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| Your "eureka" digital moment For me, the closest to such a moment came after I had loaded a significant part of my collection (4400+ CDs) on a music server--I had no idea how important it is to have the ease of browsing and accessing the collection that I now enjoy. I listen... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? Norman,Thanks for your interesting description of your personal experience. I agree that 7.5 ips can sound very good and I take your word for it that 2x copying can be essentially perfect. The issue there is whether the hyper-critical audiophile... | |
| Suspensions on turntable...really effective? Actually, magnetic suspensions on the tables I have seen are effective only in the vertical direction. The platter is held in place by a spindle in a vertical bearing. There is virtually NO movement permitted horizontally by that bearing. The m... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? I think it would be great to see RTR make a comeback, but, I would expect that its appeal will always be limited to a small group of truly dedicated connoisseurs. I don't think the price can ever come down enough for tape to have mass appeal, cer... | |
| Suspensions on turntable...really effective? I have heard really nice systems with magnetically suspended tables (Gabriel and Verdier), but, I have no idea how to attribute the sound to the particular suspension; these tables also have in common the fact that they are extremely massive. Wi... | |
| Suspensions on turntable...really effective? I don't know if suspensions are necessarily designed to reduce the impact of footfall. The Linn simply sound better--lively and better bass--when the suspension is correctly tuned and the table is placed on an appropriate support surface. I have... | |
| Speakers that will bring me down to me knees crying with joy I don't EVER expect a system, much less any specific component, to be so radically special that I would have such a reaction. Also, when one has heard a lot of different systems, it is particularly rare that any one system would be that dramatica... | |
| How do you spot an overplayed used lp without obvious scratches etc While you cannot tell for sure with a visual inspection, there are a few clues that help to weed out some candidates. First, look for a lot of use of the record, such as a lot of marks on the label near the spindle hole (caused by someone sliding... | |
| Speakers that will bring me down to me knees crying with joy Thanks fliz for an interesting link. I tend to like the high efficiency systems utilizing big drivers for the bass-midbass range and compression drivers for the midrange. Your link describes the sound of such systems quite well. I am surprised h... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? In some respects, it is easier to live with a tube linestage or preamp than a solid state one. If you are someone who turns off your solid state linestage, it actually takes much longer for a solid state linestage to be fully warmed up and soundi... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? Very good advice given above. It really depends on the tube type, the vintage/manufacturer of the tube, and the particular circuit design. When tubes are driven close to their maximum rating, they don't last long, but driven modestly, the same t... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? ct0517,Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I think that we are pretty much in agreement, but you certainly fleshed out the issues more completely. Yes, tape will remain a niche business and I would certainly hope that the niche remains healthy ... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? I am WAY too lazy to thread tape and wait for tape to rewind, but, I have heard The Tape Project copies and other high quality dubs and the sound is quite superior to vinyl and any digital sources I have heard--open and detailed sounding while man... | |
| What the *#$@ happened?? All vibration control devices are "tuning" devices--the fact that they alter the sound means that they can alter the sound for worse result. Some people think that more vibration absorption or dissipation is inherently superior to less, but, I ha... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear The best combination of outstanding performance and rarity are so me OTL amps that were built by a Greek builder around 1980. I know one person who has the two-box per channel version (both BIG boxes), but, I don't know what he paid for them. An... |