drbond
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| Tube preamp recommendations for Pass X260.8 monos If you want transparency and neutrality, nothing that I’m aware of would beat an Ypsilon PST 100 Mk2, run in passive mode. | |
| New Rega P10 setup @marktheshark I used a P8 for a few years. I learned that anything and everything affects the SQ. You can have it on an isolated platform, and it sounds one way; place isolation pucks under it and it sounds differently; place rubber feet under i... | |
| First record cleaner I would think that most would recommend an ultrasonic record cleaner. The shiny, best ones are a few thousand dollars, but you can get a VEVOR ultrasonic cleaner for records for only $200, and it seems to work quite well… | |
| Direct Drive @terry9 I may have misunderstood you, but you mentioned that "there is no such thing as instantaneous speed measurement in the real world": AnalogMagik software does measure instantaneous speed. I think Fremer may use it, or possibly have some... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Here’s what you don’t want to hear: unfortunately, the more you spend, the better the sound. At every step along the way, there’s going to be a mismatch, where one part of your system exposes weaknesses of another part of your system. There’s no w... | |
| Phono Preamplifier Redux .. Damn This is Getting Expensive Based on my personal experience, and as another mentioned above, you probably need to spend 20k in analog to get SQ like 10k in digital, but from what I’ve read 60-80k in analog is better than 120k in digital. So, at lower prices, it’s hard to be... | |
| Great classical pianists @esarhaddon I cannot disagree with you that many of today’s classical pianists "are too tightly bound by a rigid performance controlled by the original score". However, most of Claudio Arrau’s recordings will demonstrate quite the opposite: he i... | |
| Great classical pianists Not much finesse by your favorite Alexandra, but perhaps that’s because everyone sounds like an amateur compared to Claudio Arrau. . . I think you would do yourself a great favor by comparing this same piece performed by your favorite, then Arrau... | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? @cey Yes, one answer to the question "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?", but perhaps the answer to my question is the same; however, there were good suggestions about record and stylus preservation material... | |
| Need some help with Brandenburgs I don’t think Jordi Savall’s recording is on LP, but just CD/SACD. I don’t really like Richter’s interpretations, or rather the recordings of his performances, probably due to the poor recording capability when he was recording. I think Pinnock ... | |
| Lyra Cartridges @mglik Your statement that Lyra will upgrade the Lyra Atlas to the Lyras Atlas Lamba for no charge is false. The cost to upgrade a Lyra Atlas to a Lyra Atlas Lambda is 50% of the cost of a new Lyra Atlas Lambda, or about $6,000. There is present... | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? @erik_squires Aye, now I understand: Macbeth must've ruined his LP's using an old stylus, prompting this soliloquy! "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all... | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? @jasonbourne52 Is the Stylast lube the same thing as the Stylast stylus treatment? | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? @secretguy Your "cringing at 1.8g" meaning that historically you used MM cartridges that tracked at less than 1g, and 1.8g is so heavy, or that in the past you used 3g 1980's cartridge tracking, and 1.8g is too light, leading to skips, etc.? | |
| Lyra Cartridges @mijostyn Why did you opt to order to Lyra Atlas Lamba SL, instead of the regular Lyra Atlas Lambda? Here is what Lyra says about the SL model: This is a special, built-to-order, version of Atlas for expert users with very high-gain, extra l... |