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How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
Newbee, Just curious,Which of my posts do you consider “ignorant?” 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
I guess people with opinions can be considered ignorant on this forum. 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
Orpheus10,What you really meant to say is that you “revel in their ignorance” from your point of view. 
Does cold dry weather affect your SQ
In the ‘30s I was okay!   
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
I don’t listen to a whole selection as much while streaming as I do with a CD or record. 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
As I said to a friend recently, the world of music open to you through streaming is akin to the era of free sex in the sixties and seventies prior to AIDS. 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
Even though they sound better! 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
Whoever said once you start streaming you’ll never go back, was right. I hardly play CDs or records anymore, unfortunately. 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
gdnrbob,The moisture is gone, thank goodness and my son fixed the leak. You’ll have to talk to my wife about the blanket. ;) 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
jafant,Thanks for asking.  Aside from the new Arcam streamer which Is a big improvement over Chromecast, I’m getting a new power cable for my DAC and new speaker cables from Morrow.Interestingly, now that I have been extensively streaming, I have ... 
Saint-Sean’s 3rd Symphony
Thanks for all the recommendations of performances.  The Ormandy versions (there are three) all go very deep. Barenboim’s recording is very good in the bass and  well balanced in general. The Levine ‘80’s  Berlin Philharmonic version on DG was bet... 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
Orpheus10This is a description from the Brent Jesse catalog of what I bought:MATCHED PAIRS 12AU7/ECC82 Telefunken smooth plate, diamond mark, VERY RARE! New Old Stock in white box or original boxes. These wonderful vintage tubes are vanishing at a... 
Saint-Sean’s 3rd Symphony
Sorry for the misspelling of the composers name. The auto-correct struck again.It should read Saint-Saens. 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
Quite a price increase on the NOS 12AU7’s since I bought them less than a year ago. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I did some research. The pre-1948 78 rpm records were cut on a type of wax, not acetate. The 78’s themselves were made of shellac.