nrchy
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| Turntable or vinylology 101 for newbies. This has been thoroughly discussed in Good Sound by Laura Deerborn, or The Complete Guide to Highend Audio by Robert Harley. I doubt that anyone is going to post something here that is more insightful or thorough...You should be able to get both f... | |
| Your First Concert was..... I just realized that I lied with my post. Years before I saw Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas and Wet Willie, a friend of my parents took my brothers and me to see B J Thomas... forgot all about that, but confession is good for the soul!Oo. | |
| audiophiles get mention in today's WSJournal What makes anyone think that those were audiophiles milling around T.H.E. Show? No one knows anything about the people who wandered into that show. They might have been at CES to check out the latest in refrigerators...This test is 100% meaningles... | |
| massive brass plate for isolation Dissimilar materials used together are going to work the best. Sistrum was making a rack our of massive brass shelves and legs, that was supposed to sound great, but I don't know if they ever got off the ground with it...Mixing materials with diff... | |
| Soundsmith Strain Gage Cartridge system It is special. Peter does himself a disservice showing it the way he does. His strength is the pre-amp/phono and cartridge... he should get out of the amp/speaker department. Not that his other products aren't good, but IMO they are not up to the ... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi It's really tough to better the sound of active speakers. Audiophiles are too picky to use them, but active speakers tend to be the best sounding systems! I had them once, but I'm too picky too. Oo. | |
| Best mastered recordings The guys that consistently seem to do the best jobs are Stan Ricker and Steve Hoffman. There are a few people who have made a name in the business that I think must either be deaf or just don't care, but I have yet to hear anything bad by the two ... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Blue Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas, and Wet Willie...It was about 3.95 Tickets probably ranged from 3.95, 4.95 to 5.95... now they're 10x's that!BOC was touring on their Spectres LP. Didn't really know what to expect, and I wasn't too familiar w... | |
| Differences in electric outlets I have two Oyaides outlets sitting in the sofa table next to my listening chair, and I find that the books on that table are much more engaging since the outlets have been in the drawer...What does it all mean?!?Oo. | |
| Are bad rooms keeping the hobby alive? Chad, you delude yourself... it's just a matter of time, like all upgrade bugs.Oo. | |
| Get a better turntable or better phono preamp? Marty, I saw a picture of you in your natural habitat... once!OopsOo. | |
| Get a better turntable or better phono preamp? The table is still going to be a very good foundation, regardless of what phono stage he employs. The table can be upgraded when the opportunity arrives, but a cheap phono stage will always be a cheap phono stage. By saving a few hundred bucks, an... | |
| Sony CDP-Xa7es vs newer Sony CD/SACD players? If you're only going to us it for redbook though, there's not as much reason to jump to the SCD 1. The SCD 777es is a lot cheaper than the SCD 1 and used only for redbook I don't know that you'd hear any difference.If the SCD 1 was 50% better than... | |
| Get a better turntable or better phono preamp? Not unanimous... The SL 1200 is a decent table and would make a reasonable foundation for your system. I personally don't like any of your options of phono stages in that price range. Get the table and when you have some money saved up get a decen... | |
| Reaching the top and stoping There is no best... When I look at your list there's nothing on it that I would want. That doesn't mean it's not great gear, just that it's not for me. What you love today and have to have is next months listing in the classified.If you want the b... |