viridian
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| Are you bored to tears with the topics lately? I have been sitting naked in front of my system, drinking absinthe with five of my wives. Business as ususal. | |
| "Analog" = bloated, rolled off, soft and mushy? I love it when analog is referred to as "rolled off" Analog tape, LPs and phono cartridges can have measured response to beyond 50K. The brick wall filters in most CD players are already down at least a db at 20K and have no response beyond that. ... | |
| Shure V15Vmr or Ortofon OM20 Super? Sean:Thanks so much on the 881s lead; I will check this one out. It sounds like a winner, though may end up being out of my budget. Arms are mostly the Micro Seiki MA404L on a MR-711 turntable and sometimes an older Technics, both use universal he... | |
| Shure V15Vmr or Ortofon OM20 Super? Thanks for all of the input. I have owned various Grados over the years and still have a Black. I bought a Platinum and used it in my main rig for a while, both sound a bit thick to me and not really pacy enough. In all fairness, I have also had a... | |
| Guilty Pleasures? Bread, America (the band, not the country, though that is getting to be a guilty pleasure as well), Carmen (flamenco rock band, only one album, "Fandangos in Space", you get the picture), Pat Boone, "In A Metal Mood" (the salsa arrangement of Zep'... | |
| Oooops Just got caught... As long as you didn't have a hot tube in your hand, you probably didn't get burned. | |
| fisher amp question. No, the gentleman is talking about very old Columbia records, before the EQ curves were standardized. Modern Columbia records conform to the standard RIAA curve. | |
| fisher amp question. Recording Industry Association of America. They set the equilization curves, now in standard use, to play records. | |
| fisher amp question. Riaa 1 or 2 will do. | |
| Cartridge attributes, recommendations w/Thorens? Loontoon, please tell us where to source the X-5, I am currently looking for one and 2Juki has it for $181.00 and Jacks for $199.00. I would appreciate the lead, you would be saving me quite a bit of money. Also, I believe that the compliance may ... | |
| Think i need a new cart, old audio technica? The hot AT cartridges at the time were the AT15Sa and AT20Sa. I believe that they were the first cartridges with the radical Shibata stylus profile. The current AT440ml, which sells for less than $100.00, is similar in sound with a less radical Mi... | |
| Newbie questions RE: Technics SL-3200 Mika, nice table, welcome to a new world of analog enjoyment. There are several excellent phono preamps in, or around your price range. I like the Rotel, there is a Parasound for sale today, though I have never heard one, and the Creek and Musical... | |
| Cheap surge protector that doesn't sound horrible? I tried the Monster 2000 but really like the sound of the API Power Pack 2 quite a bit better in terms of sound quality, if only six outlets will do. Used examples can be had in the $100.00 to $125.00 range. This is at the top of your budget, but ... | |
| Low freq. from small drivers? Is it possible Strangely, upper midrange frequencies from a 6" driver seem to be an issue with greater audible consequences. Most designers allow 6" drivers to go into "controlled breakup" when used in two way designs. This trades time response for broader and m... | |
| Good insturmental sax jazz recommindations Sbank, though not primarily a sax player, it is really great to see someone into Kirk! The new breed of sax players are really a disappointment, but I would foreward Mark Turner for your consideration. On his own albums, as a leader, he has much t... |