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| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate stringreenAnti skate is such a low force that it is inconsequential..most part theoretical. Actually no antiskate sounds better than yes a/s.Certainly, many listeners prefer no antiskate, although I'm not one of them. However, to claim that a... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings blackfly... Class D in the bass is penultimate (again, the reason it is the best amp for subs), go out and directly compare it to a Luxman M 800, or Accuphase A 200. No dice. Penultimate to what? Your statement doesn't make any sense. In any ... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? geoffkait... CDs sound relatively thin, disembodied, two dimensional, compressed, congealed, thumpy, piercing, hollow, diffuse, synthetic, amusical, generic, threadbare, edgy, bass shy, peaky, ugly, phasey, irritating, detailed, unnatural, uni... | |
| Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need. Pretty much.I went through a few good speaker systems, then bought an Infinity IRS 1B system. I loved it ... until the dealer got in the Infinity IRS Beta system. When he offered me a good price on one, I jumped at the chance. Much of my system ha... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? When I got into audio, digital playback was just a gleam in an engineer's eye. All we had was vinyl, reel-to-reel and FM. (And live music.) Really. I've stayed with the LP ever since - while also adding digital into the system. I simply don't see ... | |
| RCA connectors-how to tighten them up. This is a bit confusing, because I think of a female RCA connector as a "jack," not a "plug." I wouldn't expect the connector to have "flaps," which I associate with a male "plug." But perhaps I'm just misunderstanding you.In any event - and witho... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings There are some great turbocharged four-cylinder engines, but they haven’t replaced V-8s or even V-12s. "There no replacement for displacement" is the adage in the auto industry. Perhaps the same is true with hi-fi. | |
| Technics SL1200: standard overhang gauge or MintLP rotariusIf you need to square up a cart in a headshell why would you not use the precision of digital calipers to measure distance of each side of a cart to the headshell edge? I am an engineer, I like to confirm with actual measurements rather t... | |
| Technics SL1200: standard overhang gauge or MintLP rotarius@sbank, you don’t need a cart to be rectangular or have parallel sides, all you need is symmetrical sides and a measuring tool like calipers. I do agree, the cantilever needs to be in line with the cart axis. Eyeballing with lines on a mi... | |
| WORST Experience Ever in Dealing With Woodbridge Stereo NJ stringreenOnce upon a time this was a great store.....I remember a guy named Igor who was very knowledgeable and helpful. Too bad about this place ... This place was more like a social audio club ,,,,many good times there.I had the same exp... | |
| Affordable Turntable Options Given your budget, I'd suggest putting your Marantz back in service. | |
| To monoblock or not to monoblock McIntosh MC275's ^^^^^^^^ Al, thanks so much for this clear explanation. Of course, I expect nothing less from you! But, neither do I take it for granted.It does sound like the two channels of a stereo amplifier must be very closely matched for parallel operation ... | |
| Should I consider the newer Audio Research pre & power amps, when I play records not CD's lostbears I hope you get the Ref 5se. You will feel no need to upgrade for a very long time. It is truly world class. While the speakers are the voice of your system, the preamp is the heart. It has more of an effect on the sound than the amp.... | |
| To monoblock or not to monoblock McIntosh MC275's almargAs a point of information, when the MC275 is operated in mono mode it is not bridged. The two channels are paralleled instead, which is different than bridging ...That's very interesting and new to me, Al. Thanks for sharing!Do you know ... | |
| Anticables chrisrLet's keep it real. The audio cable makers sell their product like bernie madoff sold his investment securitiesThat's absurd. Madoff admitted to the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, and destroyed the lives of many innocent people. He has n... |