edgewear
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| How much does vinyl formulation have an influence on overall sound? I’ve often wondered about this as well. It might be one of the possible explanations of sonic differences between different copies of the same record (sometimes even with the same matrix numbers). But there are probably too many other variables to... | |
| Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing? Hi Chakster, is there a deeper relationship between the lifespan of SPU's and the 'vinyl revival'? Inquiring minds want to know.... ;-) | |
| Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing? The OP's question is a valid one and goes well beyond the local evidence of healthy record shops and - perhaps unhealthy - vinyl record prices.In our current 'on demand' society, where everything offered as a 'service' is just one screen touch awa... | |
| Colibri or Hummingbird? The distributor's offer was only for changing the connectors from RCA to XLR. The arm was purchased from an official dealer, so this is not some extra charge for a sample imported outside 'official' channels. Apparently customer service doesn't me... | |
| Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable! From my practical experience I’d say static issues in vinyl playback are unavoidable. Vacuum cleaning is mandatory for 'previously owned’ records, but will add some new static build up in the process. The choice of mat can make some difference, bu... | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? @rauliruegas I think I can agree with your "sum of the parts" conclusion, which seems to emphasize the importance of the talents of the designer. After all he's the guy who's putting the parts together. No gals as yet I believe, but this might cha... | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? Indeed! Both these systems - as well as several others - have reinforced my opinion that not much real 'progress' has been made in the sonic capabilities of MC cartridges, despite all the claims to the contrary.I reference my growing 'family' of v... | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? @chakster Thanks for the tip, will keep an eye on that one. I have two MC's with 'gemstone' cantilevers: Klipsch MCZ-10 (ruby) and Ortofon MC-5000 (sapphire) and both sound excellent in different ways.What I would like to know is if these recent '... | |
| Dvorak/Kertesz Nine Symphony Set Hi, actually both sets are re-issues. This material was originally issued on separate LP's in the 1960's, chronologically starting with Symphony no. 8 on SXL 6044 and ending with Symphony no. 9 on SXL 6291. The SXL 6515-21 catalogue number puts th... | |
| Colibri or Hummingbird? Thanks again for all your help. I don't feel confident to do the re-terminating of the tonearm cable myself. I'm fairly new to this game of cart rolling and using several tonearms. While I've managed to become quite handy in cartridge installation... | |
| Colibri or Hummingbird? @rauliruegas,I agree that these adapters should be avoided, but Boulder has only XLR inputs and I already owned the Reed arm before changing to these amps. I did inquire about the possibility of re-terminating the Reed cable to XLR connectors. The... | |
| Colibri or Hummingbird? Thanks for your suggestions, which have helped me to narrow down the problem!Although it is definitely not my idea of fun, I dismounted the Colibri from the Reed arm and put it in a SME type headshell in order to be able to try it on both my other... | |
| FR64 cartridge suggestions It is surprising how many different types of cartridges can work with the FR-64, despite its heavy effective mass. An obvious first choice would be the FR-7 series. You can get an early (silver) FR-7 for around $1000 and the improved FR-7f for aro... | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? @fleschler,I recognize your timeline. It's unfortunate that while one's monetary abilities usually increase with age, one's hearing abilities decrease without mercy. At 58 I'm still able to detect the sonic differences between one cartridge and th... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? @downunder yes, I overlooked this footnote. Sorry for the confusion. Come to think of it, this difference in specs does seem unrealistic...... |