395, with van den Hul stylus (1989); no longer available (2020). Approximate number of US dealers: 400.
US…
The system I use for audition of components is one which has given me much listening pleasure over the years and has not stressed my rather limited budget. The front end consists of the Systemdek IIX turntable to which is attached a vintage Infinity Black Widow II tonearm. This unit sits on Tiptoes, which, in turn, rest upon a solid birch shelf. The preamplifier is the much admired PS Audio Model 4.5, used in its Straightwire mode with the MM/MC switch set to MC. This configuration gave me more than enough gain to listen at realistic volume levels, even…
There are six individual categories: Loudspeakers (including subwoofers); Amplification Components (preamplifiers, power amplifiers, etc.); Digital Sources (CD players, transports, processors); Analog Sources (phono cartridges, turntables, tonearms, FM tuners, etc.); Home Theater Components (other than video); and Accessories (everything else).
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Wilson Audio Specialties X-1/Grand SLAMM ($67,500/pair; reviewed by Martin Colloms, Vol.17 No.12, December 1994 Review)
Finalists (in alphabetical order):
Audio Physic Virgo ($4995/pair; reviewed by Michael Fremer, Vol.18 No.9, September 1995 Review)
Cello Stradivari Master ($30,000/pair; reviewed by Lewis Lipnick, Vol.18 No.7, July 1995)
Energy Veritas v2.8 ($6000/pair; reviewed by Thomas J. Norton, Vol.18 Nos.6 & 10, June & October 1995 Review)
Infinity Composition Prelude P-FR ($3000/pair; reviewed by Robert Harley, Vol.18 No.9, and…
Pass Labs Aleph 0 monoblock power amplifier ($7000/pair; reviewed by Dick Olsher, Vol.18 No.3, March 1995)
Finalists (in alphabetical order):
Cary Audio Design CAD-300SEI integrated amplifier ($3395; reviewed by Robert Harley, Vol.18 No.9, September 1995 Review)
Conrad-Johnson Premier Eight monoblock power amplifier ($15,990/pair; reviewed by Jack English, Vol.17 No.12, December 1994)
Conrad-Johnson Premier Eleven A power amplifier ($3495; reviewed by Wes Phillips, Vol.18 No.8, August 1995; and John Atkinson, Vol.18 No.9, September 1995…