billstevenson
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| Top vintage receivers vs. modern high-end equipment I worked at a high end store in the Seattle area while a student at UW back in the early 1970s. We had an eclectic group of customers who had a variety of what were then considered to be among the best speakers that money could buy. Paragon, SR8... | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Harry at VPI sold me a VAS Nova mono several years ago. It is excellent and when I had it refurbished by Steve Leung a couple of years ago, he also furnished a matching Nova stereo version. These sound particularly good for classical music to my... | |
| Sweet Water Sugar Cube Yes I have an SC-1 in my main system, which I bought when they first came on the market several years ago. In January of this year I bought an SC-1 Plus for a new secondary system which is located at our second home. For clicks and pops they wor... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? This is a fascinating diversity of viewpoints. Many valid ideas and perspectives have been raised so far. It strikes me, though, that the fundamental question posed by the OP has not really been hit in the bullseye. Perhaps the answer is so obv... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? My room is X feet long and Y feet wide and Z feet high. What color should I paint it for best sound? Pretty absurd question right? Please try to think before you post. Ask yourself what is it you really seek to learn. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Thanks for this information. It seems clear that if there is a performance difference for a specific vehicle that boost is coming from the engine management software adjusting the settings such as timing based on the knock sensor readings. Witho... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Actually it sounds like our experience is quite similar. It is the limitation imposed by the English language that is impeding communication here. I used the adjective smooth to characterize MC sound. You more precisely use the example of a pia... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? So what octane fuel should I use in my Lincoln Continental? It has the 400 HP 3.0 liter V6. From Elliott's info it sounds like 93 octane might offer a marginal performance boost, but I don't drive it hard. Since Lincoln went out of the car busi... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? For primarily listening to jazz my ears tell me that irrespective of manufacturer MC cartridges tend to be smooth, MM and MI cartridges tend toward more edgy. The last cartridge I would choose to listen to jazz, maybe excepting a classic 1950 Ell... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? There is no one answer to this riddle. VAS offers some great cartridges too. My collection includes a matching pair of VAS Nova MC, one mono, one stereo, both aluminum cantilever with a 0.07 mil elliptical stylus. The VAS mono is my preferred m... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Lalitk, Using your ears makes sense, but it only will take us so far. This thread makes clear what a mine field the whole mono record business can be. For example, as lewm points out, when and how a record was made matters. Records cut late 19... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Honestly I do not know. I have all of the above: true mono cartridges (Myajima and AT), bridged stereo to mono (Ortofon 2M Mono SE - personal fav), and a stereo switch (KAB). all work. My take is that Ortofon, ever practical, has probably determ... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? I asked essentially this same question a few years ago to the experts at Ortofon and the answer is there is no difference electrically and, therefore, no difference sonically. | |
| Rudy Van Gelder on Vinyl This is a very enlightening discussion. Thank you all. With respect to the Capitol recordings, they were also quite good. Sinatra was famous for always being prepared when he entered the studio. He did not like to have to record a song more th... | |
| Rudy Van Gelder on Vinyl May I add to this discussion in the spirit of expanding it, not wanting to in any way detract from the excellent points raised so far. I share the enthusiasm for RVG, but want point out that he was not so good at recording piano and particularly ... |