128x128

1graber2

Responses from 1graber2

How much are AR AR3's worth these days?
I want to thank the members that actually interacted appropriately on this forum and were actually helpful. There were 4:@dill @jperry @racamuti @mrdecibel I don't want to thank the following haters, losers, envious and jealous miserable SOBs. Ppl... 
Blood On The Tracks MoFi UD1S
Im sure it sounds amazing, its not only 45 rpm, but "Developed by NEOTECH and RTI, Mobile Fidelity SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound ever created. Analog lovers have never seen (or heard) anything like it. Extraordina... 
WAF Speaker suggestions
The OP had towers, and he wants something different, so why .... more towers? Consider the Spatial M3 or M4 Triode Mastershttp://www.spatialaudio.usI had a pair of M3 Triode Masters that was black frame around black cones. Maybe I should say spher... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Cool, thx @peter_s Ive always found the Benchmark stuff to be really neutral and clean, but the Ayre has a more sublime sound, the nuances and overall balance and musicality being strong points. Can someone help me with this ????So Im doing practi... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
@tellefsen will check out vinyl studio, thank you, and for the other info- helps me gauge my time, which Im running out of. Recently:I received the Nordost Heimdall double RCA to 1/8" terminator yesterday. Burning it in. This was part of the main ... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Thx @jawest0078 I remember when the NuWave came out- reviews were ok that I saw. But they really didn't touch the ADC aspect that you suggest.Will check it out 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
^^^^^^thx for the input. Appreciate the straightforwardness. Will consider. Yes,  I will probably just focus on digitizing the special vinyl only.  
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Thx lp2cd.- more words of wisdom, wish I had your knowledge base for recording..... more food for thought-great info about the Mytec for ADC. I have used Bel Canto DACs the last many years, they have an great ADC, but no digital out .... ;(  
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
@lp2cd Interesting to hear that most people just buy CDs, when buying and listening to vinyl - the whole point was to NOT have to listen to the quirks and just plain bad recordings on CDs with the loudness wars, etc. I have a lot of 70s albums- fi... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
... and FWIW, i plan on running the digi files through my Astell n Kern DAP/Digital Audio Player then either into my headphones or an active speaker. Here is is the link for the DAP if anyone is interested. https://www.astellnkern.com/eng/content/... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
I should’ve done this earlier, but just FYI, here is the Sony PCM I might use for its ADC. Sony Pics below"This lightweight, yet rugged high-resolution recorder features two-position (X-Y or Wide) stereo microphones, 32GB of internal flash memory ... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Thx @glupson and @tkr Memory shouldn't be a problem, I have lots of memory on my Mac, and I can also offload onto ext. drives Wow, that Metric Halo looks stellar, high quality at all the right parts--inputs, power supplies, filters, ULN: ultra low... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Thx topoxAlthough I have the Sony ADC, I am also considering the Apogee Duet, any experience with that?  
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
@mijostintthx, looking into PureVinyl. How fo you like the workflow? I like how automated it is- Eg put in LP code, choose the album, and it auto-populates the song names and tracks for you .... how long would you say that you spend on average edi... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
Thx john - I like your use of the sound card, I’ve read of them out there, just never used. -i have a Mac laptopi will check out the Adobe Audition software. But what exactly are you doing on your comp as the disc spins?? Taking out pops? Normaliz...