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| Trouble tracking new Norah Jones LP Of all the front ends listed, Swampwalker's should have the least amount of trouble tracking difficult passages. It's easily the best combination.That would suggest some bad pressings are in the market.This is not unusual for new and/or reissued v... | |
| Krell KAV-400xi vs. Parasound A21+P3 >>why am I hearing such great air-moving, deep and extended bass from Donald Fagen's Morph the Cat on vinyl<<The vinyl release of Morph the Cat is a flawed recording.The bass is totally out of balance and the production team did a terr... | |
| Weird issue with my VPI... please help >>The fact that Shelters do better in fixed bearing arms is not the issue<<Your prior comment Stringbean-"I agree about Shelter cartridges...they sound fine in a VPI arm"You can't have it both ways. | |
| Weird issue with my VPI... please help Shelters are low to medium compliance cartridges. As such the ideal tonearm for them is not a unipivot such as VPI. Of course they will "work", but won't be optimized. The cartridge/tonearm combination is critical for top performance.In fact, Shel... | |
| Weird issue with my VPI... please help First, I wouldn't play any more vinyl until you're confident the alignment is proper. You stand to irreparably damage the records.Second, I've found that Benz and Dynavector cartridges perform better than Shelters in VPI arms.YMMV. | |
| Own a TW-Acustic Raven One? Stiltskin is correct.The Raven One is heads and tails above anything VPI makes.And you're not stuck with a VPI tonearm. | |
| Directv music channel versus AM/FM Tuner ? The MR-71 is the best sounding tuner Mac has ever made. It is not the most selective or sensitive; that title belongs to the MR-78. However, in stock form, none of the other tuners sound better. The MR-67 is close.The MR-77 is the high value Mac t... | |
| S/PDIF sounds more analog than AES/EBU >>if both cables are in the system,they will affect one another-as they both will present a load to the transport and/or dac.<<Totally untrue.Each digital output has it's own drivers. Operating two at once doesn't degrade signal level ... | |
| The closest approach...really >>there is one "fly in the ointment<<You don't know how right you are. | |
| Directv music channel versus AM/FM Tuner ? I have 2 Mac tuners (MR-71 and MR-77) and both are vastly superior to the Direct TV XM feed.Not even close. | |
| S/PDIF sounds more analog than AES/EBU The transmission and receiver chips are different for AES/EBU and S/PDIF. That is the reason for the same transport and d/a combination usually sounding a bit different with AES/EBU and S/PDIF. You'll need to try both interations to determine whic... | |
| How can I improve my CD sound? >>It takes the harshness away<< Hardly.Not all solid state is harsh/etchy and not all tubes are lush/warm.>>and it sounds even better too.<<Totally untrue. Most of the best digital gear is solid state. | |
| Wilson Sophia II vs. Thiel CS3.7 Buy what you like.It matters not what anybody else thinks. | |
| Rega Elys II cartridge: Is it worth the money?? That is correct Dopogue but if you read some of my other posts there are products I endorse not in my line.You failed to mention that.Conveniently I might add. | |
| The closest approach...really >>i have at least 30 would be assistants in the ny area<<I thought Giuliani chased the street people out a few years ago. |