viridian
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| Need inexpensive power line conditioner guidance. Thanks to all for taking their valuable time to give guidance and advice; I'm off to the races.Marty | |
| Need inexpensive power line conditioner guidance. Great choices and all outside of my box; excellent stuff, please keep 'em coming. I can see that I will have a lot of research to do. | |
| Hardwiring? Systems are actually going in the other direction. Used to be that power cords were hard wired to components, now everything is IEC connectors. We used to just have CD players, now transport and DAC. We used to just have preamps, now phono preamp ... | |
| Any one else has a problem re: shipping damage Pbb is right. I shipped a Rega P3 domestically, boxed in original packing, then double boxed. Got there on Friday the thirteenth with what looks like a hole from the blade of a fork lift through both boxes. I am reimbursing the buyer immediately, ... | |
| First pressing LPs Pbb, I would take issue with the "noise is noise" argument. It has been consistantly shown that the ear is more sensitive to certain types of distortion than others. IM being a good example of a distortion that is more grating than low order harmo... | |
| Genetic differences in turntable design. I think that there is a further distinction here. Some suspended tables, like the Linn, actually hard mount the motor to the plinth and then have a sprung sub-chassis. The distance from the motor to the sub-platter is constantly changing and likew... | |
| Best acoustic -natural instruments CD's Sonically, Steve Greene Trio, Acoustic Living, North-12CD. Incredible, classic, acoustic arch top guitars. Many thanks to Sennheiser for turning me on to this one and for sending a free copy. For musicianship, Monk/Trane on Prestige, 2 LP set. It'... | |
| Buying LPs - where do you shop www.gemm.com | |
| First pressing LPs Pbb, "how can a record be noisier and sound better?" The least noise is caused by not turning your sysem on at all. Does yours sound better that way? We all know that surface noise is but one of the myriad distortions in analog playback, why even ... | |
| Thank You, to the Person Who Helped You the Most. Thanks so much to Phillips and Sony for inventing the CD; they have allowed me to purchase tons of used records for just peanuts. Thanks too to the inventor of the transistor....same story. | |
| First pressing LPs I havn't had that good luck with imported pressings. The surfaces are usually quieter but the sonics have not always been to my liking. I have most problems with Japanese pressings, though there are some very good ones out there. My experience is ... | |
| Jethro Tull "Aqualung" Shoot out results Rocky is right; the Pro Use DSOTM is by far the best. It just slamms the UHQR. I own them both. Most Japanese pressings of American rock records are just overrated. Many are seduced by the clean surfaces and miss the compressed dynamics. Though ma... | |
| "Walking in the Moon" who is the artist???? For a real treat try Shawn Colvin's version of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" off of the "Cover Girl" album. A completely different and unique reading that lends the song a whole new slant. | |
| Anyone bought BrokenLamp Co amp? His "design" for the B&K ST-140 relied rather heavily on the prior art of Frank Van Alstine on the Mosfet 120B. At least if you are going to crib, crib from good designs. | |
| Jethro Tull "Aqualung" Shoot out results Marakanetz, the first batch of MoFis were quite good; mastered by Doug Sax before Gary Georgi started twisting the dials. The problem is that most of the music is crap, but try Poco, "Legend" and John Klemmer "Touch". The sonics on both are just w... |