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| How did you get into vinyl? Gaslover, Analogue Productions is the nearest in spirit to Sheffield that I see today. Unfortunately, their budgets seem much smaller, limiting their D2Ds to old timey blues artists. Well recorded, but not my favorite. I forget the German label th... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? 01-26-08: Gaslover said:"Dcstep - Virtually all of those Sheffield D2D's you own were a result of myself and lots of others back in the 70's and 80's... enjoy! Hope you have copies of S-10 (vol.1 and 2). Your collection would not be complete witho... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? 01-26-08: Gaslover said:"... My point here is that 5.6MHz may appear to be incredible and I am sure it really is; perhaps the ultimate comparison would be to A/B it against a pure analog direct to disk source like something from Sheffield Labs."In... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? 01-25-08: Gaslover said:"Even in the unlikely scenario vinyl were to make any sort of a comeback, there would be the unfortunate digital pollution somewhere in the recording or mixdown chain. The possibility of being able to purchase purely analog... | |
| I need new music.... Jane Monheit, Diana Krall, Karrin Allyson, Stacey Kent, Erin Bode,Dave Grusin and Martin Taylor.Dave | |
| How did you get into vinyl? With a few notable exceptions, we all seem to be boomers. Nothing wrong with that, but if I were marketing vinyl that would be important to know. It's good to see a few younger people join the thread, but I'm surprised that there aren't more.Dave | |
| SACD & DVDA done? 01-24-08: Rwwear said:"It's been my experience that some surround SACDs sound better than their stereo layer. ...DC, it sounds like you are just a Sony hater. Many people disliked Sony from the beginning because they were considered an outsider up... | |
| SACD & DVDA done? One big problem with SACD is the producer's need to put out crap like three-channel hybrid or quasi-surround. Some of those do indeed decode well as 2-channel, but many end up being CD-level or worse. They're catering to the AV crowd.DVD-A does th... | |
| New speaker placement 01-22-08: Dbphd siad:"Doesn't having a TV between your speakers reduce imaging?"Probably not, IF the set is done with the TV in place to compensate. I have an armoire between my speakers and it "disappears" with the speakers in the right place.Dave | |
| SACD & DVDA done? DVD-A is a DVD format, not a HDDVD format, so why would there be any relationship to HD?DVD-A should be able to survive if there's enough demand. Thank goodness we don't need Sony. DVD-A really delivers rez. I think the whole question is demand. S... | |
| Zerostat? Any Other Good Options? I use a carbon fiber brush with the disk on the platter to get off any big "chunks" that might scratch, then I use the micro fiber cloth and finish with the ZeroStat.Save up and get a ZS or look for a used one.Dave | |
| Anybody have experience with a Pro-ject RM 6 SB? Arthur, what phono-preamp and cartridge were you using? People trying to put together an inexpensive fail to realize that they really need three pretty good components to beat CD. It can be done, but it's tough at the bottom end of the price scale... | |
| Am I getting it all? Well, of course, if you use the same IC of the same length between the phono-stage/pre-amp and digital-source/pre-amp.Dave | |
| Am I getting it all? Stockfisch just released "Bassface Swing Trio Plays Gershwin" on D2D, DVD-A and CD. See http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=37495This is good piano trio jazz (think Bill Mays or Charlap level), exceptionally well recorded an... | |
| Am I getting it all? His analog system is high enough quality that it should exceed CD quality. CDs will not generally sound as good and it won't be particularly close. If he's not achieving that, then he needs to look into his analog setup, not buying new equipment, ... |