daveyf
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| DVD-A thoughts... @coralkong I think with this particular disc, it is possible that a video screen is required to change the levels. This is the only DVD-A that may require this, but it still sounds fine under the surround sound mastering, better I am sure with the... | |
| DVD-A thoughts... Thank you @coralkong. I did look up this in the manual before and tried the "audio button". For some reason with this disc, there was no result. Perhaps the disc is faulty? | |
| DVD-A thoughts... @katylied The player I own is a Esoteric DV60. The display seems to indicate that the disc is playing only the surround sound layer. Sounds fine, but I suspect the stereo only layer, mastered by Doug Sax, would sound a lot better. The other DVD-... | |
| DVD-A thoughts... I don’t own a regular CD only player, but I seriously doubt this DVD-A disc would play in one if I did. My player is a Universal unit, meaning it can also play back DVD video to a home theater system. I don’t utilize it this way, as the SACD capab... | |
| DVD-A thoughts... @coralkong Actually, I have a number of DVD-A’s, they were all bought on the used market, and in many cases for less than I would have to pay for the equivalent CD! Not many folks have the gear to play DVD-A’s, so this has impacted the price of t... | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and @rauliruegas One thing, as an ex-pro musician, I can tell you with some confidence, that there are no two people who will tell you that one person's sound is 100% 'right' and another's is 100% 'wrong'...per your supposition. Just like what is mus... | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and @rauliruegas Interesting post. Do you think that today the house sound of a Koetsu is easily bettered? As they are known for ’warmth’ , perhaps this is their strength. Not appealing to some, but also maybe required depending on set-up. I do think... | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity I owned and enjoyed a Benz Ruby 2 for many years, even today I miss some of what it could do. Part of the reason ( a big part?) that these cartridges are not so common today is due to their distributorship issues of the past in the US. Before I ac... | |
| The Linn Karousel bearing. @esporma Nice review of the Karousel. I agree completely with your findings. IMO, the bearing changes over time have really been perhaps the most beneficial of all of the LP12 upgrades. BTW, if you get a chance, I would ( budget allowing) look ... | |
| Review: Audio Research D-70 mkII Tube amp @esporma Thanks for your thoughts. I have moved on from the D70Mk2 to a auto biasing set of tube mono blocks, which actually sound even better than the ARC. Nonetheless, I do remember my tech stating how poor the biasing procedure was on the am... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? Unfortunately, I believe in order to get the best out of your LP12, it does need a precise and correct set-up. If one is willing to do the set up oneself and can accept the fact that the set up might be at the 80% level ( at best), then the right ... | |
| KLaudio or Degritter Mark II I own a H Guru and have used the KL and the DeGritter ( version 1). The Guru, so long as one uses a surfactant (crucial), works well. The results from the KL, with a surfactant, were slightly better than the Guru and the DeGritter. The DeGritter o... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? @ddrave44 Where do you get the idea that Linn tables need to be tuned up every 3-5 years??? The versions with the old Nirvana springs ( we are talking from the late 70's here) usually did...but since the springs have been updated ( from the mid ... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? @audiovideonirvana While the LP12 does require an experienced set up, once it is set up, it does not drift. Since you have had no experience with the Linn table for what sounds like decades, this is probably something new to you. Nonetheless, th... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? @audiovideonirvana while you are correct that the Linn LP12 Klimax comes in at around $30K, there is also the entry level LP12 Majik, which comes in around $5K. The nice thing is that one can upgrade the Majik to Klimax level if and when funds co... |