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| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning I am a lifelong Dylan fan and completist. Given the opportunity to hear competing mixes made at the time or later, nearly every time I feel the best choice of mix was made for the original release. This applies for other artists than BD. This m... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges @grislybutter "what does a 10,000 dollar cartridge do better than a $1,000 one?" Assuming equally good set-up, I believe there are only three variables: design, material choice and quality, accuracy of assembly. The first can be addressed by ... | |
| Spikes on tower speakers If you have a concrete floor it's best to get the spikes through to that. But if the floor is wood or you can't or won't get the spikes through to concrete, stay with granite marble or other stone. Specific gravity is much higher than butcher bl... | |
| Power cord length @jeffstrick You ask how power cords can have sound. They cannot. Unless someone here comes along and tells me how it all works. @ghdprentice I can only think they had a bad day at the factory when they made one of the cords. | |
| Spikes on tower speakers Great to hear all the advice to stand the speakers on granite or marble. Way to go guys. I have been advocating this all over here. But do you have a wooden suspended floor under your carpet or concrete. If you have wooden, go with the stone s... | |
| Power cord length @jeffstrick Thank you. Your first post is incorrect. Your second post is entirely correct. Power cables cannot have sound. And in particular, changing the lengths cannot change the sound. Even if you install 2 miles of power cable of suita... | |
| Power cord length "The two meter definitely sounds better. While they are clearly the same power cord the 2 meter is a bit quieter. Definitely worth the money." @ghdprentice I can't believe you are saying this. Gotta be a piss (miss)take. Like, I have tested al... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges No good to save. The rubbers or similar in the suspension degrade and your cart will need rebuilding before you can use it. If you must store carts, make sure it is at low temperatures with medium humidity so that the suspension elements do not ... | |
| Boxes You should always keep the original packing even though it can be a pain to reserve the space. Most manufacturers pride themselves in supplying packing that will protect their products on multiple transits. Martin Logan excepted whose packing f... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @skyscraper Noting your remarks on longevity and acquiring record collections, many years ago I used to buy a lot of used classical records at a shop in London run by a guy who was around 25 years older than me. He used to say 'I'll get your c... | |
| Do I buy an upscale TT? @pindac You would of course be welcome to listen to Verismo here but (1) I live in UK so am probably a ways away from you and in my experience (2) there is limited benefit in auditioning cartridges for purchase in unknown systems and (3) yes it ... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @grislybutter You're right Grisly. A lot of millennials and younger are buying vinyl and labels are cutting records of material they like. In fact some of them are buying more vinyl than I buy as I have most of what I want and I'm not much int... | |
| Do I buy an upscale TT? Audio Technica ART1000 is a great cartridge, possibly the best I have. And I have three high end Ortofons, A95, Anna and Verismo. | |
| Power conditioner wire gauge? Serious issue @jumia "variations in Sonic transmissions are the result of tiny changes in electrical impulses which perform so much better with the least amount of resistance" Yet another example of unverified pseudoscience. Take no notice. There's so much... | |
| Power conditioner wire gauge? Serious issue @carlsbad Thank you for your opinion. I will continue to post mine. No doubt you will explain why it is necessary to spend money on larger power cords than are required to carry the specified current. |