It's now time to ditch your Sound Hi-Fi/Herbie's mats...

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Originally Posted by chris@panteg

Hi Maco

Can you buy it direct from arthur ? looked around and best price is £75

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I don't know whether Arthur has many dealers in the UK, but if he sold you a mat at "trade," wouldn't it be short-circuiting his dealer network? Hifi dave and I have seen enough of this in the past and it's killing the smaller dealer off if the client can obtain direct at a discount.

Having said the above, I do know of certain online manufacturers of audio gear who seem to sell at what could be full retail price, thereby making their profit and the dealer's too, had there been any dealers in the first place, thus having their cake and eating it - twice - lucky beggars :(

Hi Dave,

If Arthur sells any Achromats direct then it will most certainly be at full retail price, as he has a small dealer network to consider. He's too professional to do anything else :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

........ The Achromat thing was totally unplanned and happened as a result of Arthur contacting me to audition his new tonearm......

Marco.

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Just been reading Dave Price's review of the FXR 11 Tonearm in HiFi world.
What REALLY interested me, although Dave didn't expand on it, was that he had heard the arm on his Techy, as well as a Funk Saffire. Now, that is an interesting comparison (sorry for thread drift).

Steve

Indeed... He also compared the FXR to an SME V, and apparently it pissed all over that, which doesn't surprise me ;)

The SME V is probably the most overrated arm on the planet! But some folk will insist on jerking off over owning 'desirable badges'... :wanker:

I'm looking forward to listening to the FXR - it's design philosophy is right up my street, as I love 'race-tuned' products with no undeserved pretentions, so I'm expecting it to be another 'giant-killer', high on SPPV! :)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Indeed... He also compared the FXR to an SME V, and apparently it pissed all over that, which doesn't surprise me ;)

The SME V is probably the most overrated arm on the planet! But some folk will insist on jerking off over owning 'desirable badges'... :wanker:

I'm looking forward to listening to the FXR - it's design philosophy is right up my street, as I love 'race-tuned' products with no undeserved pretentions, so I'm expecting it to be another 'giant-killer', high on SPPV! :)

Marco.

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Ahh... but what you going to do if the Saphire, sorry Saffire, pisses all over the Techy?:eek:

I predict a riot :lol:

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Ahh... but what you going to do if the Saphire, sorry Saffire, pisses all over the Techy?

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Hahaha... Well, if it's better, it's better, and as always I would acknowledge that :)

I do rate Arthur's designs very highly.

However, it would have to go some to beat the sound Martin T and I had going on at his place with his Techie/Dynavector and Mike New's platter and the Paul Hynes SR5-21, which was just mind blowing! :eek:

Marco.

Its interesting isn't it?
The Saffire is a belt driven 'direct drive'... vs the DD Techy.

The Technics seems to have evolved in substantial leaps of late. Then you may well add the FXR into the mix. and how might that stack up against the Jelco?

What does it all add up to in costs? Think the Saffire deck is at £3k now.? I might be wrong. How much are all those Techy mods plus a deck?

Who says vinyl is dead? And all for the price of a Keel and a pie and a pint. !!:eyebrows:

Hi Steve,

Indeed it is interesting... The market has never been flooded with as many genuinely top-notch T/Ts, EVER - not even in the so-called heyday of vinyl (people have never had it so good), so what does that tell you?

The Saffire I would rate as a superb T/T, although subject to hearing one properly I would *suspect* that my Techie (as is) with all the mods done to it, particularly with the Mike New bearing and Paul Hynes SR5 PSU, which really do catapult the Techie into something very special, would still trump it, and at roughly the same price.

Quite honestly, when I get the Mike New platter (my version of it), I'd put the Techie up against pretty much any T/T in the world at any price - a bold statement, yes, but one I'd be confident of defending or demonstrating if need be :)

I'm sure though Arthur will be reading this and having a giggle! ;)

Marco.

P.S Keel? Pah - only for mugs with more money than sense!!

Yeah... but will it glow in the dark?