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The "1st Pressing" LP Hysteria- Is the terminology wrong?
"Hysteria" when buying LPs? "Pandemonium" when choosing vacuum tubes? If that's the case, I suggest you're dealing with the wrong people. 
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
mijostyn... Never Trust Your Ears. The problem with ears is that they are connected to a brain ... We'll have to disagree on this. I consider the brain an advantage, not a disadvantage. The ears and brain work in tandem.Always follow the science... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
bimaThanks for the clarification. It seems the B-Word isn't considered profanity ...You are very welcome.  
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
bima I’m giving 10-to-1 odds this post will be deleted. Any takers? Posts containing profanity are routinely deleted from this site. 
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
mijostynIf removing anti skating makes a vinyl playback system sound better then the setup is off somewhere. That is not a universal truth. Kindly note that the manufacturers of some pivoted arms do not include antiskate on their arms. Of those ... 
Reel to reel
orpheus10At 15 IPS the tape picks up the tiniest details; some that the cartridge glosses over ...If the phono cartridge cannot retrieve these details, then what makes you think the tape can reconstruct them? The answer, of course, is that it can... 
Reel to reel
orpheus10At 15 IPS, my tape deck defies logic; yes, the copy is better than the source ...That doesn’t defy logic at all if you define "better" as a preference, and not a statement of technical superiority.If we define high fidelity as truthfulne... 
Reel to reel
benjieHard to believe some people think that tape is the absolute worst recording media. I don't think anyone here has said that.  
Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus
lewm... I also own and occasionally use an ultrasonic stylus cleaner. The thing about it, is that it is not ultra sonic. These devices vibrate at somewhere between 200 and 500 cps. That is in the audio range, and it is very unlikely to damage... 
Tidal digital hi-fi vs records
lowrider57Using a direct copy of the analogue master to produce CDs. Minimal compression during the A to D process, no remastering, no additional EQ added.I'm referring to the mastering and transferring to media before the Loudness Wars.The O... 
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
millercarbonActually since the arm pivots then the tilt angle would have to be constantly adjusted during play. Since the tilt angle would need to be roughly perpendicular to the cartridge, and since no cartridge alignments result in it bein... 
Tidal digital hi-fi vs records
lowrider57...  the Harvest release should sound better since it was an original flat transfer ...What is a "flat transfer?"   
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
lewm Tilting the turntable is about the same as hanging an anti-skate weight on a string, to pull the tonearm toward the spindle ... You’d have to tilt the TT very precisely toward the spindle, and you’d be guessing at the resulting anti-skate fo... 
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
lewm ... Of course headshell offset angle and other reasons for lack of tangency of the cantilever to the groove are what results in the skating force ...Exactly, and that's been my point. We're much more in agreement here than not.but there w... 
Does removing anti-skating really improve sound?
larryiThis issue has been raised with a number of cartridge manufacturers and I don't know of any who endorse not using anti-skating. VPI is not an advocate for the use of anti-skating.