drbond
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| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito While I never bought any MoFi LP’s, I’ve bought quite a few newer release LP’s made years or decades after the CD, manufactured by the same company that manufactured the CD and made from the digital tapes. I play the CD and the LP in immediate su... | |
| Cartridge Loading.....Part II @lewm Congrats on the new phono stage, but I would think the Steelhead might still be a step up from the BMC MCCI, but maybe I'm wrong. . .what's your impression between the two? | |
| Your thoughts on selling As a buyer, I would suggest that the best approach is to downgrade the LP's that are not play graded. If you're selling as NM, it should be play-graded. If you're selling as VG+, then it's understood to be noisy. | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Looks like mostly modern rockers here: how about Wimoweh, first produced in modern times (that I'm aware of by Solomon Linda), and more famously covered by the Weavers: | |
| A suitable cart and possible practical tweaks for a Rega Planar 3... Tweaks? Buy a record clamp, as it will improve the SQ dramatically on a Rega. . . And look at isolation footers of some sort. | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) Here's some reasonable videos about 440 Hz vs 432 Hz, which discuss the practical and historical aspects: (even indicating that during the Baroque era, A was closer to 415 Hz) | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) @mahgister What was your career in? How long have you been retired? | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) @mahgister Thanks for sharing that video about Alan Mearns. I just bought two of his CD's. Too bad he doesn't have analog (LP) form for sale. . . Your perspectives about music and the global trends are quite interesting. . . I'm a Bach afici... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? @whart Can you please elucidate the method of point nozzle vacuum cleaning? What instruments are used, and how is it done? Thanks. | |
| Turntable Pre-Echo Sound....? Upon cursory review, I think this thread explains the pre-echo phenomenon the best. Here's a similar explanation from an outside source: "When you master an LP, you have to put each groove as close to the other as possible. As a result, in loud ... | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) I find the rather myopic perspective quite comical: the author acts as if music quality has only been dropping for the past generation due to some of his opinions of what good music is. . . why start in the 1960's; couldn't you say the same about... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @dover Thanks for sharing your insight into the potential weaknesses of the analog software. I think the record that CH Precision offers for gain testing is essentially a small version of the Analog Magik software. The Analog Magik software ... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 So here's some follow up on the CH Precision P1 (run in current mode) gain settings from the Analog Magik software: at 15db gain, the SNR = 21db; at 20db gain, the SNR = 23db; at 25db gain, the SNR = 20.5db. At 20db gain, sometimes the CLIP SI... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 @rauliruegas So, I set up the AnalogMagik software today, and it did help me adjust the azimuth. I was able to get the Lyra Atlas cartridge to have a -28.4 cross talk in both L and R channels. Oddly, the VTA didn't work with the Lyra Atlas, as... | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl If you like Spanish guitar, in the flamenco style, Carlos Montoya. . . and Goran Sollscher for classical guitar. |