Answers by Wim
Accounting & IT
Who Wim is: on ensemble.joenit.com
Turntables
- Which turntable is the best under 1000 euro?
- What is the difference between a Planar 1, 2 and 3, and is the step up worth it?
- Planar 1 or Planar 1 Plus — what does the built-in phono stage do?
- I have a Marantz, NAD or Denon amplifier. Which turntable suits it?
- Is a more expensive turntable audibly better, or is it nonsense past a point?
- Do I set the tracking force myself, or does it arrive adjusted?
- How do I switch from 33 to 45 rpm?
Cartridges
Amplifiers
Loudspeakers
- Do I really need stands, and does an expensive stand actually do anything for the sound?
- My partner finds them too big and too present — is there something that sounds as good but looks subtler?
- Is it risky to spend this much on loudspeakers from a small maker — will I still get warranty and parts in ten years if they stop?
- Do I have to keep those big wooden shipping crates in the attic all those years in case something ever has to go back?
- Does a ribbon tweeter not sound too bright or sharp, and will it not tire me over a long listen?
- Will I have to put away my badly recorded favourites if I choose an uncoloured speaker?
- Is there no speaker that shows the recording honestly and still moves me, or do I really have to choose?
- How do I find out which school of loudspeaker sound I belong to, without first making the wrong guess for thousands of euro?
- What do I follow when the measurements, the reviews and my own ears disagree?
- Are Totems hard to drive, and do I need a heavy amplifier with plenty of current for them?
- I still have a Totem loudspeaker from the 2000s — can it still be repaired, and is a trade-in an option?