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| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? mahler123 While your logic is correct-CDs have a very low 'noise floor', your premise may not be correct. Please consider that if a CDs 'sound ceiling' is dramatically lowered - via compression (even more than the noise floor) - the Dynamic Ran... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? @mahler123 Perhaps the answer lies in the mastering process for the intended audience. For example, 'Redbook' CDs reportedly have a dynamic range of 96dB. While I own hundreds of them, only a few of them come close to the dynamic range of a de... | |
| A Better Way to Buy Gear - Help Needed Money can be hard to come-by, especially big $ for toys. I was and remain suspicious of F&F sales. That being said, once I learned that: a.) the dealer would work with the owner, allowing me to pay with VISA, not F&F, and, b.) ARC se... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? First, and foremost - EVERYTHING matters. By reducing the rotational speed of the disc by 2x, you double the amount of time that the cutterhead has to remove the material. Consequently, there is an inherent increase in cutting accuracy. When a ... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? Replace Audio Envy (-1) with AntiCable (+1). The Audio Envy were very dry and thin sounding. I tried to give them away, but no takers. The AntiCable are simple, clear and inexpensive. ($50 to $500 per pair, depending on the materials and leng... | |
| A Better Way to Buy Gear - Help Needed Summary: One final update, and thanks for the feedback. My new ARC 6SE Preamp now has 70+ hours of use, and the tubes are breaking-in. During the first ~50 hours, the unit sounded good, but not too different than the sound of my Ayre preamp (in... | |
| Cartridge and phono stage matching Your stylus' 'line-contact' geometry should, in general, be pretty quiet. You may want to consider double-checking the installation. Like Goldilocks' bed, it must be just right. I always hear LP noise, including pops, ticks and IGD, increase wh... | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? @ghasely I think everyone should question the value/implication of this data: "The three best years for modern era high end audio sales in terms of units sold and revenue were 2021, 2022 and 2023." a. How were the 'best years of audio - revenue'... | |
| Illumination +2 jayctoy OK, Rick is a nice guy, and I should ask him over for drinks, but what about buying/selling audio gear? a.) is his gear truly superior? b) is his gear a fair/good value? c) will he be here in the future (support, trades, upgrades, e... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? OP - In response to "I do not know their return policy. It isn't listed in the ad and when I click on RETURN POLICY on their website it just goes to the home page." Caveat Emptor: Ethical 'bricks-n-mortar' stores have well defined and published ... | |
| Power Cables -1 Audio Envy. I have a couple sitting in a box in the garage (replaced them with Anti-Cables). Contact me if you want one. Best | |
| Solid State Power Amps There are many excellent suggestions so far. If you are casting a wide net; I just updated my preamp (to Audio Research) and as it burns-in my biggest impression is that my Ayre Amp (V5-xe w upgraded capacitors: 300 W) sounds great - voicing is ... | |
| DSD coming to Qobuz streaming? Not currently streaming, but DSD would be worth a game changer for me. I would definitely sign up. | |
| A Better Way to Buy Gear - Help Needed @ superhonestben Thanks for the reply. I appreciate knowing how your forum handles F&F: It seems simple enough. I expect that most sellers are willing to break the rules, by selling to non-friends/family, simply to avoid paying sales tax.... | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Just played Gets/Gilberto on Impex (IMP6041-1, 45 rpm) for the first time. Beautiful deep-black backgrounds, beautiful tone. One of the few times that I thought I might be listening to a R2R (if eyes closed). I will use it to 'system dem' for f... |