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| Buying a new TT today sdrsdrsdr,"But I have to say piano from some of these tapes was the closest to the piano downstairs that I’ve ever heard in my room. But not in the audiophile sense. The tapes don’t have the frequency extension, soundstage, and air. But wait. Nei... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other geoffkait,23,271 largely useless and obnoxious posts to get to THIS? | |
| Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways It's an unlikely question but it's one I have been asking myself lately, is this Bib Dylan's best album? For sure the range of vocal and musical expression found here is not a patch on that found on his best work eg the drug fuelled 65-6 trilogy t... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared djones51,Good link. So the conclusion was that even if a fuse was placed in the signal path of a loudspeaker, it was likely to have negligible effect under normal conditions?If I ever got tired of this place I might consider jumping ship to Audio ... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? mglik,"Funny, after all these years, people still say things like "you wasted all that money on cables". There are still those who believe cables don’t make a difference."You’re right, I’m one of them.After having wasted £100s on various cables to... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared djones51,I wonder if you saw the follow up by the same poster?Prog Rock Man not surprisingly faced the some backlash from various affronted parties, so in answer he started another post on Head-Fi. This time he wanted to demonstrate that there w... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life phd,Many good points there. They certainly resonate with me.I think it got me early as I remember being aware of how the sound of our school audio system changed for the worse when they replaced the previous huge speakers with smaller ones. I gues... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Testing Audiophile Claims and MythsFollowing on from my posting above I feel I should bring to attention this thread which has been running on Head-Fi for a good while now - over 10 years to be exact.The original poster, Prog Rock Man has compiled... | |
| Buying a new TT today aj523,"Fun stuff. But why is everyone so preachy?"Yes, it should definitely be fun, before anything else, including any expensive, possibly useless or counterproductive tweaks.Remember the OP was faced with a budget of $2k and somehow, despite tha... | |
| Buying a new TT today aj523,"@cd318 and the @chakster Sorry no idea what you are talking about. Because I asked about upgrading a stock cable that means I’m trying to change everything on this incredible machine? "Err... you also mentioned a replacement mat, did you no... | |
| Buying a new TT today aj523,"...I was trying not to do all these audiophile type improvements like cables. Are you using the stock cable for the power supply? I always get upgraditis on that. I started looking at after market mats and so confusing, I called Rega UK thi... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? I’m first among equals - second to none I’m last of the best - you can bury the restIt must be the winter of my discontent I wish you’d taken me with you wherever you went They talk all night - they talk all day Not for a second do I believe what ... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared djones51,Yes, it's just one of those quirky takes on the subject from a mainly neutral outside observer. It's not necessarily an indictment of all audiophiles, more of a warning against the perils of puting the equipment before the music and the d... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other mahgister,Interesting comments, as ever "Information data is not perceived sounds, purely objective perceived sounds are not musical sounds, and musical sounds are never subjectively evaluated and perceived in exactly the same manner by all indivi... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared HI-FI FETISHISM A psychologist’s view of the lunatic fringe J. ZelingerThis one seems a little cruel and far fetched but I have seen nothing to refute it. Life is about many things and a little self discovery is no bad thing. Besides most of us a... |