whart
Responses from whart
| Stop Making Sense Revisited It’s a great punchy sounding record-- at least on vinyl. mastered at sterling. I saw them just before they got famous- playing a pizzeria in Pittsburgh (sounds like a bad joke) on Halloween- $10- buck cover, or whatever got you a couple slices of ... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** @inna- no doubt on tape. The problem is source material and cost. I'm in it for more music, not necessarily always the 'tippy top' best at this point, so I guess I lose a few rank privileges on my audiophile badge. So be it. I'm getting past the p... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** @n80- I’m not advocating a ’spend money’ approach, but reality intrudes. (I think we are now well beyond the OP’s mandate). Older turntables can be fine. But once you get into changing arms, playing with different cartridges (right now, I’m playin... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** I would not buy a thing at this point if you are on the fence -- do you have a dealer who would be willing to loan you a better than entry level set up for a week or so? And where are you going to get records to listen to? Buy them and get rid of ... | |
| We are buying and reviewing gear all wrong Or evaluate gear without all the tweaks, based on good set up and whatever is necessary to deal w/ room acoustics. | |
| In listening to your system(s)...what is most crucial to your enjoyment? To me, most of the audiophile attributes go out the window when it’s "right." I’m drawn into the performance and the sonic attributes are all simply ways of describing different aspects of the sound, none of which are of more importance if it ’sou... | |
| So excited by the state of today's British folk 😉 Nice, folk freak. Thank you. | |
| Altec A7 yay or nay? Man, those some big boxes. I haven't heard a pair in years. Very common as part of a sound reinforcement system in the early days. I suspect the aftermarket for crossovers could raise the bar. Also wonder if a sub would make sense at some point to... | |
| The Absolute Sound - ELAC Navis Review That's copyright infringement. Get yourself a digital subscription. | |
| Spam Prevention cool. | |
| Where would you sell your vinyl collection? For any out of print album, the price will not only be a reflection of condition, but timing of the market (which changes, sometimes drastically over the course of a decade), totally apart from outliers-- somebody could have just overspent on some... | |
| Can we start a thread for folks who run a SET amp with a subwoofer or two? I guess I qualify. I run a pair of Avantgarde Duos which have an integrated powered woofer system that takes a high level signal from a jumper cable from the mid horn. That horn is fed by a pair of Lamm ML 2, which are 18 watts, not exactly flea p... | |
| Where would you sell your vinyl collection? @dgarretson - I know those guys- total record hounds. Friendly with Ken G. who is quite a collector, not so much of 'audiophile' stuff, but more obscure jazz and prog. We've been trading notes for several years on records. good suggestion. Agree t... | |
| Electrostatic pros and cons. @inna- I am at a loss for words. Say Wut? | |
| Electrostatic pros and cons. @bdp24 - I don't want to mess with woofers on the Quads at this point. (There's a Rythmik 12" with a paper cone in that room for the theatre system-it's where we watch movies-altogether separate system). I have a pair of 15" Rythmiks running with ... |