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vu meter
LED strings have pretty much replaced analog meters. There are some kits available to build one, but you probably need two. Google it.Personally I use my Behringer DEQ2496 equalizer which includes a meter among its many other capabilities. 
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Stilljd...Your understanding is flawed. Error correction is 100 percent up to the point where there are more errors than the code is set up for. The link that Shadorne provided is pretty good.Another point...If an error occurs there is no extra ti... 
Which of Mozart's No.39 & 41 CD should I get?
Kal...I have several recordings of these old war horses, but your strong endorsement of the Mackerras interests me. I also listened to the brief clips on the web site.Please elaborate regarding your suggestion. 
Where to get FM/AM antenna?
FM and AM antenna are different. The receiver may have a built-in AM antenna. 
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Shadorne...Yes. If the error correction can't hack it data is interpolated. Not the greatest, but preferable to aborting the disc if it happens once or twice. I didn't mention that because it clouds the issue, and it ain't supposed to happen unles... 
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Racamuti...Error correcting codes are really interesting, and much more widespread than you might think. IMHO the most dramatic example is in the transmission of data from distant space probes using tiny transmitter power. For example, transmissio... 
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Racamuti...When a CD experiences a data reading error it does not just fill in with average of adjacent data. (This is a common misconception). The CD is encoded with a CRC error correcting code so that the garbled data is recovered as if it had n... 
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I would like to see a bit-for-bit comparison. If the bits are the same RH was fooled. 
Best Benny Goodman recordings
Audphile1...Amazon.com has a CD set titled Carnegie Hall Concert with the same cover art as the LP set. But I don't know if the music is from the original recordings made in Carnegie, or from the broadcast recordings. The CD has a spoken introduct... 
Best Benny Goodman recordings
Further reading of the liner notes reveals another reason why the Broadcast recordings are better. The Carnegie Hall concert was recorded with one microphone hung way up in the ceiling. It was not planned to use the recording for a record release ... 
faint precession of sound on vinyl
Rwwear...I take your point about rewinding the tape, although I don't see how this would erase any print=through.However, whichever way the tape is wound the first few seconds of music will be next to the second few seconds, and print-through will... 
Best DIY tweak?
Hifisoundguy...Why not wrap your d**k with Teflon tape and let us know how it affects the experience. 
Best Benny Goodman recordings
Carnegie Hall Concert....Columbia set SL160Broadcast recordings....Columbia set SL180From the liner notes...These recordings are made from "air checks" of late evening broadcasts from all over the country. Most of the original discs were taken off... 
faint precession of sound on vinyl
Deaf_j...The playback stylus does not "read the adjacent wall". It is reading its current groove, but that groove was corrupted by the adjacent groove when the record was cut.As to which channel is affected...it is horizontal groove modulation (mo... 
How do you explain slow/lazy sound?
Rwwear...Rise and fall times of all amps are much much shorter than loudspeaker response times.