I ordered my Reflex X directly from them a few years ago. Graham Slee Reflex M....... 7: RE: Graham Slee. I'm also a fan of the simplicity of his designs, and think they sound amazingly good. According to the listings on LP Gear, the Era Gold has 62-dB gain for LOMC cartridges and the Reflex M has 41-dB gain for MM cartridges. You then adjust as need to the point where the exact center of your picot point is dead center of the sharpened point of the centering pin. What load should I be looking to set on the Graham Elevator step up (pairing with Graham Slee Reflex)? Tighten your cartridge a bit and next you are of to set your alignment. "Both the C and the EXP use video opamps with my own compensati....... 3: Graham Slee Reflex (23. When Nels gets it back, rather than the Dynavector putting out 2. Seems you can save a few hundred on some of their higher end phono amps like the Reflex if ordering from them direct. Posted by bluemooze on 2012-10-23, 18:11:51 (76. The Accession, however, takes this ability to create the illusion of music to levels that approach the transcendent.
My ability to DIY has saved me countless thousands of dollars. One day I put an album on and the sound seemed to real....... 6: RE: Graham Slee. 1 integrated amp Clearaudio solutions turntabl....... 16: Era Gold (19. Simply reset the gauge to the indirect overhang hole and re-center the centering pin over your pivot point. Depending on the cartridge, some may take a bit longer than others.
Or, if you object to tubes, the Graham Slee Reflex and the accompanying Elevator, both used. Any items with stock message "Usually dispatched within 72 hours" are items that we do not hold in stock but order in from the importer or manufacturer as soon as a customer order is received. I love the Era Gold V which is a notch lower than your Reflex. So I decided to give the United States distributor Chad Kassem at Acoustic Sounds a call and get one. Oh and if you are looking for a great sounding amp and speakers, Soundsmith offers there own line of those too. Joined: 11 Jan 2008. His next level of detail retrieval is only another $100 at $350. Most notably my now deceased, and sadly missed JVC-XL-Z1050TN CD player. Olddude: I'm currently using Audioquest - King Cobra Cables from my turntable to my Graham Slee Reflex. Edited July 6, 2017 by buddyev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Now I was only left to do alignment which is fairly simple in the grand scheme of things. Not having heard a Soundsmith retip, I was really curious to hear Nels impressions.
Just in time for Christmas for me (no kids). Your choices are many; both ss or hybrid or even all tube. Posted by astralnavigator on 2009-08-05, 08:40:36 (207. Posted by HarlemAirShaft on 2011-12-29, 09:07:10 (99. Did you compare / evaluate the Sim LP5. I got my Graham Slee Reflex M last Monday. Sonically, their family signature includes high neutrality, accuracy, and transparency: each individual preamp limited only by the cost of the parts and circuitry practicable within its price point.
Smaller items are delivered using Royal Mail Small Packets Airmail with International Tracked and/or Signed depending on value of item and availability of the service. I'm going to: --Buy the Graham Slee Reflex --Go listen to the EAR 834p, Musical Surroundings Nova, JLTI. I'm keeping my 3440A CineMag from Bob.... 00). Though not quite as detailed in the mids as my Yamamoto, it comes really close. The thought of using a Shure vanished and I zoomed in on the Denon. For years I've been using a step up transformer when I wanted to listen to my low output MC cartridges. Input capacitance 220 pF. Sorry to hear you're having issues.
Indeed I do and they are both in the same system but with different turntables/cartridges although I had made a direct comparison on the same table when I originally upgraded to the Reflex M a couple of years ago. I'm still one of the hardcore fringe doing Single Ended Triodes and open baffle speakers (Lowthers of my own design) augmented by big friggin' 15-inch Altec 416's to fill in the bass. I am currently using Graham Slee Reflex with a Bob's Devices 1131 Blue SUT with the DV-20X2L cartridge. Posted by jllaudio on 2013-02-16, 15:26:25 (63.
I was, however, intrigued by the Accession's ability to bypass an active preamp and run directly into a power amp. The point was, should you buy a MM/MC phono preamp now for your MM cartridge with an ear towards the future, or should you maximize performance with a high quality MM-only phono preamp, and perhaps later add a step-up transformer or head amp? Also, the leading edges seem to be a bit muted as well as the dynamics. They have a very similar audio signature - a full and smooth frequency response, very clear imaging, a wide and deep soundstage (with the appropriate recording) and the trademark GSP phono stage ability to reduce & throw background surface noise, ticks and pops into a different plane to the music. 8: RE: Graham Slee Reflex... (21. The Dynavector is long gone, but th....... 49: RE: How many preamps do you have? I also have a modded KAB 1200M3D. 4 switchable input capacitance values are available on the rear panel. If ever you have worked on cars in the past you'll be able to relate to this analogy; when you do a tune up on a car, you can get it running reasonably well by setting the points with a matchbook then dialing in the timing by ear and test driving listening to how the engine sounds under load. It is a simple two track recoding on a reel to reel with a stereo mic. Hi gang, I am currently auditioning this phono stage.
When I checked back with him, he'd gone back to a Graham Slee... this time a Reflex M with the Elevator ste....... 18: I purchased my Reflex directly from Graham Slee himself (19. The dealer said it will take about 150 to 200 hours to break in. I hope to get the W4S Pre for Christmas. The combo still sound enclosed after some ten hours of playing and three days of powering up. I've not had much of an opinion until now. This instantaneous orientation to the recorded venue, coupled to accurate timbral reproduction, eliminates most of the fatigue, both conscious and unconscious, associated with listening to music on a hifi system. I printed all of mine on a clear transparency. I would recommend the Graham Slee Reflex M (w/ the big external power supply - not the "green" one)... I also had it briefly with a Graham Slee Reflex M (and SUT).
So here's what we have: we are using the Hana SL low output moving coil cartridge (. I have been looking for the MC Pre and consideri....... 14: Here it is (19. But to get the motor to run at its optimum you really need a set feeler gauges (or dwell meter in GM's case) and a timing light. Oh, I'm so ashamed of myself.
When I bought my Reflex M I moved the EGV to my second system and though I played both, the Reflex was burning in, and therefore changing over time, and given a different system the sound was never going to be comparable. Posted by judicata on 2009-08-26, 16:21:04 (24. Bottom line... if you are considering buying a new cartridge because yours is at its end of line, think long and hard about giving Peter Ledermann a call at Soundsmith. Other components: Talk Audio Cyclone 1. I promise, I won't wait so long to right the next one. Priced at $1450, it is a solid-state device with an outboard, dedicated power supply (the PSU-1). I recently purchased one and gave a VERY brief thumbs-up sort of review (probably about four or five pages of threads it out). I found in my dust bin of equipment a Project Tube Box, which I had given up on because I thought it was the source of hum that I couldn't get rid of. I was looking a device I can connect....... 60: UPDATE #1 (15.