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| Why do turntables sound different? The exact science behind it let alone art remain elusive.I laid out what the engineering principles are. How well a turntable manufacturer adheres to them will determine how neutral their machine is.We have a Studer A-80 in the studio. Of all the ... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Imaging? Relaxed presentation? Bass juiciness? Best presentation of Nina Simone you ever heard? Yes, yes, yes and who??When I have the right amp in the system, its a lot easier to convince my girlfriend to spend the evening spinning LPs... | |
| Why do turntables sound different? Ralph, though you express your own opinion, I think that you misinform some people. You did say that there were many tables that you had not heard. Why would you choose the Technics before auditioning all of the top tables? And tonearms. And ca... | |
| Atma Sphere S30 amp If the unit is updated to the latest spec, we reactivate the warranty, and it will perform the same as equipment that we are producing at the time. | |
| Why do turntables sound different? Would love to hear the differences on the above 3 turntables you liked. You have direct drive and a heavy platter with 3 motors and lighter platter with 1 papst motor.I would like to hear about the tone, body, decay, attack, pitch, and separati... | |
| Pros and cons of vintage Dynaco ST-70 The Dynaco ST-70 is quite competent, and definitely lower priced than the amps it challenged in its day. As long as you don't need more power, this amp is excellent if properly refurbished. Older amps need all the filter capacitors replaced and th... | |
| Why do turntables sound different? Ralph, would you name those turntables you mentioned that were competent and sounded similar ?I know, I know, you don't agree aloud that vinyl is inferior to tape medium. Theoretically, maybe not but in reality..Kuzma Reference, Atma-Sphere 208, T... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? @bdp24 thanks!Generally speaking, the amp/speaker interface is a very important part of the game. OTLs in general like to see higher impedances (although the speaker impedance curve doesn’t have to be flat), and the same is often true of SETs.Firs... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE Go to a live venue to hear the real deal.This is even more effective if the real deal you go to gets recorded and you can have the LP of the recording!Even more so if you are the one doing the recording...It would be really nice if Technics sorte... | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? The TransFi Terminator is very different than other straight trackers, it's very low mass arm wand being just one such difference. And actually, there is a technical justification for an arm having higher lateral than vertical mass, having to d... | |
| Why do turntables sound different? That's what I said - no turntable sounds right, even worse by definition they cannot.I don't agree and that's not what I said either- I've seen several that are quite competent at all these issues and as a result sound quite similar. | |
| SOTA Turn Table set up for 5K - more or less? Primarily what is the expense for being squarely in the mix with a more than competent TT array for one, and secondly will the vinyl cut of the exact same digital track ALWAYS be received as noticeably better, if all else in the system is ‘vi... | |
| Physics of downward firing woofers Ralph, did you remove the carpet to compare or move everything to identical room ?As you know I have a set and have shown with them at shows since the early 1990s. I've had carpet underneath mine and also bare wood floors (went from wall to wall t... | |
| What exactly is colored sound? In all the studios I’ve been recorded in, the engineers have mics they have come to prefer for specific applications. A lot of them like the Shure SM57, for instance---a PA vocal mic, for snare drum. The mic has a presence peak deliberately en... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Roger Modjeski of Music Reference is now offering an ESL of his own design and build, with a dedicated direct-drive tube amp---the amp has no output transformer, the ESL no input transformer, the ESL panels driven directly by the output tubes! ... |