frogman
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| Cables more hype than value? Right on! | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris, after looking at your picture (thanks) and after thinking about it further, would placing multiple magnets in a straight line not cause the damping to vary as the spindle "sees" additional magnets as it moves toward the rear? What I plan on... | |
| Cables more hype than value? ****The ones who get it right, IMO, are those who buy what they can actually hear and don't buy what they can't. **** Yes, which is implicit in what I said. How can one determine value if one can't hear a difference?Regards. | |
| Cables more hype than value? ****It's interesting note that many are more concerned with the defense of their "beliefs" rather than the pieces of metal in question.****Yes, on both sides of the question: those who spend the money and those who don't (won't). At the end of the... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks Dover, Ketchup and Richard for addressing my concerns.Well, I must admit I was somewhat skeptical about magnetic damping, but I am now convinced of the benefits. Some preliminary observations:So far, I have used a single refrigerator magnet... | |
| Triode mode vs pento mode Atmasphere points out exactly what my experience has been. With my Manley mono's, with speakers that don't need more than their 100 triode watts, triode always sounds better; including in the bass. Speakers (my Stax F81's) that suck up as much pow... | |
| Cables more hype than value? The level of cynicism directed at those who believe they can hear differences in cables that others can't, or won't, is a fascinating phenomenon to me. It must be rooted in some kind of personal insecurity on the part of those who can' or won't; a... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Gentlemen, fantastic and very interesting reading over the last few days; thank you. Dover, I want to try magnetic dampening. Could you please provide some more details about the positioning of the magnet for your magnetic dampening tweak? Did you... | |
| Trip to NYC, What to do ****Have a steak at Peter Lugers, get some Chinese food at 69 Bayard Street in Chinatown, have lunch or dinner at Gotham Bar and Grill and then go home. There's nothing much else of value here. IMO. ****Are you serious? | |
| Trip to NYC, What to do Combine "audiophile to do's" with some live music. -Buy a copy (if you dont have it already) of Bill Evan's "Waltz For Debby". Fantastic set recorded at the Village Vanguard. Then, when in NYC go hear some music at the VV and be amazed at how well... | |
| $$$ vs music enjoyment I can't disagree with your comments; except, perhaps, to temper somewhat the suggestion that there are so many recordings NOT worth listening to because of "the recording industries natural ability to suck the fidelity out of most recordings". IOW... | |
| Cables more hype than value? Thanks Al, for, as usual, calming things down with some facts and common sense.Tobb, I meant no disrespect with my first response. It just seemed improbable to me that this subject could be brought up again; not much new that can be said about it.... | |
| Sound staging; Sepertaes Vs. Integrated I am no technical expert, but seems that one possible answer is obvious. Have you ever experienced "bleed-through" of one source to another? IOW, you play a CD while the preamp is set to "Phono" instead of "CD" or "Aux" and you can hear the CD pla... | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? I would describe as "haunting" any melody or lyric that makes such an impression that it keeps popping into my consciousness when I least expect it; or the subconscious, as when I wake up in the morning and the tune in my head is the first thing t... | |
| EAR 834p Tube Upgrade/Replacement Thankful, my apology. As I said, there is often confusion, including mine. I got it completely backwards. What I meant to write is that the front tube is actually V3. Middle tube is V2 and rear tube is V1. It seems counterintuitive but that is the... |