larryi
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| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Short of an active anti-vibration platform, the most effective at isolating things from external vibration and killing self generated vibration is something like the MinusK platforms. These are used in industry and laboratories. They are also us... | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. Well, at least Jeff had a return to earth plan. That was not the case for Laika, the dog the Russians shot into orbit in 1957. The group the Gorillaz took the title of an old Lassie movie--"Lassie Come Home" to create the title for one of their ... | |
| What are your favorite Classical LPs? I actually like classical on CD, and because almost all of the albums I have on LP has been reissued digitally, I don't have that much in the way of favorite classical LPs. The reverse is certainly not true--I have plenty of CDs that were never is... | |
| CDP or DAC? Even if your digital medium will primarily be your CD collection, you might consider ripping your CD’s to be accessed through a streaming device; this will give you future access to streaming services.But, if you insist on a CD playing device, a s... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Inner grooves are the hardest part of the record for a cartridge to track because the groove modulations (wiggles) are compressed into a smaller diameter and become more extreme in shape. Wrong antiskating can contribute to problems with tracking... | |
| Felt Kuti for newbies For almost any artist that you want a discography with some sort of rating or review of the albums, go to the site allmusic. For Fela Kuti, just type “Fela Kuti allmusic” and the select discography. You can even listen to samples there. | |
| Grounding boxes which ones have YOU tried? And results? At a dealership, I heard the Nordost system and I was quite impressed. As far as noise is concerned, the system was dead quiet before the boxes were added, so it does far more than reduce audible noise. What I heard was a more natural sound--ima... | |
| Buying used vs new? I bought a "part" (actually a pair of parts) that was built in 1939, so I don't know about a maximum age. The pair of compression drivers are among the best things I've added to my system. I don't think there is any warranty remaining on it; I s... | |
| Buying used vs new? As long as you are not reflexively jumping at a bargain, i.e., it is a model you want apart from the cheap price, you should go for the deal. Something like a preamp should last a lifetime and will not be significantly degraded in performance--i... | |
| How to design a high end crossover… There can be a whole lot more than picking crossover points, slope, and particular components. A lot of designs include networks to compensate for phase, to notch out certain frequencies, to fill in certain frequencies, etc. I saw an advertiseme... | |
| Movie Stars that can handle musical instrument well Myles Teller looked pretty realistic as a drummer in Whiplash. | |
| What are your top 5 Windham Hill recordings? The only one I ever wanted is Aerial Boundaries, which I found. It is a terrific record for content and sound quality. | |
| Only one speaker If you don't have a mono switch, you will, at a minimum, need a Y connector that combines the left and right signal into a single, summed, signal to feed the single amplifier (or channel) that will be powering your one speaker. I have heard a num... | |
| Speaker fq range, bass, low bass, low mids, mids.upper mids etc Mozartfan,From this, and other threads, I gather that you are a fan of the wide-range Voxativ and AER drivers. I am a fan of both companies too, but, that hardly makes everyone else "frauds," or "fakesters" or "snakeoil." I've heard dramatically... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? I don’t know if one can evaluate a tweeter alone, , in isolation from other drivers in a system. There are many fine examples, that can work well in the right system, such as Magneplanar ribbons, pleated ribbons (e.g. AMT), and one of my favorite... |