dazzdax
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| The necessity of a plinth Thsalmon: what I mean with a plinth is the often rectangular box (= base) that accommodate both the spindle encasing for the platter and the tonearm. For example the "nude" Technics SP-10 without the dedicated obsidian base already comes with an e... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? Newbee, that's an interesting point. Some manufacturers are trying to get the best out of their D/A converters by optimizing the digital circuitry, but they pay less attention to the... D/A converter's analog part. I think it has to do with costs.... | |
| The necessity of a plinth Mark, yes I mean the spring suspension. A turntable with spring suspension needs a plinth to accommodate the springs of course. turntable without a spring suspension don't need a plinth theoretically --> just look at the Simon Yorke designs. Yo... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? Shadorne, I agree. But do you only want to have accuracy without distortion? Even techno music from Kraftwerk (which seems devoid from any human emotion has some musicality).Chris | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables If there is NO sonic difference between vintage and contemporary turntables, then we don't need the VPI's, TW Acoustics, Avids, Brinkmann's, Teres, Basis, Galibiers, etc. This is a sad conclusion for those manufacturers.Chris | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables In several replies posted here in this thread I have a strong feeling that many of us are merely driven by emotion and nostalgia towards the ownership of a vintage turntable, not because of the believe that these vintage tt's are better than the c... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Everyone is talking about minimizing distortion during playback. Fact of life: some LP's already sound distorted and there is no way of getting rid of this even if you let the Zen master of the 10th+ level do the necessary adjustments.Chris | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables The analogy with vintage automobiles is restricted to cosmetics only. Contemporary cars are much more evolved than the old ones, or aren't they? Contemporary turntables are not better per se than the vintage ones. Of course classic cars are very v... | |
| John Potis - Rest in peace My sincere condoleances for John's wife and daughters.Chris | |
| Village Vanguard session with Bill Evans Hi Ghosthouse, thank you for sharing my thoughts. First I would like to say that I personally think the Village Vanguard sessions are quite extraordinary and beautiful. I started this thread because I would like to know from you (fellow music love... | |
| Built in DSP = digital equalizer? Not all the CD player manufacturers use DSP. Wadia was the first one who uses DSP (Digimaster software). I think the manufacturers of 16 bit non-oversampling CD players/DAC's don't apply any DSP. Btw, is DSP a good thing? How much signal manipulat... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Hi Radicalsteve, what do you think of the old ugly-as-sin but truly magnificent Thorens Reference turntable? This should be the best turntable ever made, together with the Rockport Sirius III and the Goldmund Reference of course. No vintage collec... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Nsgarch, I've always thought the line contact styli have a greater contact area than the elliptical ones. Greater contact area means more friction (although the pressure/area unit is less).Chris | |
| Village Vanguard session with Bill Evans Hi Newbee, I'm just trying to find out a reason why this is a great recording. Cincy bob has already given his explanation, which is to me a very insightful one. Many thanks!No, it's not that I don't like Bill Evans. In fact I like his style of pl... | |
| Village Vanguard session with Bill Evans 1. If the recording took place in a studio with a typical studio atmosphere (a bit sterile), would you still hold it in high regard?2. Would you classify this recording as "great" because of it's highly "organized" character with implementation of... |