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| How do you judge your system's neutrality? It would be complicated for non-audiophiles to judge neutrality or any other metric of high quality playback. My wife does well in this regard despite a disinterest in audio, because her ears have been educated through long exposure to the “second... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Phaser, thanks for mentioning that Bill Evans. I have it in mono on ABC/Riverside and stereo on Japanese Victor/Riverside. This morning they both sounded quite vivid on lowly Empire 888E. BTW I just substituted a brass pedestal for delrin on my li... | |
| Best Tributes, Covers, Dedications Merle Haggard tribute "Tulare Dust"(1994). Respectful unadorned covers by Dwight Yoakam, Iris Dement, Joe Ely, John Doe, Marshall Crenshaw, Lucinda Williams. | |
| Has anyone heard the new OPPO BDP-83SE Having heard the superb performance of the RAM-modified Oppo at RMAF-- which IMO approaches top Wadia, Esoteric, EMM, etc.-- and knowing that the parts that go into the mod cost several times MSRP of the Oppo, the issue of Oppo factory warranty is... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Marillion "Less is More." Stripped & mostly unplugged rearrangements and rerecordings of songs from late '80s through early '00s Marillion albums. Mature, sauve, unexpectedly jazz-inflected reunion of a band that never got the recognition it d... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? "When you remove a bit of system distortion, different things sound more different because a common element has been removed from everything you hear."Exactly my experience through hundreds of internal modifications to components. I'm in the camp ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? "the strange idea of "neutral"Neutrality is about balance-- the notion of nothing more and nothing less, nothing added and nothing substracted. In this sense neutrality is more descriptive and useful than transparency."all components are inaccurat... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? "My original post was intended... to operationalize the term 'neutral.'""Neutrality by definition is 'without difference'.""...by comparison to other systems using the same source material." (Emphasize "same source")Apart from the usual judgments ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, The 888E improved further after several days of curing time and a second application of paint. I can now say only good things about this cartridge. In view of your prior observation that the simple shells in many of these old MM/MM cartridge... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Ditto The ListOther good recent issues:Alice in Chains: Black Gives Way to BluePearl Jam: Back SpacerCalifone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, Regrettably it's only about 1-1.5oz. This is enough for a thorough treatment inside CDP plus some. As rediculous as this seems, the benefit is worth the price. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, This is the first time I've tried AVM on a cartridge, and will repeat henceforth with Empire 999X/EX, P-76, and perhaps Helikon. So far I've heard big improvement applying the stuff to silicon monolithics, clock PCB, electrolytics, and sm... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? For about 50 hours I've been breaking in an Empire 888E with the top NOS .2 x.7 mil stylus, and will shortly be moving on. Set up with positive VTA and 1.2g, it took a good 30-40 hours to open up and become detailed. Nevertheless, by strict high-e... | |
| Best interconnects for Velodyne DD series Clabe, Woops, I had forgotten. I guess it's time for me to try some fresh ideas rather than recycle. Thanks for recommending those Duelund resistors! | |
| Best interconnects for Velodyne DD series If you're thinking of expensive ICs then go the distance and replace the stock internal speaker wire between the plate amp and the woofer. For my DD-15 I used a DIY silver litz braid, but any high-quality speaker wire will be an improvement. Repla... |