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| Old friend looking for acoustic folk inspired music OK, now that I’ve left a bad smell, to maybe sweeten things up let me suggest a few exceptional folk recordings that I’ve enjoyed over the years:Number one, without question or rival: "Silly Sisters" by Maddy Prior and June Tabor. A 40 year old re... | |
| Old friend looking for acoustic folk inspired music I must respectfully, but emphatically, disagree that a group like Calexico, with a synth, a drum kit and contemporary lyrics, is in any sense "folk." They are without a doubt damn good, but if what they are playing is "folk," then anything is "fol... | |
| Thoughts on balanced power Equi=Tech (it's an equal sign "=", not a dash) is the high-end professional balanced AC way to go. A Son of Q unit would be ideal, and both expensive and a bit difficult to find, for almost any home system. That said, thereby hangs a tale:A few ye... | |
| record show experiences Well, The Keystone Record Collector’s Pennsylvania Music Expo claims to be "the largest monthly show of its kind." I don’t know about that, but there IS a lot of stuff there. Typical stuff, LPs, CDs, 45s, even DVDs. Mostly the typical genres, old ... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE I’m sorry, but I haven’t perused every word of this thread, so I may have missed some things. One often very effective, and rather expensive, cure for 60 Hz hum in a system is to use balanced AC power. Typically, balanced AC will reduce system hum... | |
| Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL phono stage review Thanks for the amen! It's reassuring.As for EQ curve preferences, RIAA vs IEC, it's mostly a matter of taste, and it's a plus that the MX-VYNL gives one the choice. The MX-VYNL's EQ curve is speced as highly accurate to the frequency extremes. On ... | |
| Jico SAS no more OUCH!! "...it has become most difficult to obtain the necessary parts, despite our best efforts..." There's no clue as to what the actual problem is, but it rather sounds as if the SAS stylus has gone the way of its granddaddy, the Shure V15, whic... | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? Sorry, I've work to do and have been plenty busy. But I was reminded when a promo for this came in, this has been around for a long time, and I thought it might give this crew something fun to chew on. I give you iZotope Vinyl:https://www.izotope.... | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? LOL! No it didn't. Well, maybe others will, but I won't argue it. That's been done far more than well enough already, and I've nothing to add. | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? ct0517-Understand, I had nothing to do with the production of that album. (Also, Natalie Merchant is not on it...) But why would it probably not work on an LP? The short answer is that CDs are a playback medium that is altogether superior to the L... | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? I'm not at all surprised by ct0517's finding of Natalie Merchant's work. I've never worked with Natalie, but I've known her in passing and also know several of the people she works with rather well. They all are VERY aware of their sound and the t... | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? Speaking as someone who masters for production, I can tell you that, broadly, everything said above is true. Essentially, it is all in the mastering, and there is no reliable way to tell if a given LP has been mastered appropriately for that mediu... | |
| Thiel Owners How about Thiel 2 2s (no decimal point)? Mine are 20(!) years old now, and whenever I hear another pair of speakers that sound really good, I go back and listen to the 2 2s, and realize that, nah, it really doesn't get much better than this, at le... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs The user's manual for the M1-ViNL is silent concerning simultaneous use of both the balanced and unbalanced outputs. There is no switching provision. But one reviewer noted this: "There are both single-ended and balanced outputs, the latter genera... | |
| Phone stage for VPI Scout 1.1 The new Musical Fidelity MX-VINL has caught my eye and looks very much like a winner @ $999. I've been highly satisfied with its predecessor, the M1-ViNL, along with a VPI Scout Signature with SDS speed control and Shure M97xE with a JICO SAS styl... |