agrippa
Responses from agrippa
| Should I upgrade my phono pre?? I've never heard vinyl played through an AD-50 board, so I've no idea if it is awesome or not. However, Accuphase makes some lovely noise otherwise and I certainly wouldn't go out and buy a new phono stage without subjecting it to careful head-to... | |
| Vinyl/TT Gurus Chime in! Cartridge Decision: Rework My old Sumiko or get a new cartridge? Go with a retip. As long as the cantilever and suspension are both in good shape and an actual retip is all that's needed, you should end up below $300 if you go with Soundsmith. If it needs a full rebuild I would suggest going for the most expe... | |
| Shelter 501 mkii then what now "I do not believe in re tipping."I can assure it’s a real thing.Sorry, the temptation was too great....Anyway, retipping/rebuilding by a third party is just as good as a rebuild by the manufacturer as long as said party knows their stuff. It simpl... | |
| Dynavector XX2 mk2 vs Lyra DELOS which is better? Lewm is correct, but from a purely financial point of view I’d certainly go with the Soundsmith option.At the opposite end the Delos is a lovely cartridge, but obviously only a deep conference involving your own ears and your own wallet can tell y... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge The MP200 and MP150 bodies are not the same though, the 200 being an upgraded design. A 200 stylus will no doubt be an upgrade, but the result won’t be an actual MP200.Also, given the above it makes more sense to just upgrade to an MP200, as the s... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge "The statement that all new cartridges are good is false"Has anyone actually made such a statement though?"AT150MLX is not even near the old AT-ML170 or AT-ML180 series" For that to be true the AT-ML170/180 would basically have to be the best car... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge "I believe anything under $1k is a cheap cartridge for audiophiles."Couldn’t really disagree much more, unless "audiophiles" is used as a synonym for "people with delusions of grandeur and/or obsessive/compulsive disorder"I’ve heard/auditioned a g... | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? I don’t like to play for immediate impact. That is cheap and tawdry and right off the bat encourages people in all the basest aspects of listening. Of course this is what everyone does in demo’s. Then they wonder why there are no women audiophiles... | |
| Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables? I make my own power and speaker cables, but I can’t be bothered with soldering so interconnects I buy. Of course I spent years and barrelfulls of money chasing the perfect boutique cables, but after my audiophilia nervosa disappeared some years ag... | |
| Luxman Integrated - What do they sound like My own remark was also the result of reading a review of the original L-550AX where measurements were made. I can’t for the life of me remember the site, but I do remember they stated an output of 78W when driven to the max.It would have been nice... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl CD always sounds so cold and grittyOnly if the CD is bad, the player is bad, or both. | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? " Hey, anyone know why CD copies can sometimes sound better than the original or is that an old wives tale? "Yes. See above. | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? "I suspect a CD can be read poorly intruducing errors"The point of using a program like EAC or DBPoweramp is that, if you choose, error won’t be accepted. If the disc can be read, a perfect copy will be made. If it can’t be read, a copy will only ... | |
| Luxman Integrated - What do they sound like My amp is a Luxman L-550AXII, but sadly I’m unsure how to explain the differences between it and the many other amps I’ve owned. Fortunately there’s no shortage of reviews to be had by googling, all of which are pretty much raves.Suffice it to say... | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? EAC and DBPoweramp both seconded.As long as the disc can actually be read, the copy will be perfect. The copy can in fact end up being better than the original, if the latter originates from the end of the run of a stamper.A pressing plant will of... |