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| Idler wheel drive vs Belt Once you hear a Denon DP-6000 or Technics SP-10 in a properly designed base, you may decide to add direct-drive decks to your list. They have some interesting strengths, and weaknesses. Try this link:http://de.geocities.com/bc1a69/index_eng.htmlMa... | |
| fuller sound at lower volumes Yes, the work of Fletcher and Munson, and more recently, Robinson and Dadson, tells the story quite well. The ear is less linear at low listening levels, perceived bass amplitude being diminished. The EQ or loudness contol is one answer. If that i... | |
| Colorizing The Sound This is one of audioland's dirty little secrets. The signal passes through miles of wire in the recording console, often with seperate EQ, compression and processing indepedently applied to each track. The producer, engineer and mastering technici... | |
| Baseline hearing tests Huh? Can you repeat that? | |
| Where are they now...? You guys are really gonna laugh at this. Andy Rappaport contacted me this week, having seen this thread. He has been out of the business since 1979 and is doing quite well. He is looking to purchase one of his preamps. If you know of anyone sellin... | |
| Sibilant test ? "Trust in Me" Finally, someone found a use for Holly Cole! | |
| Grounding problem? The general remedy for static electricity is to combine a small amount of fabric softener with water in a spray bottle and spray the carpet around the turntable stand. | |
| Mel Torme I enjoy the live recordings the best. Live at Marty's on Finesse records and Live with George Shearing at Charlies on Concord. | |
| Love it, or Hate it ? (wood trim) I tried some of those LPs with the wood trim, but my cartridge will not track them well. So, dislike, I suppose. | |
| Can we list the better labels? Chesky? Telarc? When you ask for the "quality" of recordings, are you speaking musically, sonically, or both? | |
| Jazz Guitar Bldadr brings up an interesting point. While the guitar is, arguably, the preferred solo instrument in rock 'n roll, it is the sax that is used primarily in jazz, with the trumpet coming in second. This would seem to have something to do with the ... | |
| Jazz Guitar Kudos to Onhwy61. What a neat compilation. I am ordering my copy immediately! | |
| Jazz Guitar Django Rheinhart, of course, Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeda, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Wes Montgomery, early George Benson. For the new generation it is really hard to beat the oft-overlooked Kurt Rosenwinkel. Try his album, "The Next Step" on Ver... | |
| Best Quality Recording On Vynil Nrchy, I have the British Animals as well and it is quite incredible! But highly manipulated studio recordings on old tape just aren't in the league of the best vinyl recordings. Most are musically worthless, but the Sheffeild Labs direct-to-disc ... | |
| Top 5 Best audiophile tracks to test equipment Seems like many of you are using early, digitally sourced, recordings as tests. I suppose that familiarity with the material on different systems, and a love of the music, is more important than the inherent recorded quality. This vindicates my us... |