fleschler
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| Is it all worth it? The Townsend Seismic Sink is also essential for many turntables as well as transports/DACs. My VPI TNT VI sounded no better than my VPI 19-4 until I placed it on an HDF platform under the TNT resting on a Townsend Sink . Now it's high end. I H... | |
| These seem a bit pricey $$$ My engineering/cable manufacturing friend built his small stand speakers based on an old Aiwa platform which has a 12' folded interior quasi-transmission line design. It uses a similar soft dome tweeter and 4.5" mid-woofer. It plays down to 25 ... | |
| Cassettes still rock! On my high end system, I get very good sound from my live recordings on a Tandberg 310. It's the pre-recorded tapes that sound mediocre at best (10 great out of 500). So, if one desires to use their cassette deck instead of an Alesis Masterlink ... | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware So, I guess Esoteric's rep wasn't mistaken. | |
| Cassettes still rock! The Everest/Vanguard Ultra Analog classical issues of the 1994 that were 20 bit masterings sound slightly better than the 2008 24 bit remasterings. Both are superb and faithful to the original silver/black LPs. | |
| Cassettes still rock! I'm sorry to hear you lost your LP collection. I have 100s of excellent/superb jazz CDs mastered in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. About two dozen were done in Japan. Many are Contemporary/Fantasy label. Many are VSOP mastered by Bones Howe and t... | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware I did not hear this latest version of the Esoteric transport or DAC, but the 2018 version so I cannot comment if this latest one sounds any different. | |
| Cassettes still rock! Yes, I agree as to making one’s own live recordings on premium quality cassettes can render superb sound. I recorded probably 300 LPs onto cassettes prior to 1995 and they sound very good, not as good as my RR LP transfers. But as to nearly all ... | |
| Cassettes still rock! I have a high end system. This means that my digital system is constructed along the same quality line as my analog. It isn't SOTA. I have heard this system as SOTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_LBRSefvE I brought two LPs and two CDs t... | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware Sorry, but I forgot 268 billion TIMES higher resolution. And yes, I thought 32 bit processing would be correct but the rep specifically stated 36 bit processing. Maybe he made an error in his presentation. At 2:15 https://www.youtube.com/watc... | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware I just saw a 3 month old YouTube video with Esoteric rep at a show explaining their new transport and DAC. The dual mono DAC increased 64 bit processing power from the prior 36 bit and resulted in a gain of 268 billion higher resolution. This is... | |
| Power Amplifier Longevity I have a pair of monoblock 125 w. Class A/B tube amps with humungous power (electrolytic) storage caps. They are several decades old and are fully exposed to the air. The adjacent transformers run so cool that I can nearly wrap my hand around th... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I'm selling a McIntosh MR-67. I see quite high prices for mint condition units. It's a very good tuner in mint condition. I'm keeping the AM/FM high end Kenwood tuner 600T as it is more sensitive, dual band and cost me only $150 in mint conditi... | |
| Cassettes still rock! The Harmon Kardon late cassette decks shared a warm and dynamic sound like Tandberg. I found the Nakamichi more reliable (serviced twice in 20 years) versus the constant problems with the Tandberg (and RR as well). I used only top quality Maxell... | |
| Cassettes still rock! Okay, I currently use a Nakamichi ZX7 for playback only. My 150 classical London, Angel, DGG, Philips cassettes sit in a box along with many soundtracks and pop cassettes. They sound bad, either compressed, hissy, tonally wrong, etc. However, I ma... |