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After 9 Months of Research - Rate My First System (Before I Buy It)!

I was thinking the same earlier today. How many people, let alone noobs (no disrespect), drop a few grand on an audio rig and get that close top optimal value? I'm almost tearful with pride.

And that TT ain't shabby neither. On that budget it would be either that or the 1200 for me. The difference is just aesthetic as I have no use for pitch control. My friend DJ Shwilly B once really tried to teach me to beat mach and I flat out refused. I prefer to leave it in the realm of magic.
I beatmatched live on air once, it's not as hard as it looks as long as you get the concept and aren't trying to do a lot of BPM at once... that was the only time I did it, believe it or not. The headphones are important.
 
"I prefer the buzzing one too"

--my wife, reading over my shoulder, and her stupid innuendos o_O :p

FWIW: I have the Flux version of that “ultra sonic” cartridge cleaner. It works really well. It’s managed to get really stubborn gunk off my needle that other methods wouldn’t budge.

Congrats on the system! Looking forward to your impressions.

Nice to see you didn’t go too cheap on the turntable. Why not have your records sound great too? The Technics looks solid! Have fun!
 
Are you specifically using the ISO 130? The measurements of the monitors are 18.2cm x 22.7cm, but the 'support surface' area of the 130 is only 13cm x 15cm. Is the ISO 155 a better fit (15.5cm x 19cm)? I don't know if it matters or not.
Hi, I am using the ISO 130 with my original KH 120, and this is the maximum possible as there is a cutout in the back of the speaker. If the newer KH 120 II is the same, the ISO 130 is the largest you can use.

See photos attached.

Btw these stand are a little wobbly when hitting against the speaker (all interconnections are relatively soft rubber for proper acoustic decoupling), however, the speaker sits solid on top of them, does not slip, feels very safe.
 

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Hi, I am using the ISO 130 with my original KH 120, and this is the maximum possible as there is a cutout in the back of the speaker. If the newer KH 120 II is the same, the ISO 130 is the largest you can use.

See photos attached.

Btw these stand are a little wobbly when hitting against the speaker (all interconnections are relatively soft rubber for proper acoustic decoupling), however, the speaker sits solid on top of them, does not slip, feels very safe.
I might decide on an alternative because it might be too much elevation; probably the pads or something else. The photos really help! Thanks.
 
I might decide on an alternative because it might be too much elevation; probably the pads or something else. The photos really help! Thanks.
You are welcome.

Notice the ISO 130 comes with short and long "legs". I am using the long ones (large elevation). Just FYI
 
I beatmatched live on air once, it's not as hard as it looks as long as you...
You can say the same of a lot of magical things. I've a friend whose full time job is playing a musical instrument. He's a life long jazz fan. He still doesn't understand swing accent rhythm. The language he uses for it reveals a kind of misunderstanding that allows magical thinking.

Most of what passes for shred guitar solos is nothing more than ... do you really want to know? or is some of the fun in the not knowing, i.e. the magic?

If you think about magic, and I don't mean illusionists conjuring tricks, its status as magic relies on your not knowing something but at the same time believing you know enough about the something to know that it might be magic. The magus relies on this clever, possibly consensual balancing act of partial revaluation. So it is also in music, I believe.
 
I'm gonna mention one more time: wall mount.
Yeah, that's a hard "no". I have a disproportionate level of fear and anxiety with putting holes in the wall, as I loathe patch and paint jobs if my orientation of equipment and furniture changes.
 
Yeah, that's a hard "no". I have a disproportionate level of fear and anxiety with putting holes in the wall, as I loathe patch and paint jobs if my orientation of equipment and furniture changes.
I just leave the holes in the wall. So much in life simplifies when you lower your standards.
 
Words to live by.
My wife an I used to be snappy dressers who would only step out looking right (think derek guy @dieworkwear). Now we have dogs and I seldom step out without cargos and a ball cap. After Lucy puppy shredded a few pairs of nice pants I had to reconsider my wardrobe and standards for public appearance. Since then I have even appeared in sweats. It doesn't bother me any more. Lower your standards.

And your aspirational quote for the day is...

