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| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? 1. Sandy Denny 2. Joan Baez 3. Joni Mitchell Glad to see Sandy appearing twice prior to my post, bearing in mind that neither she nor Fairport really cracked the US of A in period. She was born in Wimbledon, where I was brought up and he... | |
| That sound is right for me. @runwell I didn't say he is selling anything. I just said I didn't understand your post, and I still don't. You say "which pre and power could have that high in the market?". What do you mean? And I'm not sure it's helpful to evaluate ampl... | |
| That sound is right for me. Totally imcomprehensible post. Nearest thing to 'this guy' is the old Lennon-McCartney number. This guy doesn't want you back again. | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? SME VI ? | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. Yeah. My 2022 system is pretty good. But I didn''t mind my 1972 system and the music was much better then. So were my ears! Glad we're both still loving it @ghdprentice | |
| Cartridge Recommendations for SME V Arm @vinylvalet @yoyoyaya +1 for van den Hul Frog. Also note vdH do very cheap rebuilds. And do look at the YouTubes of AJ building cartridges. @retiredfarmer Why stone body? Adding useless mass for no good reason. | |
| I have NOVA V's and I am not happy I agree with OP. Listening to Sheryl Crow is fatiguing. I have solved this by not buying any of her albums. | |
| Snowballs @roadwhorerecords No. The one version works wonderfully well on any amp. | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home Off subject, but a bigger problem is auditioning cartridges at home. I know of no dealer who allows this, even ones well known to me for many years. The refusal is understandable, carts are extremely delicate, easily wiped out, damaged, or just ... | |
| What is the most important cable in your system @tweak1 Mad, yes. Scientist, no. | |
| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? @kenjit If you don't like speakers that measure flat and reproduce music signals accurately but prefer flawed designs with peaks and troughs and distortion because the programme then sounds (to you) more exciting than what studio engineers requ... | |
| What is the most important cable in your system @jpsreno I don't agree, because some connections are more critical and some are more challenged, so gains can be made by concentrating quality there. Only where all applications are of equal importance is there a case for according equal attent... | |
| What is the most important cable in your system @sandthemall I agree too, phono cart to phono amp. Because the signal is so low level it needs all the help it can get transmitting the music truthfully and without external interference or noise. With a parallel tracking arm I need to use sil... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! @lanx0003 Sorry if you were really joshing. Trouble is some on here really believe in stuff way more crazy than your dust. Welcome back to the world of reason. | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! @lanx0003 'Perfect' insulation may be putting it too high. On any cable if you put a few kV to the outside insulation, some of it may get through to the core. But you must be buying too cheap. I could put extremely effective insulation on e... |