drmuso
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| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear In the guitar world, a 30-year-old guitar is now considered vintage. If 30 years is considered vintage for audio gear, then most of my analog system is vintage, and I suspect it is comparable in sound quality to most modern gear, and probably mor... | |
| New cartridge ideas... I bought a slightly-used Lyra Kleos from a dealer on US Audio Mart, and am quite happy with it. The advantages of buying a slightly-used cart from someone you trust are the cost savings and the fact that it's already broken in. The Kleos sounded... | |
| Bluesound @rick_n I have been annoyed by that same problem you mention, also from the prior update. Typically, I wind up returning to the album, either in my "Favorites" or through a search, and that way return to the album. An adequate workaround, but... | |
| Break-in period for an idle but used MC cartridge? @lewm Thanks for your reply. Can you say what sonic differences you hear before and after doing this supplemental break-in? | |
| Lyra Kleos: tracking force/VTA/azimuth questions I am resurrecting this thread because I found it helpful in setting up my recently-purchased Kleos. I also wanted to mention a trick I use for setting azimuth that might be helpful for a few. I use the record level meters on my Nakamichi CR-7 ca... | |
| AI-Written Stereophile Articles mark200mph 108 posts 07-20-2024 at 10:40am I had Ai do all my college and med school papers.i always got a participation trophy I like your droll humor. | |
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge I recently bought a used Benz Ruby 2 from Wayne's Audio through US Audio Mart. He stated he sells a lot of cartridges, he had several for sale, and good feedback. He was offering several vintage cartridges that he claimed have fewer than 50 hrs.... | |
| Thinking About Selling and Replacing My Pop/Rock Vinyl Collection @bdp24 The way I've overcome the limitation of the Nitty Gritty machine you mention is that I clean the LP by having it rest on a rubber turntable mat inside the mat's cardboard retail box. Place it on the NG, then remove it to clean the other s... | |
| Thinking About Selling and Replacing My Pop/Rock Vinyl Collection @bdp24 Your succession of LP cleaning tools is the same as mine, except I’m still using my Nitty Gritty 1.0. Some of my old LPs that were cleaned with the Disc Preener developed a gritty surface noise that I have been unable to remove, having tri... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? I just compared my MFSL of Grateful Dead's American Beauty with the 24bit/192kHz version on Qobuz. Cartridge is a Benz Ruby 2 in an Eminent Technology ET-2 linear-tracking tonearm; streaming via my Bluesound Node 130 upgraded with the Teddy Pardo... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? @pwerahera @bdp24 Thank you for posting and answering this question. Even listening to small-group, more recently-recorded jazz, I have wondered about the same issue. | |
| HFNRR Test Record anti-skating tracks @dover Thanks for the reminders about the manual's setup instructions. I reviewed them and just checked the tonearm's behavior on a small mirror, and it was motionless. I also noticed the azimuth was a hair off. After correcting the azimuth,... | |
| HFNRR Test Record anti-skating tracks @lewm Regarding your point (3) above, as you may have read in this thread about tonearms for the SOTA, a former SOTA rep said that the ET-2 was used in their reference system, and they had no problem with the combination. https://forum.audiog... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? The half-speed-mastered LPs I have from the '80s (MFSL and CBS Mastersound) do sound better than the conventional LPs. Of course, the MFSL were also pressed with virgin JVC vinyl and made from the original master tapes, so that also helped. If a... | |
| HFNRR Test Record anti-skating tracks @benjie I've searched for the YouTube videos you mention and can't find them. Could you provide a link, please? I am inclined to agree with lewm, though, that antiskating with the ET-2 is covered by having the turntable perfectly level. FWIW,... |