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| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD ALSO: I don't really think it takes super expensive turntable/phono stages/cartridges for vinyl to compete with digital. I'll say! Back in 1998 when I "thought" I was done auditioning and assembling the best system I could afford, I made the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm no jazz aficianado. Fact, don't usually care for it all that much. But Duke Ellington Jazz Party is a big exception. Got the LP, grew on me so much I got the 45. Its jazzy. Its bluesy. Got a little classical/symphonic structure in there. Its l... | |
| What are your top 1-5 favorite well recorded songs? ***Please note: all are on vinyl. There is no such thing as best of anything when played back on CD. Sorry, but them's the facts. And I'm eliminating direct-to-disc as I feel that would be cheating.***Janice Ian, Some Peoples Lives. Every track on... | |
| Top Ten HiFi Playlists - Tidal Some of the finest recordings in my collection. Emotionally involving, sonically superb. What you pull out when you want to thoroughly impress someone, not just with how great your system sounds but with music they will fall in love with even if t... | |
| Synergistic Research ECT Working 12 hour days I won’t have time to listen at all until Saturday.Why not try it yourself? Pull one off the wall, tack on the turntable, tone arm base, or right on the arm itself. Placed directly over the pivot point it won’t affect VTF at al... | |
| Synergistic Research ECT Okay so check this out. Look real close at the ECT. Look down inside to where the horn ports into a chamber at the bottom. There's a very fine mesh screen. Just past the screen there's something. What?Then take a look at the lateral x-ray. What? Y... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? Is imaging important? The word itself, "stereo" is from the Latin and refers to solid or 3-dimensional. The word itself derives from the ability of two properly positioned speakers to create the illusion of a solid sound source distinct from those... | |
| Synergistic Research ECT Yes, forgot to mention that, thanks for the reminder. Highend-electronics has a promotion through the end of the year, one free Blue Quantum Fuse with your ECT. Killer deal. I also have something interesting to add to my review.My first ECT placem... | |
| The quest for the hot stamper or is it a myth Its not a myth. Its a misnomer. Or whatever the word is for a term being misused. The stamper must always be hot. Vinyl simply will not flow properly with a cold stamper.As for the rest, if you really want to understand then I suggest you spend an... | |
| Power Purpose When was the last time you cleaned your contacts? People clean so infrequently that sometimes even just the cleaning action of unplugging and plugging cleans things resulting in better sound. | |
| Thoughts on VTA...... OP:"I have read countless posts where members are spending hours on exacting setup of their VTA with varying levels of tools.Then there is another camp who set by ear.My thoughts/questions on this subject arise from vinyl thickness difference.Sure... | |
| Discovering I may have the cleanest AC power in USA The effects of dirty AC, and the benefits of cleaning it up, are actually incredibly easy and free for anyone to demonstrate to themselves. I figured this out by simple logic, tried it out, then proved it by double-blind testing. Takes 10 minutes,... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Based simply on countless auditions, not just myself but scores of people (please note: not audiophiles, PEOPLE) over many years with everything from budget to mega there simply is no way any VPI doesn't trounce any CD.So let's set that aside and ... | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? Tube amp sound isn't all down to the tubes. Transformers play at least as large a role. And as with everything else not just the specs but the wire and even the way the wire is wound matters. Cheap tube amps tend to use stock transformers that mea... | |
| Sudden problem with turntable I had a guy in college call me with this exact same problem. Can you help me? Yeah sure I'll come over but it'll cost you a beer. No problem man, please help me!So I walk over to the turntable, flick this big wad of lint off the stylus. Man you're... |