johnnyb53
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| New to high end audio phono parasound p5 There are some professional reviews of this preamp available online. The most usable I found (for phono) is the Stereophile review by Art Dudley. Dudley is very much a moving coil and tube guy. His reference is a Shindo Masseto all-tube preamp tha... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? The last couplet from Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street":Yes, I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoesYou'd know what a drag it is to see you. | |
| Speakers with max of 32" high I've heard the Gallo Classicos and the Neats I recommended above. Under the listening conditions of the two audio stores (just across the street from each other), the Neats had the far more natural sounding tonal balance and soundstage, and didn't... | |
| Speakers with max of 32" high I have a really good candidate: The Neat Acoustics Motive SX2. I've heard these and they have a natural, linear, organic sound. They are about 30.1 tall and are mounted on plinths that tilt them backwards slightly to compensate for their short he... | |
| Need some recommendations - hard driving big band ^^^ I'm a Rich/Ellis/Kenton fan too, as well as Louie Bellson and Count Basie.I particularly like the Buddy Rich stuff on Pacific Jazz, his first label with his new band that premiered in 1966--Swingin' New Big Band, Big Swing Face, The New One, M... | |
| The Biggest Album Release of All Time... 09-10-14: AzaudSgt. Pepper was highly anticipated, and lived up to the hype, to say the least. 1967 was an incredible year, seeing the release of "Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow," "The Doors," Hendrix's "Axis: Bold as Love," and Moody B... | |
| Hard-To-find Vinyl- Lucky finds At an antique pavilion my stepson found an opened but possibly unplayed Japanese pressing of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall" for $10.On eBay a woman was selling some private stock of her recently deceased father, a former DJ. I got several unplayed "for b... | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl Two years ago, when it became apparent that the stereo reissue of these Beatles albums were mastered from 24/44.1Khz masters, I started snatching up what I could find among the used albums, coming away with "The Beatles Second Album," "Something N... | |
| The future of Hi-Rez is groovy 09-09-14: PsagThe best parameter to use for this comparison is dynamic range, No, it's not. There are many other parameters that are more important to audio resolution, including data density, bandwidth, rise time, and the ability to differentiate... | |
| The future of Hi-Rez is groovy 09-08-14: Psag"can you substatntiate this?"Wiki articleThis article doesn't substantiate anything.Article only mentions 96K and 192k sampling rates in passing concerning ultrasonic bandwidth, and doesn't really address analog vs. digital resolutio... | |
| The future of Hi-Rez is groovy 09-07-14: PsagThe fact of the matter is, 196/24 digital files have higher resolution than vinyl. Can you substantiate this? I hear lower level details with my LP rig than when I play 24/96 HD downloads. | |
| The future of Hi-Rez is groovy 09-06-14: Tomcy6I don't want to spoil the fun, but vinyl does not have infinite resolution.True; it can't delve lower than the molecular levels of ferric oxide or polyvinyl chloride. | |
| The future of Hi-Rez is groovy 09-06-14: GhosthouseWhat if both formats sound good...or isn't that an option?The "either/or" thing seems a bit overdone to me.I think Mapman and I were just having fun there. | |
| Can a phono stage really do this? 09-06-14: SbrownnwIs the magi still available for sale?As far as I know it is. Owner/entrepreneu Mark Voigt's phone number (AFAIK) is (615) 866 7170. Here's his ebay storefront. I don't know his email address offhand. He's a one-man operation and ... | |
| Can a phono stage really do this? I have noticed that tics and pops are reduced in amplitude and don't make me jump out of my seat. But the sound I was talking about is more like a low level crackling groove noise that's much longer in duration than a tic--more like a second--and ... |