roberjerman
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| When the Audio Critic was subjective. I would best describe Peter Aczel as a rationalist regarding music and its various storage/playback methods over the decades. He would always want to know "why" and questioned established dogma regarding music systems! | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. After the arrival in 1983 of the CD he abandoned the LP as a reference source. Aczel called LP playback "buggy whip" technology and embraced digital sources as music's future. Naturally this engendered much hate from the analog uber-alles crowd! | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. Aczel was also the first to publish a comprehensive chart for determining proper alignment for a wide range of tonearm lenghts, stylus-to-pivot distance, offset angles and overhang distances. This chart was for the Baerwald alignment. And he discu... | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. I have followed The Audio Critic from the beginning (1977) to its end. For the most part Peter Aczel's recommendations were spot on! He made a serious attempt to reconcile measurements with listening trials. Unlike the all-over-the-map conclusions... | |
| Strange turntable/speaker issue All phono stages should have a low cut filter! Much cleaner and tighter bass, less distortion! You can most likely still use your present stand for the TT. The floor is not a good place for any TT! Cement blocks are preferable! Here mass is your f... | |
| Strange turntable/speaker issue A phono stage with a low frequency filter (below 20hz) is a safe recommendation! There is nothing of musical worth down there! The RIAA equalization keeps boosting the bass frequencies needlessly! That would account for the acoustic coupler pumpin... | |
| What cart should I go for Hana SL mc for $750! Best under-$1K cartridge today! | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Power Cord Worth It? Over Audioquest Hurricane? Sure, go ahead and spend thousands on some power cords! Flat earth science at its best! Now where did I put those magic blue fuses? | |
| Audio Critic 10 lies>>>>>>>>>> Thank you 70242241e18c for your posting back in 2001 of "The Ten Biggest Lies In Audio"! Peter Aczel was spot on! Sadly most members on this site have never read this or have chosen to ignore it! And so we have the sorry state of affairs today. Fl... | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. The ML2’s were priced at $3600 a pair in 1976. Hardly qualifies as "high end" compared to the sky-high prices for a lot of today’s gear (Dagostino, Soulution, Dartzeel, MBL ...). | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. That was the Levinson ML2 mono 25 watt amp. And Aczel was correct! A classic design and still one of the best sounding amps! Designed by Tom Colangelo (who also designed the ML1 preamp). | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. At least he wasn't touting expensive wire and fuses - unlike many on this site! | |
| Does it make sense to use 6k$ Nos tube with 5K$ tube amplifier? Mr.Spock: "The capacity of humans for self-delusion is unlimited" - a good psychotherapist will be less costly! | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? SAEC made some tonearms with insufficient offset angle! Again, a case of BAD engineering! | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? A pivoted tonearm with NO offset will have maximum distortion at both ends of its arc. I.E.: at the beginning and end of an LP! Those are the two spots were the stylus has the least tangency to the record grooves! A zero-offset arm only has tangen... |