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| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? Ha-ha ! 16 bit (and 24 bit) digital was/is the biggest lie in History of Audio but they never fooled me : ) | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? ^ Exactly, Geoff ... My very ´eavy.... very ´umble Uriah Heep Island Tapes, UK c cassettes from the Golden Age of Recording Technology til 1972 before Noise Reduction outperform modern 24 bit digital Japanese UH CDs hands down, both in dynamics (n... | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? 25 yrs ago I let a pro rewire my SME III w/ Van den Hul MCS-300 pure silver path from cart pins to phono inputs. It made a HUGE improvement to the already superb arm (designed especially to HC carts), dynamics and details/nuances and the high regi... | |
| What makes tape sound better than vinyl ? All important recordings are originally on tapes, R2R. Is it just me who still after all these decades keeps wondering why this best media never came popular. Vinyl records, c cassette tapes, CDs and all that modern digital finally put the R2R int... | |
| So I replaced the original Garrard 401 mat with an EP ORACLE GROOVE ISOLATOR especially when used as it was meant to be with the original DELPHI/PREMIERE platter, is a killer combination. Actually mat/platter becomes a very tight unit and this is the magic of early ORACLEs, with soft suspension to be... | |
| Best looking reel to reel The SME III w/ slightly S-shaped super light titanium nitride wand is just beautiful, also the finest pivot arm for the most compliant cartridges ever produced, from the Golden Age of Vinyl. Period. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? And last but not least. A very special thanks goes to Peter Ledermann at SS for his passionate dedication for work on his MI alternative, there are many interesting models and the best part is that they are modern, today´s technology. Especially t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? That 2 dB RIAA devitation is way too much for me, well actually my GENELEC active monitors broduce less devitation at that 50 - 12K range :) So it seems to me that SS SG is a romantic approach to vinyl record play.Don´t be wrong, I am a romantic b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? We all have lots of RIAA standard records. When using the Soundsmith Strain Gauge amplifier how does the frequency response (line) look after it has left that amplifier, is it flat or curved in some/certain extent ? And how wide is it ? | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? Terry, it´s alright maybe some other time... | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? Wait a minute... Anvil truly is the Salvation incarnation. Oh dear, yes it is ! Hats off to Bruce McDougall !! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? What are best MI carts produced, DECCA London Reference is one ? | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? Terry, thanks. You can list it on A´gon or eBay or whatever suits you best and I will buy, normal Air Mail will do just fine.The Salvation incarnation ? ... can´t see anywhere... | |
| Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice ^ Quite rightly so. Ateal, your AT is a very special cartridge and deserves the best stylus there possibly exists. More precicely, it must have a miniatyre ML stylus tip ; ) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul and all, My Dynavector Karat Nova 13D. It was for sale at Hart Audio UK and advertised as a demo cart direct from Japan. The seller said they had used it just for 10-15 hours at most, so the cart was practically as new.It came w/ original woo... |