jrw1971
Responses from jrw1971
| Can the need for novelty and change be mitigated by rotation? OP -- love this thread. I hear you, big time. I think rotating cartridges is one way to do it; I have a lot of fun with that. I do believe there is such a thing as "better," I believe in some degree of objectivity, and I totally reject the noti... | |
| My battle with sibilance. Here’s the the thing about sibilance: it’s human. It’s a natural sound of the human voice for certain words. You can’t even say “sibilance” without a bit of sibilance. In the very old days they were trying to design mics that WOULD pick up voca... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? G Dead, Skull F-ck, MoFi, Side 4. Latest issue of HFN reminded me how fun this can sound. Slipknot into Lowell George. Into Allen Toussaint.Ending with some Ramsey Lewis, pretty good copy from Tom Port. | |
| Can we talk about Qobuz for a minute I have two reactions to this thread. (1) OP is doing something that, IMHO, more people should do: bypassing the Node 2 DAC and using it as a streamer only. For $500 (ish), it’s a decent streamer. (2) I question whether it’s decent enough, howev... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING I read the OP and a few initial responses, then jumped to the end. So I may have missed some posts, and this may be redundant. But, OP, I own a few Lyras, a Koetsu, MSL, and a VDH. I know what you're talking about with the Lyra's resolution. B... | |
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. Another few sleepers: a first gen pressing of: Randy Newman’s Sail Away; Roberta Flack’s Chapter Two, 10cc’s Deceptive Bends; David Crosby’s If Only I Could Remember my Name; and Brubeck’s Countdown — Time in Outer Space. | |
| Vinyl...should I stay, or should I go? does anyone else not understand how to create paragraph breaks on this forum? Two hard returns?Testing now ... | |
| Vinyl...should I stay, or should I go? I've owned that exact phono stage, that exact table, and similar cartridges. Your experience tells me that you have setup issues or simply chose some especially bad pressings for your "dance now or forever be gone" ultimatum to your analog side. ... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Love this thread; thanks for creating. I’ve found some real gem first pressings in the last year. Brubeck’s Countdown — Time in Outer Space; yet another Abandoned Luncheonette; Gord’s Gold (compilations don’t usually sound good, this and Steely ... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD I'll give you my experience with my 30.2s from a decent amount of experimentation mixing and matching from different systems in my house, FWIW:Audio Research REF 40 (pre) + REF 75 (stereo amp) was OK. Not great. Too much of an understated sound ... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! I think the point is that high-end DIY is possible, which presumably could apply to components as well, so I hope this doesn't devolve into a tired power cord debate. But after such a write-up, are we left unable to either purchase or recreate th... | |
| Power regenerator vs conditioner OP — Because you seem to have these products in mind, I can share my experience: I have a Niagara 3000, a PS Audio P-15, and a Denali 6000T in my house, in different places. Like you, the PS Audio narrative makes the most sense to me. And I used... | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound Ever confuse jazz brushing for tape hiss? Which leads you to wonder why the drummer is doing that in the first place? I’ve learned that it’s an effort to enlarge the sense of ambience. It’s a drummer practicing the art of illusion. Even live m... | |
| Help an old man out OP -- as between the PL and the M33, my impressions (all the usual caveats): M33 has more grip and authority, no question. More dynamics. Jump factor. But sometimes I felt that the bass and lower midrange sounded artificial, as if I had improp... | |
| Help an old man out OP — I have a few thoughts to take or leave:I own an NAD M33. I think it sounds pretty good. I’ve been comparing it to my Prima Luna HP Dialogue Premium integrated, using KT150 tubes, in an office sized room. I’d give the edge to the PL, but th... |