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| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape I should also point out that tape heads and guides need to be periodically deguassed because they can pick up a residual magnetic field that will slowly erase the high frequencies on the tape. To do that you need a tape head demagnetizer. | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape Around the mid 2000’s, I noticed my Ampex tapes started to sound muddy and were leaving a lot of residue on the tape heads, pinch rollers, and transport mechanism so I had to stop using them (because they sounded like crap). @oldschool1948 This... | |
| Room Correction Required I’m betting that since the mid bass null is not too severe, it will be bettered or cured. @mitchellcp The way room correction works is its an active EQ device that compares the incoming signal to what it hears happening in the room. This might be... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? It’s like saying “I’m pleased with it”. Pleased, until you find something that comes closer to the mark, for example you find out that you can have something be both smoother and more detailed instead of bright and detailed. Tube products tend... | |
| Blowing Fuses. Dennis Had Inspire 300B SET @moose89 Does the amp blow its fuse if the power tubes are not installed but the rectifier is? | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? OK in this post Raul seems to be saying that human hearing perceptual rules are learned rather than inherited. Are there any other interpretations? | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? That modeling start even before we comes out to the sun ligth. SPL is something that just " happens " and that we learn rigth from the start in inconcious way and then we follow growing up and follow learning about even if no one tell us what mea... | |
| What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats. @aberyclark Yes! As you might know, acrylic can be different durometer (hardness) values depending on how its made. What you want is the same hardness as vinyl so you get maximum coupling of vibration from the LP to the platter pad without reflec... | |
| Garrard 301 motor and rumble But there is no way around the noise produces by the idler drive. You can lower it for a time perhaps but it will be back with a vengeance. @mijostyn My phono section cuts off at 2Hz; the mechanical resonance of the tonearm/cartridge combo desc... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape how long do recorded magnetic tapes (here: R2R, but also 8 track, cassette, VHS, etc) LAST before they loose their information? @kraftwerkturbo That depends on storage. They need to be stored in a low humidity environment to prevent shedding of... | |
| Room Correction Required The 30-40hz peak and the 70 to 90hz null are still there so tomorrow is ARC day. I’ll update after I bumble through that. @mitchellcp Your choice of electronics won't change the null. The standing wave causing it has to be broken up and electro... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? During that " modeling " proccess human being does not cares about SPL or frequency range: we all learn with out taking care of ears frequency range or each one ears sensitivity. Actually, yes, every human cares about the frequency and the SPL!... | |
| Garrard 301 motor and rumble @mijostyn The Pabst motor used by Empire is one of the best synchronous motors I've seen for a turntable. That motor was used in one of the Rek-O-Kut turntables and its probably the only one to mess with. Rek-O-Kuts had a pretty massive platter th... | |
| Tube preamp for pass labs ? To my understanding, the Pass Labs amps support AES48, the balanced line standard. This standard has two benefits audiophiles might like. The first is that it prevents ground loops. The second is it prevents the interconnect cable introducing a so... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. @ketchup Either will work fine. I use the 2449 in my system. The quad core is a bit better if you have a noisy environment as the quad construction helps with noise rejection. |