dgarretson
Responses from dgarretson
| Album Of The Year 2011 Many fine albums, but for best(most important) of 2011 I'm leaning toward the Hendrix Winterland LP box. | |
| Best Platter Material The variables and combinations can get complex, as a change in weight may also affect speed stability. I like the old VPI TNT delrin/lead/cork platter, topped with a 4 lb. TTWeights copper platter, topped with a Trans-Fi Reso-mat, clamped lightly ... | |
| Piano and Trumpet can sound bright Some of that zip may be diffraction from tweeter off the front baffle. You might try a large ring of 1/4" felt around the dome. This will slightly pad down the tweeter while improving coherance. | |
| High Output MC vs Low Output MC I have not heard the DL-160, but have had a long & satisfying run with Denon's top DL-S1(around $500 from Comet Supply.) Very low .15mv output and medium compliance. | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Palasr wrote: "While frequency accuracy (and adjustablity) is one issue, it doesn't begin to address waveform shape, harmonic distortion, phase amplitude and shift, and all the other interesting things that go into generating a waveform suitable f... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Don_c55, try comparing a carefully tensioned cotton poly thread to the stock elastic band on your TNT. This will demonstrate the clearly audible difference between absolute and transient speed stability. | |
| VPI TNT HRX table - what tonearms? Hello again Suttlaw, a Trans-Fi Terminator linear tonearm easily surpassed a SME IV and Graham 1.5tc on my modified VPI TNT. I've corresponded with an HRX owner who experienced similar improvement replacing a VPI 12.5 arm. The stock tonearm mounti... | |
| Sony SCD-777es as transport? Hello Suttlaw, I personally modified the SCD-1/777ES based mostly on piece parts and ideas from Reference Audio Mods. Principal improvements to the transport section include Superclock 4 and discrete DC regulation stages powered by a 12V battery. ... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Somehow the May release of Urge Overkill's first album since '95 slipped past me. Rock & Roll Submarine is pretty fine, particularly on LP. UO is a missing link to the grunge scene that never got deserved recognition.http://www.youtube.com/wat... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 Agree that it takes a few spins for The Whole Love to take hold, but well worth it. Wilco is rolling in clover and not as far from Uncle Tupelo roots as on prior efforts.Though not rock, Bonnie Prince Billy's "wolfroy goes to town" is a stand-out,... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 This has been a great week for eccentrics, all on vinyl:Tom Waits- Bad as Me Magnetic Fields- HolidayTed Leo- Live in Nashville | |
| Why does Cary Audio keep discontinuing good amps? "Because there clueless"TBD but at leist they can sphell. | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Jack White is okay by me if he convinced Jimmy Page and The Edge to make a great movie with him. That's very good company.Ascension to worst-ever R&R band should require a multi-part test, something like the Supreme Court's definition of porno... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? After five years or so I'm less of a poster and more of a reader of the few and far between. As retailing has declined the site has kept curiousity alive and led me to get out more often to the shows as a hedge against forum hyperbole and magazine... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 Ditto Wilco's The Whole Love, excellent on LP and CD. It's probably their best album, and certainly surpasses the last one.Also enjoying vinyl of Ry Cooder's Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down-- anti-banker depression ballads for the 2010s. |