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| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Are equipment stands also musical instruments? ;-) | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Michael Fremer’s video made at AXPONA 2019 includes this exchange between he and an attendee at the Mag Lev Audio (makers of a magnetically-isolated turntable) booth: Attendee: "It (the table) avoids the vibrations. But ya know some people say rec... | |
| Rega RB250 Tonearm Upgrade Options/Opinions Great @butzchan, you can afford even the new, best Audiomods arm. Jeff is a master machinist, making every single part of his arm. He uses silicon ball bearings (okay, Jeff doesn't make them ;-), his unique counterweight allows for variable amount... | |
| Talk but not walk? So Elizabeth, do you consider your pair of 20.7’s (though I own a pair of Tympani T-IVa, I'm envious) a musical instrument? Conversely, is a piano, guitar, bass, or drumset a loudspeaker? ;-) | |
| Magnepan's new LRS? Today I called the Magnepan dealer nearest to me (Pearl Audio Video in Portland Oregon) to ask if they are stocking, demoing, and selling the LRS. Nope! Heck, they sell interconnects that cost more than the LRS. | |
| Rega RB250 Tonearm Upgrade Options/Opinions @butzchan, you don't mention a budget, but Jeff at Audiomods has a new model he recently announced. It is the same in most regards as his previous models (excellent arms), but incorporates his own carbon fiber wand in place of the Rega tube (the o... | |
| I woke up with cold ears My hearing is quite variable. I have tinnitus that comes and goes, and high frequencies suddenly disappear then reappear. The result of 1- being in bands with guitarists who turn up their amp too damn loud, especially the Fender Twin Reverb, an am... | |
| Why do cartridge manufacturers give a range for VTF? I think too the tone arm the cartridge is bolted onto is a consideration. Perhaps one with less friction in it’s bearings can enable the cartridge to track at lower VTF than one with slightly higher friction. Cartridge manufactures may specify a t... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? I can’t imagine buying LP’s used and not having a serious record cleaner. I "deep clean" mine only once (before their first playing), just dusting after that. I started with a Watts Preener (if you recognize the name, you too are old), and was ver... | |
| The music’s the thing but.... @frogman, I can see how my posts above could very easily be misconstrued, so allow me to clarify. I did not intend to suggest that artists who are more commercially rewarded are any less motivated by their love of music than are those less well re... | |
| V. Morrison Moondance reissue vs 2nd press what is the fascination with digital on vinyl? @soundermn, I'm a big Danny Gatton fan. May I ask which Gatton LP you finally found? I have everything of his I've been able to find, on both LP and CD. | |
| Stereophile Profiles Carpets and Curtains again .... John Atkinson has just announced he is stepping down as editor of Stereophile. He is staying on as technical editor I believe, and will continue to perform his bench tests on the components under review. | |
| Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers? @ivan_nosnibor, the amplifiers in the Rythmik plate amps are not bandwidth limited, they are "normal" Class A/B (the A370 model) or H (the H600 model) full range amplifiers. It is the filter settings chosen by the user that determines at what freq... | |
| Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers? Ivan, while the controls on the Rythmik Audio plate amps (Danny sells the Rythmik A370 amp for use with his paper-cone version of the Rythmik 12" aluminum-cone woofer, but the amp was designed and is built by Brian Ding of Rythmik) indicate that l... | |
| Magnepan's new LRS? There is also a write-up over at the Planar Speaker Asylum by both show attendants and one owner of the very-new LRS. |