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| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @faustuss We All need to get ’out’ more....;) I have to be ’in the mood’ to engage ’The Ritual’, but there’s competitors for my attention, nimble as it may be or easily distracted.... Cassettes that still play that which marked an era passed..... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Lonnie Smith - Live at Club Mozambique, May 21, 1970.; Blue Note 80 2 LP | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? @faustuss , You are correct! I’m totally disputing this. Since the ideal material for storing acids is glass, and highly corrosive hydrofluoric acid is about the only acid that etches glass, this is pegging my Poppycock meter to the point I ... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening Isn’t it ironic that we currently have some of the best turntables, arms, and cartridges ever made to serve a medium where all analog pressings are super rare and exorbitantly priced, everyday pressings sound digital, because they essentially are... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? John Coltrane - Coltrane; UMG Recordings LP | |
| is McIntosh known for good dynamics? @faustuss Oddly, many digital titles do not have the dynamic range of their analog counterparts for the simple reason that the digital release has expectation of being played in a car while the LP version does not. Distortion obscures low level ... | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? Make sure they're cool and use cotton gloves, finger cots or surgical gloves. The acids from your skin on hot glass can over time etch the surface making it porous causing the tube to lose vacuum. I'm sure someone is going to dispute this, live ... | |
| is McIntosh known for good dynamics? The question is the clarity and musical impact of the dynamics. Take clarity. In a live classical concert, I can hear them varying their dynamics, even when a little bit. If they get suddenly quiet, the intensity of the passage doesn’t disappe... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening This is exactly where my head is! No apologies. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Joe Henderson - Page One; Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @jea48 Thanks for reaching out to me with the tip. I think I've got it at least for now, anything else you can share as we go along will be greatly appreciated. | |
| is McIntosh known for good dynamics? @magon Happy it's all working out for you and you enjoyed the review. Carry on! @faustuss thanks, those look like incredible specs. Now that I replaced the tubes my MHA200 sounds dynamic. I didn't realize how problematic my custom 12AU7/FET ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Fleetwood Mac - Mirage; MoFi Original Master Recording 2 x 45, No 000117 Bad Company - Run with the Pack; Analog Productions Atlantic 75 Series 2 x 45, No 000059 | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? The Audiogon forum program is a little antiquated to say say the least. If you want to post a quote you need to use the two quote thingies in the header of the message box. They are similar to these. Quotation marks . Click on quotation marks... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @jea48 "What was wrong with the OEM power cord that came with the equipment you installed the audiophile power cord on?" Way too long and cumbersome. I could purchase the VooDoo in the exact length I needed to reach from the power conditioner to... |