"There was no need to do any housework at all. After four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse." —Quentin Crisp
 
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Lol. So funny. I'm still not there yet. I was taught a lesson by an ex girlfriend that I'm still trying to unlearn. One day when we weren't in the best place as a couple she critiqued me in that I was mailing it in by not bothering to get dressed up.

For 3 decades since I rarely go out without some degree of effort put into how I look. Maybe in my 60s I'll give it up?
 
Lol. So funny. I'm still not there yet. I was taught a lesson by an ex girlfriend that I'm still trying to unlearn. One day when we weren't in the best place as a couple she critiqued me in that I was mailing it in by not bothering to get dressed up.

For 3 decades since I rarely go out without some degree of effort put into how I look. Maybe in my 60s I'll give it up?
One receives more respect when dressed a little upscale and you let the people around you know that you have your stuff together and are not homeless etc. I have been buying $100 casual non-iron shirts with prints and patterns for years and that has been working out very well for me. More looks from the women and the males respect me more. Into your 60s and beyond is a very good time to dress up a little, show off and feel good about yourself. :D I plan on dressing up a little everyday but still casual attire into my golden years.
 
Lol. So funny. I'm still not there yet. I was taught a lesson by an ex girlfriend that I'm still trying to unlearn. One day when we weren't in the best place as a couple she critiqued me in that I was mailing it in by not bothering to get dressed up.

For 3 decades since I rarely go out without some degree of effort put into how I look. Maybe in my 60s I'll give it up?
I was just joking around. Of course you should dress nice to go out. Look at Quentin Crisp, ffs! Superby dressed and groomed, if perhaps not a style I would choose for myself.

As it happens, after I posted that this morning I had to take the dogs to the vet down on Chandler Street and on the way there was a lady coming the other way on the sidewalk, not the youngest, and from a distance I could see she was well attired. Broad brim black hat with a yellow flower in it, and on down with black and white and much shiny metallic in the clothing perfectly coordinated with bag and shoes. I thought about paying her a complement (for real, I did) but didn't because I'm scared because -- you know -- so I walked on looking at everyone else and thinking: "Y'all have younger bodies that you dress up with all the enthusiasm you would for an apartment you inherited from your parents that's rented out to students for income." No joke, I had those exact thoughts going to the vet with Lucy and Zeno this morning.

EDIT: I forgot (this is important) when my wife and I get to go out together without the dogs, which is seldom but does happen, we dress up. It's like going on vacation.
 
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Back to the topic at hand @56suited ... you will soon be faced with a situation that will demand your attention to either audio quality, or to music, or to both. I once framed this as a thread here titled Would you rather be a cloth-eared music lover or a golden-eared audiophile or something like that. Obviously that's a loaded question to provoke talk but there's a grain of truth in it. The more you learn about the relationships between audio engineering, equipment performance, psycho-acoustics, and learn to hear defects in the equipment and how they manifest in your listening experience, ..., you can imagine the rest, yes?
 
Back to the topic at hand @56suited ... you will soon be faced with a situation that will demand your attention to either audio quality, or to music, or to both. I once framed this as a thread here titled Would you rather be a cloth-eared music lover or a golden-eared audiophile or something like that. Obviously that's a loaded question to provoke talk but there's a grain of truth in it. The more you learn about the relationships between audio engineering, equipment performance, psycho-acoustics, and learn to hear defects in the equipment and how they manifest in your listening experience, ..., you can imagine the rest, yes?
At this early stage, I don't foresee a difficulty straddling the line between both. I'm binaural. There's also a joke in here about aural sex, but I'm too tired to figure it out.
 
I just leave the holes in the wall. So much in life simplifies when you lower your standards.

Have you been sneaking around inside my house? :oops:
 
At this early stage, I don't foresee a difficulty straddling the line between both. I'm binaural. There's also a joke in here about aural sex, but I'm too tired to figure it out.
I've been working on a joke for a few days that could serve as a witty riposte to people who like to use "whilst" and "amongst". Waddya think... ?

Meanwhilst, amongst those to whomst cranial paradiddles were administered, Tom got the swingiest beating.
 
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