dentdog
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| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I'm with Whart as to the necessary requirements for vinyl besting the digital domain. I have a very nice, to me, rig that I enjoy to no end and a nice collection of vinyl. Starting from scratch without a pretty good collection though, not so sure. | |
| Zu def 4 are they the best speaker made? I’ve had my Def 4s about 5 years now and feel I can make some valid observations. They are very dependent on the amps and electronics upstream. Their transparency is revealed with certainty with the slightest variable introduced. Yes the right amp... | |
| Theory about Fidelity Research MC & PMC Carts When I purchased my 202 NOS a few years ago the seller had a stash of them found in his dad's warehouse. When I asked if I could get a discount on a second he refused. Said that most buyers purchased two of them anyway. I have two. Ikeda San was a... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? BAT VK P 10 SE with Supercaps. Digs deep, muscular. 80 db for LOMC. Just curious, anyone on here switch from one of these to a better? If so, how so? | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? To me live music sounds warm, no high order harmonics there to give your ears that unidentified edgy sound. Supposedly tubes convey the music with less high order harmonics. So there's that.For some it may be a bit of a pain to search out and impl... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Taj Mahal "Oh So Good and Blues" Nighthawks "Full House" | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Have a Fidelity Research MC202, in fact have two of them. There are two out there for sale. About $500-700. Makes the instruments sound real. Low output so a quiet Phono Stage is necessary. My ownership bias is so strong I'm thinking about a third... | |
| Valve phono stage I like tubes. More musical. Have a BAT VKP 10SE with Supercaps and it rocks. | |
| On the fence about Vinyl need a good phono stage for A/B testing Vinyl is a medium that requires and rewards excellent source and phono pre. Go as high as possible here because everything here is amplified, and the phono pre "wakes up" the system. I use tubes and have spent a tidy sum putting together the right... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? Balanced power, dedicated lines. | |
| BE VERY CAREFUL OF YOUR DEALINGS ON AUDIO-ASYLUM Maybe he died. Check the obits. | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. "Ain't no Sunshine" on the album Midnight Run by Bobby Bland. I have the Guy-Chapman and Bill Withers versions and like them as well. However IMO Bobby's version puts them to shame. Whole album is a stellar recording. | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? I Just want pleasant sounding with good realism. Presence and reality. We are all so lucky to be hearing music reproduction at the level our systems deliver. | |
| AC Regenerator Clean power, regardless of how you accomplish it is to me the largest factor in a musical system. Put another way, the further up the line you improve the signal the greater effect you have throughout the system. I use balanced power throughout an... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Talked to Zu the other day and inquired about Druid VI drivers possibly being and upgrade in the ZU Defs. Was told the driver assembly for Druid VI is very different and couldn't possibly be implemented in Def 4s. Also in the last year have made s... |