Darkmoebius, very nice description of the Slee - JLTI comparison. Very nice observation about the powering up condition. I noticed some similar problems on the JLTI - it is very sensitive to power requirements and can sound thin and bloodless with bad power conditions or if plugged in only for a short time.

A friend brought over his Slee Era Gold V. However without the Elevator, the only step-up I had around was the Lundahl. The Era/Lundahl was tonally very close, but had a fuller softer bass. It did not come close in resolution the JLTI; ther was much more texture and decay to drums. Also the JLTI went much further into the corners with better separation of instruments (which is where the JLTI really shines compared to any preamp).

With the log list of preamps I tried, I should really put together a long review sometime and write things up. The one preamp I still long to try is the K&K or Art Audio Vinyl Reference.

restock July 30, 2008 16:06

Hey Dark, thanks for your comments on my system. I guess I haven't visited here for while either.

By the way, what phono pre are you using with the Scheu?

I went and compared a couple of phono preamps over the last months (Pass Xono, Vacuumstate JLTI, Graham Slee, Aesthetix Rhea, EAR 834, ARC PH3SE, Rossner Canofer, Sutherland Ph.D.). I ended up liking the Pass and JLTI the most - both have incredible resolution and dynamics.

restock July 28, 2008 23:47

Hi,

your problems of deviations between the two Radio shack meters echoes the
problems I experienced with the meters and corresponding correction curves:

Radio
Shack SPL Meter corrections

For the RS SPL meter the Stereophile disk is alread a pain; I can't even imagine
going through the whole thing in 1Hz increments.

Good luck,

Rene

restock September 24, 2005 00:08

Want to trade?? I would take your complete system. (Just joking). It's actually
so close to what I would put together, it's not even funny.

Great job with the room measurements and placement as well. My current
room has no parallel walls at all. No standing waves that one could calculate
easily but I do notice a 120 Hz peak and a 63 Hz drop out in the spectrum of
my Cain Abby's (or actually any other speaker). Where did you get the room
mode calculator?

All the best,

Rene

restock September 15, 2005 08:16