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| tt surface noise reduce or tolerate? So far all the Radiohead LPs I've gotten have been quiet.In the CD world, those with analog master tapes are frequently reissues of older LPs. Older master tapes have degraded with time; its not that the original LPs covered up the hiss, the hiss ... | |
| speakers for classical music When I recorded Canto General, I made sure that we had the best bass drum in the Twin Cities. The score calls for nearly 40 different percussion instruments and a 60-voice choir.The piece is spectacular, very passionate, with hints of Carl Orff. W... | |
| Second harmonics distortion? If you are able to describe the effect in the way you did, it is not *just* the second harmonic! The 2nd harmonic adds a false richness, but is also easily canceled by push-pull circuitry, which is what a Jadis is. So the source of the artifact ca... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Mikeaudio, Triplanar has used the Transfiguration Orpheus, the ZYX Universe and several Van Den Huls at recent audio shows, all running in balanced mode. The Ortofon might have been used in a 'loner' arm (keep in mind that while Triplanar does sho... | |
| tt surface noise reduce or tolerate? I have found several things are important to significantly reduce LP surface noise:1) make the cartridge track. The tone arm, the cartridge, the setup, the platter pad and proper grounding all play vital roles.2) a quality phono preamp with zero f... | |
| speakers for classical music MrT, I think its all about loudness cues. The orchestra, being pure, has the least of all and so one can enjoy it being loud a lot easier than one can a stereo, which will have more loudness cues due distortion. Occasionally enough that others mig... | |
| Why do my transformers hum sometimes? Transformer hum is often caused by the 5th harmonic on the AC line. This harmonic (in the US, 300Hz) will also cause silicon rectifiers to radiate a lot more noise, and AC syncronous motors to develop an internal force that opposes their normal ro... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? What I have found is that high end audio occurs out of authentic intention, not price or anything else, although there are rare pieces that are dirt cheap that also get 'elevated', like the Radio Shack Lineum speakers from a few years ago (althoug... | |
| Denver record store s with Classical vinyl? Goto the Black and Read in Arvada, right by the Hobby Lobby.Also check out Wax Trax in Denver 2 blocks south of Colfax, 2 doors west of Washington. | |
| Opinions on Graaf Amps Monostrapping any Circlotron-based OTL is an easy thing to do. The speaker terminals are placed in parallel and so are the inputs. This will usually more than double the output on smaller OTLs like the GM20 or the Atma-Sphere S-30 (which goes from... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Chadnliz, the point is that if/when the album is ripped and posted, after that the sales are limited. If you are watching the bottom line, this is an impediment to doing big numbers. But- if you make LPs, smaller projects will be able to do bigger... | |
| speakers for classical music Acoustat6, I'm unwilling to dive for the volume control once I have established the right volume level otherwise. With most systems, Das Reingold forces you to otherwise keep the volume at a level that is unrealistically low.Shadorne's comments ab... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Chadnliz, here's why: you can hear our band and do a download at myspace.com.thunderboltpagoda (the cuts are from a live show), but if we make a CD, somewhere someone will copy it and post it online. CD sales will then be weak. This is what is hap... | |
| speakers for classical music One recording that seems to have nearly everything is Das Reingold on Decca, conducted by Solti. If you have an original pressing, side 6 is nothing short of spectacular- nearly everything a stereo could be evaluated on: delicacy, bandwidth, impac... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Several bands here in the Twin Cities (including mine) are releasing LP only. Five years ago this would have never happened.RCA had announced back in the 1980s that by 1987 they would be done making vinyl (boy were *they* wrong). In the course of ... |