My new daily vinyl spinner.

[mrcharlieboy]

Well I have been wanting to get a new daily spinner latley for my everyday and yardsale vinyl. I sometime feel a little troubled playing some of that stuff on my expensive VPI Benz-Micro rig. So I scored a used Music Hall MMF-5. It's a great table and I actually owned one before and ended coming back around to another one. It's had a few little aftermarket things done to help improve the sound also like.
- Tonearm has been rewired with with a single line of cardas shielded wire, starting with VPI clips and down to Eichmann bullet plugs. Most complex mod done, but biggest result in terms of performance.

- Herbies "way excellent" mat (which is really nice).

- Adjustable cones (big improvement over stock feet).

[bauzace50]

Charlieboy,
Congratulations! Looks great! What's the cartridge on the tonearm? On another scenario: Have you heard the other Klipsch speakers, which are more room-friendly? If so, please testimonialize, as I started dreaming about a high-efficiency speaker system for my mini Dynaco Stereo 35 (17.5 wpc)...just finished restoring it, and love its sound!

[mrcharlieboy]

Hi bauzace50,

I believe it's the Shure V15VxMR. Well I also have Klipsch Cornwalls and Heresy's. The cornwalls are my next favorite Klipsch after the Klipschorns. If you could get a pair of those i think you would love them. They are great for rock and amazing on Jazz!! They produce amazing bass and are not room dependent like the Klipschorns!
Heres a shot of a Dynaco I had redone. I love that amp but do not listen to it much.


Her's an old shot of the Klipschorn, Cornwall, And Heresy side by side for comparision.

[bauzace50]

Mrcharlieboy,
Wonders never cease! The Klipsch array is great! The Dyna Stereo 70 is a tube-lover's delight! How about an Irish blessing? "May the electric company favor you with clean current all your days..." That one came years after St. Patrick!
Best wishes, bauzace50.

[bastlnut]

hallo Bauzace,

getting involved with high efficiency loudspeakers is something, and not easy. i am glad to help with what info i can, i do not know what is available in the Americas!

i am sonically dependent on high effisiency speakers because they sound better to me!!!
my goal is to get the sound of my system not far from the live experience. it is very much a balancing act. some smaller horn speakers would introduce you to this league of music reproduction. it is all very exiting. your listening will never be the same.

regards,
bastlnut

[bauzace50]

Hello Bastlnut,
Thankyou for offering information! For about 15 years I have been listening on low-efficiency speakers...mostly my own DIY (built by myself) LS3/5a from Falcon Acoustics in England. I also have one pair of NHT 1.5 speakers, and I alternate between both, with one Sunfire subwoofer used sometimes.
My room setup is TOTALLY CONTRARY to most audiophile rooms. Truly. I listen from the VERY NEAR FIELD...which is something that needs explanation.
My listening chair is LESS than one meter from the loudspeakers, and the speakers are about one meter from each other. That is, the two speakers and myself form an almost equilateral triangle of one meter each way! Goodness! That is truly contrary to most rooms!
But the imaging is superlative, and the expansiveness of the stage seemingly endless! It is truly trompe l'oeil to the nth!
Because I am so close to the speakers, my system does not need much power. Modest wattage gives satisfying sonic levels at my listening spot...so, I can get away with driving my DIY LS3/5a with my little 17.5 wpc!
Obviously, large speakers cannot be used in this configuration, because the sound will MOST probably NOT be integrated among the drivers, because the drivers will be too far from one another in a big baffle. But the LS3/5a have the drivers very close together, very well integrated to listen from up-close.
Listening from the FAR FIELD, is the way to listen to large speakers, such as horn designs. This is a totally different experience, where imaging is a different experience...and not as dramatic as the near field...it is more homogeneous.
Anyway, my budget right now does not permit purchasing speakers. But it is interesting to know the information, so as to begin building a dream system...Thanks for offering your expertise. Try listening from the very near field, and see what your impressions are!?
Cordially.
bauzace50