frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/_9Mf5EwlFcU?si=3dX9Pay45Rw29J5D https://youtu.be/3t3H32spG7Q?si=5Y9U9d6_na__qT0_ https://youtu.be/GjuT9OJifOs?si=5BrD8zQ-QGSR92AU | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not too far away, I hope: https://youtu.be/YTeacoeAm9o https://youtu.be/wiPLe2mmV70 | |
| Find the Problem Can we assume that the cartridge is also “newish”? If so, and If you haven’t already, try increasing the tracking force to the upper end of the recommended range. Of course, make sure the stylus is very clean. Please report back. Good luck. | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Re Deccas: @lewm , I suppose it could be, but I don’t hear it as such. Whenever I hear mistracking from a cartridge I hear it as an obvious distortion. Sometimes subtle, sometimes obviously grating. When I hear other cartridges mistracking I don’t... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? **** the audio signal trip from the cartridge to the speaker output be the shortest as we can:less is more. **** @rauliruegas , My experience has also been that less is often more. I realize that there are other design choices that come into play... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? @stuartk , yes, and yes. I would say that this is to be expected. I would also say that I think the key to having the fullest appreciation of the music is to develop the ability to turn off the need to constantly scrutinize the sound. While, as I ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? **** But, I love these guys, and the way they love music; and, most of them know their music, to the nines! I learn so much from them and get inspired hearing music I never would have known about without them. I can then return home and listen a... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? @rvpiano , I haven’t suggested otherwise. I’m sure it will be brought up again. As I also said, I hope you can find some resolution. Cheers. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice clips! Very good player. He was a very successful player in his heyday with an impressive discography. He was also a fine flutist. A real character whom I had the opportunity to work with on a few occasions in more commercial settings. He wo... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Exactly! We “audiophiles” (frankly, I hate the term) need to stop getting so defensive at the suggestion that very expensive audio equipment and the obsession with all its trappings are necessary for the appreciation of the music. It is not. It su... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I agree completely with lewm’s comments. The “outstanding quality of real live music compared to electronic reproduction of music is the dynamics of the former”. And not just as concerns the wide amplitude one hears in live music, but how the dyna... | |
| Eminent Technology Et-2 From Scratch **** No, Guess Ill check for pressure holding in the cylinder. For starters **** Not without a proper pump, you won’t. Are you saying that you have all the parts except for the pump? First, take a look at this diagram and confirm what parts you d... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? As has been pointed out, this topic has been beaten to death many times and not just on this forum. On this forum, the OP has asked what is essentially the same question many times over the years; in a variety of different ways and approached from... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? No. Great recorded sound is the icing on the cake. I still love cake; icing or not. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Jazz has never been stationary. **** Exactly! It evolves. It builds on what came before and the lineage is always there to be heard. (Given the topic at hand (Rock/Jazz), I can hear coming the footsteps of our contributor with the appropria... |