fsonicsmith
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| What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ? This time I find myself in agreement with Geoff Kait. It seems to be a weird combination of impending death, hearing loss, and refusal to admit failure when the time to start over has come and gone. I can’t count how many old geezers have smugly a... | |
| What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ? It's a lazy meaningless term. The proof is in the fact that someone decides to defend it in the OP. It is like calling food "tasty". Good audio writers never use the term because they don't have to. They have the writing skills to describe what th... | |
| Amplifier Hum - A Problem Solved I highly recommend this https://www.thecableco.com/evo3-syncro-se-power-cord.html along with one of their power distributors (the Aquarius is the direction I went). My Syncro feeds the Aquarius and my Audio Research Ref 6 and Ref 150SE into my ver... | |
| How do you like your VPI -Classic, Scout, Scoutmaster, Prime, TNT, ? I bought a Classic when it first came out and then traded it in for a Prime when it first came out. I believe VPI belt-drive decks are good but not great. The plinths are not a marvel of sophistication. VPI’s footers are very mediocre. The VPI uni... | |
| My Personal Gift The Luxman PD-171 A Turntable. Great post-congrats on being able to enjoy life. I have been there too. | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? Thank you Peter! I thought it was PBN and not Sota that was coming to market with a similar product. Is it Sota that bought the rights to the Phoenix design but just for Sota tables?Could you expound on why your product won't display actual speed?... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? lewm6,753 posts02-26-2019 7:12pmClearthink, can you take a step back from the ledge and say why you so detest Phoenix? It’s a serious question, because the products are highly regarded by the vast majority. Thanks. Just click on his name and re... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? There is nothing better than the now defunct Phoenix Engineering Road Runner. It was hoped that Sota would re-introduce the product but it seems not at present. The design is not that complicated. A magnet and a sensor and a simple IC chip in a b... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. This just reminds me of the Morrow thread from a little while ago.When the return period is shorter than the break-in period, you know there's a problem.That was my thread. I tried to return a $600 (my cost, not Mike Morrow's fake cost) set of IC'... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. This just reminds me of the Morrow thread from a little while ago.When the return period is shorter than the break-in period, you know there's a problem.That was my thread. I tried to return a $600 (my cost, not Mike Morrow's fake cost) set of IC'... | |
| "New" Thorens 124 sounds great, but... I have a TD124 modded by Greg Metz and I am getting the best vinyl playback of my life (after owning several other decks including a VPI Prime). My first piece of advice is to call Greg. Second-how familiar are you with TD124’s? Do you have the th... | |
| Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy inconstantcy Put a pair of Depends on it. Should do the trick. Or let it out with the dogs. | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? I, the OP, am not only aware of wine analogies, but also bicycle analogies. The bicycle industry came up with the idea of compact frames (sloped top tubes for those that don't know bikes) so that instead of needing to manufacture ten frame sizes i... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? Grannyring; short signal paths is the equivalent of “unfiltered’” in wine. It sounds like a great idea in theory but in pactice there is little corrollary between it and long-term satisfaction. ‘Built in synergy”? Other than input/output impedence... | |
| Life of KT150 tubes on ARC Amps Well, we have Iris Dement in common. Tis a shame she has put out so little music. It is no secret that ARC feels that fuses and other methods of circuit protection degrade the sound and also no secret that ARC's practice of having a single resisto... |