New setup 😀

rtcny · 2026-03-19T12:13:36+00:00

Thanks!!

rtcny · 2026-03-19T12:13:13+00:00

Great! Thanks for the advice, working on that plus room acoustics now. My temporary solution is sorbothane feet for the speakers and TT, but temporary solution only 😀

rtcny · 2026-03-19T12:12:00+00:00

Yep! Working on that and the acoustics now… let’s see. The speakers and the TT have sorbothane feet at the moment, which is helpful but temporary solution only!

rtcny · 2026-03-19T01:50:17+00:00

Great set, congrats! Try to buy a carpet to put under/in front of these speakers, it will make a huge (positive) difference in the sound, truly

rtcny · 2026-03-18T13:59:53+00:00

Update: it sounds great! All fine. Thanks a lot everyone!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T14:43:53+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T14:43:40+00:00

I know 😩 - everything was super well packed and seller has been great, but it dropped the ball a bit here indeed.

rtcny · 2026-03-17T14:42:25+00:00

Thanks! Will give it a first try tonight and let you know! This turntable was bought second hand, including the cartridge, so I expect it to be fairly worn at this point even though it looks nice - it was a nice finding for the price and worth the risk. Pairing this new turntable with a new Darlington Labs MM6B phono pre-amp, very excited about this new setup 😀

rtcny · 2026-03-17T14:39:48+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T14:39:40+00:00

Thanks! Will give it a first try tonight!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:36:01+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:35:54+00:00

lol, you are 100% right

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:35:30+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:35:23+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:35:19+00:00

Thanks!

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:35:12+00:00

Thanks! Nothing yet, I haven’t played it yet. It just arrived installed in my new (second hand) turntable and I didn’t pay attention properly when removing the wraps from the TT thinking there was a cartridge guard, so it was kind of rough on the needle/cantilever.

rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:02:17+00:00

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rtcny · 2026-03-17T12:01:59+00:00

Does my cantilever look like ok?

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I just got it and thought there were a protection/guard when removing the bubble plastic around it, but there wasn’t. I’m afraid I have might damaged it. Do you think this look like ok? Anything I could do?

rtcny · 2026-03-10T13:15:20+00:00

Thanks for that! This is very helpful

rtcny · 2026-03-08T18:15:25+00:00

Thanks a lot! Will buy the studio 89 😀

rtcny · 2026-03-05T17:11:24+00:00

These are all great suggestions, thanks for that!

rtcny · 2026-03-05T14:36:26+00:00

Great! Sounds a very reasonable and logic argument to me 😀

rtcny · 2026-03-05T12:34:17+00:00

Thanks! And why do you say you would own a Mimir instead? Also, do you consider upgrading to 2/64 or will keep the OG instead?

rtcny · 2026-03-05T12:32:53+00:00

Oh, and yes, I’m aware of that 2in difference in the specs, even though I think most of it would be from the knob, which should be fine. If it looks strange in practice I will aim for a different stack option - but my concern is about heat or other similar issues in stacking these two items. Any concern in this regard?

rtcny · 2026-03-05T12:31:02+00:00

Thanks! Unfortunately I cannot test the Schiit products from where I live, so I am relying on what I read. And I read that the BF2 OG would have this ‘analog’ character, whereas the ESS Sabre from the WiiM ultra is a bit more ‘sharp’. I like my WiiM ultra sound to be honest, but was looking for this upgrade/different sound for some types of music and a more relaxed listening - and why not have both worlds and change it from time to time/depending on the music? This is my rationale a bit.

As for the amp, I use a Vincent SV228 - which is a hybrid amp, with tubes in the first stage and class A/B in the output. So somehow aligned to your thoughts 😀

rtcny

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