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| Inactive audio members that you miss Sdcampbell. Where are you? Great contributions on the reason that we all do this crazy audio stuff: music. His thoughtful, and measured (no pun intended) posts and recommendations on jazz were always terrific. | |
| Rega 700 rewire I agree with Raul. I have rewired my ET2 three times over the years; cartridge clips to phono input jacks, in one continuous run. The Cardas is good, but to my ears considerably behind the Discovery and the Audionote. The Audionote is what I used ... | |
| Strange phenomona this hobby. Mepearson, I'm glad you like it. It really is, as you say, a great sounding record; not to mention, great music. There are a lot of vinyl gems out there for little money. For something different, try Phoebe Snow's self-titled first album. Phil Ram... | |
| quad 57 vs vandersteen for low volume listening I use a pair of Manley 200/100 mono's, and they drive the Stax very well; even in triode (100W) mode. That (100 GOOD watts) would probably be a bare minimum. I also own, and have tried a pair of the Meitner 100W ss mono's, and they do a surprising... | |
| quad 57 vs vandersteen for low volume listening There is a pair of the classic Stax F-81 for sale here on Agon. I own a pair, and use with a Strata III. As far as I am concerned, there is no better low-level-listening speaker. In addition, they have quite possibly the best midrange of any speak... | |
| Strange phenomona this hobby. Hope you like it. For a great example of Shorter's earlier work, featuring trumpet, try "The All Seeing Eye" with the great Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. | |
| Strange phenomona this hobby. Mepearson, your experience listening to that Mariachi band is exactly what a lot of audiophiles miss, and unfortunately don't have as a reference, when judging the MUSIC-expression qualities of audio gear. It really is thrilling to hear those soun... | |
| Strange phenomona this hobby. Pedrillo, I agree with that there is some mysticism to all this; although I would not necessarily call it that. The word mysticism, to me, opens the door for the experience to be less than real, and verifiable; perhaps I misunderstand the meaning ... | |
| Strange phenomona this hobby. Respect for difference of opinion aside, I could not disagree with Stringreen more. Recorded music very seldom comes anywhere near close to conveying the subtleties of the emotional content of music. And isn't the conveyance of emotion what music ... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over In case anyone misunderstands. I meant my above comment (?) in the most positive sense. Wonderful commentary from both Thom Mackris and Mosin. | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over "A Stradivarius out of tune is just an out of tune violin". Thom Mackris"...but I can listen to a YouTube performance on computer speakers and thoroughly enjoy it. Why? It's because what we do at the end of the day is about the music itself. If we... | |
| to volume pot or not to volume pot I agree with Elizabeth. If you plan on using the EAR with a seperate pre, buy the one without the volume pot. In any system with better than average resolution the difference will be very audible. Simpler signal path will almost always yield super... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over Drop in the bucket, yes. But, have we not shown time and time again that errors at the source turn out ot be the most harmfull? "Garbage in, garbage out", and all that?Is it too far fetched to assume that the effect of a phase error added to an al... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over Ddriveman, using my (now defunct) old Decca London in my ET2 was one of the most frustrating experiences I have ever had in this hobby. The combination did some things, particularly in the area of micro-dynamics, amazingly well. You want to talk a... | |
| Aesthetix Io Sig vs Manley Steelhead-opinions pls Myles, you are quite right re the "new" sound of CH. To your observations, you can add the fact that now it is harder for the musicians to hear each other on stage; particularly from one side of the stage to the other. In the old hall, it was much... |