daveyf
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| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @ghdprentice You ask why Linn went with the digital processing at the turntable. I would say they did it because they probably believed it would sound better, and certainly on paper, this makes some sense. Now here’s the thing, if your reference... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, So, to add to my last post...here is a question for the folks on this thread... Is it possible that more experienced a'philes will have enough knowledge/experience of how to put together a system so that it has the least chance ( i'm not saying t... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @phusis One other thing i have also learned in this hobby is this: it is just as easy to go backwards in regards to SQ when you implement something into your system, as it is to go forwards...and many times, even easier! Interestingly, the deale... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Very interesting thread. Particularly appropriate to me, as only yesterday i visited a dealer who's system was what he felt to be excellent sounding. Yet, and here's the thing, this system was a disappointment to me. Not because it did not have so... | |
| 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 ... |