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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: My View by Amir on 2016-06-04 
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[quote user="op.9"] Amir wrote:I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Audio Philosophy by Amir on 2016-05-29 
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I know there is no reason to describe my view about high end audio but i do not know why i am interested to do that in this forum.I think we could categorize audio systems in 3 level.Level 1 is a system that make you sad in long listening session bec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Just me and a keyboard and a cup of coffee... by op.9 on 2016-06-02 
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[quote user="Amir"]I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Master Tape by Amir on 2016-06-02 
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I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro linearity analog and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
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Hi, George First off all I have to mention that I use Max 282 as my “second” arm. I mean my best stereo cartridge I use with 3012 as I feel that it has more interesting lover bass and upper bass then 282. The 282 has slightly hollow and slightly bor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Micro Seiki double deck: some early results. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
To Antonio, it is not necessary to “to find some mat with those characteristics of yours”. The characteristics of mat would be applicable only I context of the TT you use (platter, suspension and so on). With my Micro 8000 that has very dead soundi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro RX5000: is that bearing spins normally? by wonderworld on 2014-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro RX5000: is that bearing spins normally? in Analog Playback  7 Replies 
I was offered to buy Micro seiki RX5000. The seller sent me a short video. If you see it carefully you will notice that the platter moving slightly up and down. Is that that normal or this could be sign that the bearing is not in good condition? ht...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #130: Your Micro SX-8000 by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Can I buy your Micro SX-8000 for $5K? After all its 30 years old easy to make for a few hundred bucks.davidActually let me offer you $10k for something that old and shouldn't be sold for more than $2k in Best Buy....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro seiki SX-8000 Air flaoting problem by musicomm on 2016-12-28 
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Hi, I am an analogue mania so naturally I love turntable. I have acquired a Microseiki SX-8000 several month before and found it had speed irregularity. I thought first, the motor might be the problem but soon found there were scratch sound on the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Micro HS-80 flywheel by measet on 2017-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I found locally a professional mechanist, also I discovered a reliable supplier who can deliver me at relative low-cost the L316 raw material, so I'll start the steel platter project soon. I just read some post in this thread regarding HS-80 flyw...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About Boiling Micro Response. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
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Last night a friend of my visited me and we spend an evening listing Wagner. He played Wagner himself a lot and he begin to make comments about sound of different sections and instilments in my room. I stopped him as Macondo in the new is no wher...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Micro linearity by Amir on 2013-05-02 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] As in physics the Unified Field Theory formed by Einstein does not have an accepted agreeable conclusion in audio there is no unified audio design ideology. It is not only no audio design ideology but there is no unifie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: Realism of non-musical micro events by N-set on 2008-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
if that's realism ---congratulations!!!if that's SuperRealism or realism+,  i'd be worried.cheers,jk...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Micro Denon by Ronnie on 2007-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hi-Fi Mini Systems in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Did you buy the Denon?I'm curious because Denon D-M31 (speakers not included) is on a recommended components list by the Swedish LTS (Sound Technical Society). Things with zero or low detected coloration, after meticulous listening tests, end up...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: 21st century Micro by guy sergeant on 2012-05-09 
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I saw this turntable while over at the show in Munich. It is called Air Force 1. Allegedly there are Micro Seiki people behind it. There might be some truth in that.[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/murrayjohnson/P1010101.jpg[/IMG]A Micro f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Who were the Micro Designers? by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-10 
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[quote user="Stitch"]The Designer of that Turntable is Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa who made the Seiki Turntables.The Turntable also shows former Seiki features like the heavy Platter and Vacuum System.[/quote] Hm, Stitch. I do not know the history of the c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Who were the Micro Designers? by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-10 
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[quote user="Stitch"]The Designer of that Turntable is Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa who made the Seiki Turntables.The Turntable also shows former Seiki features like the heavy Platter and Vacuum System.[/quote] Hm, Stitch. I do not know the history of the c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Letting Micro Seiki RX-5000 to go. by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I have one of my newest Micro Seiki RX-5000 sitting in basement for years and doing nothing and I decided to let it go. I was keeping it for year as some kind of back up TT, in case my 8000 got broken or as TT that I would be able to use at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Micro polar plot by N-set on 2012-11-10 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This made me to pay a lot of respect to the subject of motors in TT as I concluded (looking at the straggling of my guy) that good TT motors are super rare thing.The Cat[/quote]Amen. I'm still puzzled by the strange polar p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki DD30 Headshell by ARTJPET on 2010-03-22 
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  I have a micro seiki dd-30, and cannot find the headshell. My 20 yr old son has taken an interest in vinyl, and I would like to make the turntable usable for him! My question is, is there any other headshell that can be used on this table? I cannot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Micro Seiki Armboards by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki Armboards: Is bigger actually better? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
Gibraltar, I do not feel that it make any difference. I certainly did NOT compare the armboards for the same arm and same needle but my sentiment is that it has no impact, of has no meaningful impact. Micro did not make bigger armboards for bigger ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Who were the Micro Designers MkII ? by Stitch on 2012-05-10 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Stitch wrote:The Designer of that Turntable is Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa who made the Seiki Turntables.The Turntable also shows former Seiki features like the heavy Platter and Vacuum System.Hm, Stitch. I do not know the histo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Micro Seiki air pump by Romy the Cat on 2014-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro SX8000I: noisy pump? in Analog Playback  8 Replies 
I would not worry about Micro Seiki air pump. The original pump come in own housing that I still feel a bit noise for my paranoiac taste so, to build an additional sarcophagus around the Micro pumps  or to put the pump in separate room with a remo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki SX 111FV Platter Removal by Camarones on 2016-04-02 
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Could someone help me get the platter off of this air bearing monster? It works well enough, but the brass is deeply tarnished from years of hand-assisted starts and stops. Can't effectively refinish it on the plinth. I assume that after unscrewing t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Stainless steel platter for Micro RX-5000 by measet on 2017-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Hi Wellington, Also I'm thinking to make a stainless steel platter for my RX-5000. As you have good experience with yours could you tell me the exact parameters of the new design (beveled insight edge, thicker deck part). The schematic would b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Stainless steel platter for Micro RX-5000 by measet on 2017-08-23 
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Hi Brian, Thanks for useful infos. Recently I had possibility to enter in to supplier warehouse to check how the magnet react on different ss materials. I found some types which attracted the magnet still less than 316L. I'm not an expert in met...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #209: TechDAS & Micro Seiki relation. by xandcg on 2019-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
I read THIS short interview with Hideaki Niskikawa, the person behind TechDAS, and I learned he was the Micro Seiki chief designer, and was the responsible at least by the design of the SX-8000 II (cited in the interview). ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Micro by Amir on 2013-05-04 
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[quote user="rowuk"]Hi Amir,your english is just fine.I think that there is an additional factor that your formula needs. Sense of pitch is not determined acoustically by "Q" unless we are talking about pure sine waves. When we add the overtones foun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Micro vs. Macro linearity: definition? by tuga on 2014-06-11 
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[quote user="Amir"]i do not claim and i just think the right way in audio design is making components more linear in micro then trying to speed up their response and the last parameter to upgrading should be macro linearity.[/quote]Hello Amir,Could y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some shades of the Micro Seiki’s bonsai. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Recently, since I‘m doing some remodeling of my turntable, there was some noise on my site about Micro Seiki turntables. I really do not want to push my site toward to becoming one of the typical audio fetish sites but in context of this thread I wou...
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