folkfreak
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| The JC Whitney syndrome Actually in practice in audio, unlike cars perhaps, you may see the reverse. The effects of tweaking a system is often the opposite of the “law of diminishing returns” and 1+1 often = 2.5Think for example about “lowering the noise floor”. Let’s sa... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? a musical reproduction system transparent enough to let the best recordings reach their full potential, yet not so ruthlessly revealing as to make lower sound quality recordings be unlistenable! Actually my experience is that a transparent system ... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? @bdp24 well perhaps yes and no -- its even more ruthlessly revealing, but I think in a more natural and unforced way. In a recent demo I turned the Herzan on and off and the person I was demoing it with preferred the sound without the Herzan -- it... | |
| TA-102 fo.Q Product from Japan "TRY These" Joe Cohen at the Lotus Group has posted extensively on how to use fo.Q. See for example https://www.lotusgroupusa.com/blog/further-adventures-in-realms-of-bliss | |
| TA-102 fo.Q Product from Japan "TRY These" Yes -- over application of fo.Q can suck the life right out of things but this is the exception rather than something that will always happen -- I found it especially to be the case on my SR ground cables (which are tiny cables anyways). Others ha... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? @lewm Believing in differences in power cords, and being open to hearing them, presupposes that you value many more parameters in a cord design than current carrying capacity. Choice of materials (copper vs silver for example), geometry, resistanc... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? @nyev while I can appreciate the desire to find a cost effective system wide approach to power management, or frankly to tweaking in general, the reality is that it doesn’t work this way because the effect of tweaks is cumulative and in fact deliv... | |
| TA-102 fo.Q Product from Japan "TRY These" Fo.Q tape is useful in lots of places (e.g. on connectors, receptacle top plates, large capacitors) but be sparing in its application as it’s powerful stuff and easy to over do it! | |
| Record weights what type would be good for a Luxman PD171-A @geoffkait your Shun Mook mano a mano against my Durand - that’s a fight I’d pay to see 🥊 💥 | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? While all this thinking about noise from/to the table may be true (or may be better addressed by other steps as the OP suggests) my experience is that even when the AC is treated (as in my system) by multiple levels of filtering well before the po... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? Actually turntable power supplies are one of the most sensitive areas in an entire system for power cord upgrades. I just recently helped a local audiophile change the cord running from his VPI SDS to his HRX (so this is the one after the voltage... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? @whart maybe it’s a black hole they fall into and then pop out again somewhere else? Before I went to the effort of cataloging everything I own on Discogs I used to do that all the time - I only have 1300 LPs however so can’t imagine having to go ... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Yes -- six of the seven Berglund symphonies were recorded in Quad, they’re a great set but I cannot recommend #1 in this original pressing. https://www.discogs.com/Sibelius-Paavo-Berglund-Bournemouth-Symphony-Orchestra-Symphony-No-1-Scènes-...Side... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Absolutely a mastering issue! I suspect its a combination of a) late 70s poor quality vinyl, b) quad and c) trying to cram too much on a side -- each side is running a good 25 min + with most of the loud music at the end of the side (esp on side 1... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Sorry @atmasphere I know what Print Through is, and thats another problem but if its in the master tape it’ll be on every version -- this is groove echo caused by modulation bleeding through from the adjacent track -- you can hear it both pre and ... |