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| My personal experience with Direct Drive versus Belt Drive I'm a VPI fan from way back. And these days, from what I read, the affordable "sweet spot" of the line is the Prime.My first turntables were cheap direct drives (2-3 of those w/bottom of the barrel cartridges). Had no clue about sound being good, ... | |
| Is it too bright or is it high resolution? This "brightness or resolution?" question has been on my mind a long time. When I first got interested in high end audio in the mid-1980's, I visited many high-end audio stores around the country. I was struck me how, very often the most expensiv... | |
| Is this a disgrace to the Industry ? sevs, I would want to digitize (small portions of) my vinyl collection for 2 reasons:1 - Because most of my vinyl is completely different music from what I've purchased in the CD format--music that's inaccessible unless played on a TT.2 - So I cou... | |
| Is this a disgrace to the Industry ? RE:"This won't be the last 'audio heresy' we'll be subjected to.... One never knows the warp and weft of the future, and what may move us yet again...."(wisdom! thanks, asvjerry)For life/situational reasons, my VPI turntable, Grado arm, and Gra... | |
| Which is better Coax or Optical cables Most of my listening in recent years has been via a solid desktop audio system, which I've repeatedly upgraded over the past 2 years. In that time I used 4 different DACs, with signal coming from a 24/96 Musical Fidelity S/PDIF converter, which I ... | |
| Classic el34 tube amps versus current models I love EL34s. Many years ago I had 2 100WPC EL34 tube amps, model RM-9, made by Roger Mojeski. I had each modified so all the (if memory serves) 8 tube sockets was switchable to triode operation, thus reducing the amps output to 50WPC. My intentio... | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle I owned a pair of Vandersteen 4's in the mid-80's (bought them used, 3 yrs old). These very large design w/integrated subwoofers (2 X 12" drivers, mounted opposed, linked by steel rod, and operating in sync, 1 w/opposite polarity) still are the be... | |
| Just wondering... I've been diving deeply into desktop audio & headphone listening for the past 1-2 years. In that connection, I've used 2 DACs that impressed me greatly, albeit for very different reasons:1 - Peachtree Audio DAC iTx: It may be inexpensive (~$30... | |
| The dumbest stereo experience ever! I'm not sure this story qualifies. It's more about simple observation than stupidity. I have this friend, Joe--a wonderful man in every way, a former drummer. Loves music, really knows it. But he's crazy busy in his work and has neither the time n... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? While it's tempting to focus on money (this entire thread does exactly that), as usual with audio gear and money, other things matter so much more. For example, I'm stunned to find almost no mention of MUSIC in this thread--certainly little if any... | |
| Favorite guitar players not named...... By styles....American classic country: Chet AtkinsBritish rock + classic country: Mark KnopflerTelecaster master: Jim CampilongoFunk/Jazz: Oz NoyBlues/R&B: Josh Smith, Matt SchofieldManouche: Adrien Moignard, Bireli Lagrene, Django Reinhardt (... | |
| Let's see or discuss your desktop speakers! Joe, you just waded into a swamp of pitfalls for audiophiles. I'm a reformed audiophile (all my big system gear is in storage) who now does listening on a desktop system &/or headphones. It's a different world. I've done a lot of research and ... | |
| Tinnitus remedy? Very interesting. I pulled the abstract of this study--which had zero information about dosing. I'm a medical writer and write about drugs for my living. I also have annoying tinnitus that interferes w/my audio habit--but never heard of oxytocin u... | |
| True audio stories! Do you have any? (don_c55, your stories are AMAZING!)It was 1987. I had audiophile fever, a bad case. No one I knew could help; there wasn't a dealer or hi-end store of any consequence w/in 60 miles. Of course no Internet then, but there were classified ads, and s... | |
| High end UPS for Expensive audio eequipments Short of getting an electrical engineering degree or repping one of the major power conditioning companies (w/huge discounts on the entire line), this topic boils down to common sense and exhaustive completeness:1 - Get a whole-house surge supress... |