frogman
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| How big is your matrix - how we bias or enjoyment. Mrtennis, I don't subscribe to the idea that you frequently present re the necessary separation of perception and knowledge. I believe your argument is flawed:****you overlook variations in perception--the physiology of the nervous system.two peop... | |
| Speaker Cable Advice Needed Recommendations, without being able to hear the system nor really knowing what the person asking likes and doesn't, are always tough and of limited use. I like to read between the lines. If you had written: "the Aragon just blew the Adcom away" or... | |
| Genius of Ray Charles on SACD Jafant, has the distortion on the vocals and other high level passages that I hear on both my LP and CD versions been fixed? Or is this what you refer to as "a bit hot"? I used to think that is was a bad LP pressing until I got the CD version only... | |
| How big is your matrix - how we bias or enjoyment. **** Let’s buy a car in 2000. ANY car is a vastly superior car than in the past****Really? I would reconsider that assertion.****There is no right in audio. I know, you hate me saying that, but there isn’t.****Please reconsider that one too.You ma... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks for the update, Mark. Keep us up to date. | |
| ps audio p500 Both ZD and Elizabeth are correct. I use a P500 with great results. But...The P500 has two completely different banks of outlets. One bank of four outlets supplies regenerated AC. I use these for my phono pre, CD player and turntable controller. T... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi Chris, a follow-up on a project that I mentioned a few months ago I would be attempting. I have procured a small piece of cocobolo from a musical instrument (clarinet) maker friend, from which I plan on constructing (with his help) a "mount" fo... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Should we tell him? ;-) | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners ****No idea how Dover and I got involved in this 'wrong thread'****Perhaps because somewhere in the subconscious there is a pequena voice saying that no one person(a) has all the answers in this wild hobby. And, that in spite of hero worship, the ... | |
| Need recommendations for a Cartridge under $2K How about a little more info for a truly useful rec. What do you like, and don't like, about your current cart? If you could wave a magic wand while listening and change the sound of your analog rig, how would you change it? | |
| Dac or Crossover I don't know your CD player nor have any idea what DAC you are considering; but, something to think about:If you are not happy with your CD player, upgraded speaker xovers will let you hear any problems it has that much better. My approach is usua... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Glad it worked out, Mark. I second Chris' comments and would also suggest that you check the spring on your I-beam to see if you have a single or double spring. I have found the 420 to perform best with a double spring I-beam; the difference is no... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? Bojack, you want this! ;-)http://app.audiogon.com/listings/cd-sacd-players-ah-njoe-tjoeb-4000-cd-player-2013-01-09-digital-02790(No affiliation with seller) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul,****how he heard/identified that stylus drag and how he knows/knew that what he heard was because stylus drag it self and no for other " factors ". How could he aisle the stylus drag " fact " from the whole playback environment?****Excel... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, now that others have responded re the stylus-drag issue, perhaps you will forgive me for what is perhaps more "philosophy" than hard scientific data; although, for me, what my ears tell me supersedes any "scientific data".Stylus-drag and ... |