cd318
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| I have been a stickler about keeping power cables away from signal cables...on equipment ? The back of my system is a mess of cabling, but they've never given me reason to be concerned. I also use a variety of different interconnects but it's the IXOS ones I particularly dislike for their (pre-ghost encounter) Scrooge-like nature. Extre... | |
| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? @yogiboy Great links.No doubt the smaller panels of the P3ESR will help with the disappearing act.I once read a slightly troubling review of that renowned speaker where the listener got confused as to which speaker was actually playing at the time... | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! @trentmemphis,"I'll be interested to hear where you land with the stands. I'm still trying to figure that one out, myself. Have you experimented with rake at all?"I don't think it's worth sweating too much over such things as there's unlikely to... | |
| KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way The KEF LS 50 must be the best selling loudspeaker of recent times.The worldwide demand must be huge for a speaker that's liable to go down in audio history.I can't remember the last one that made such a splash. Someone at KEF surely deserves a p... | |
| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? @soix "What areas would you like to change or improve upon over your current speakers?"Since any loudspeaker will have necessary compromises, including the C7s and Sabrina’s (though I imagine quite different ones) that must be the key question her... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? @raysmtb1’Months ago I read an article about 2 scientists did a double blind study testing an expensive cable vs a coat hanger. The coat hanger won. That’s where I’m at with cables.’Me too. For years I tried different cables, copper, silver plated... | |
| Sean Connery has passed away :-( Apologies to any Roger Moore fans out there but Connery’s the only James Bond I can rewatch time and time again. Weird also that the main representatives of masculinity I grew up with - John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali, Sean Conn... | |
| AB Testing Experiences @mahler123,It wasn’t MP3 v SACD, just CD v 320kbps.Maybe I should have tried classical. We did try a few high-res discs (Dylan’s 2001 Love and Theft was one) but the results were not convincing. It sounded a little soft (analogue?) and we weren’t ... | |
| AB Testing Experiences I’ve tried it with a Sony MP3 player and a Marantz CD player. I could hear no practical difference and felt a little unwell afterwards. Everything I knew told me there should be a difference, but I didn’t hear one. End result was that I moved larg... | |
| Best way to transport turntable to new home Here’s some of the issues the OP might need to address.Kuzma Stabi Reference TurntableThe turntable chassis (top plate) is suspended by large springs submerged in silicone oil, with a low resonance of 2.2 Hz, which dampen movement of the springs t... | |
| Sean Connery has passed away :-( Sean Connery hardly put a foot wrong as James Bond.Wonderful films, and some great songs too. | |
| Stylus stuck in groove @mijostyn,I wondered whether the OP might have some loose plaster or paint directly above his turntable. Not always easy to see on a high ceiling.Assuming that he’s using it without any lid.The bit about the vinyl being ok one day and not the next... | |
| Can an “audiophile” ever be satisfied with a system? @aubreybobb,Those sounds like my experiences too. That bliss of getting some new component, especially a turntable or a cartridge, would brilliantly exciting for a week or two. Then the lustre would wear off and my mind began to crave that sensati... | |
| Stylus stuck in groove @rvpiano,’How does it even happen?’I’ve never experienced a stylus to get stuck in a groove but there were a few (no more than 4/5) occasions when it would skip badly. Usually on records that were borrowed from a public library.Strangely enough, u... | |
| Can an “audiophile” ever be satisfied with a system? @rvpiano,’So, I believe it all comes down to your mental state, rather than the quality of your equipment. If you’re bored you look for something new, whether it warrants it or not. In other words, you create a problem where there isn’t any. That’... |