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| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? It has been said that a tiny error in setting up a 12 inch arm has greater consequences for tonearm alignment error, than the same error made in setting up a 9 inch arm. I actually have never bothered to investigate the truth of this axiom, but it... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. "Air core" refers to a coil wound around nothing but air. So far as I know, the ART7, which I own and like very much, has an "amorphous core" Amorphous metal is an alloy with a non crystalline structure produced by ultra-rapid quenching (about 1 ... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? Because they can. | |
| Inner tracks vs outer tracks It’s not that bass is more pronounced on the outer grooves versus the inner grooves, it’s that in the outer grooves the stylus is moving with greater velocity. this allows for a wider frequency response, both bass and treble can be more extended,... | |
| Remember the Ringmat? You should! Turntable mats are like seasonings on food. They certainly make an important difference, but no one of us is in a position to say whether the perceived difference that one guy hears is right or wrong. Like salt and pepper, it’s a matter of taste. ... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? Cakyol, pops, crackles, clicks, and rumble occur at frequencies well below 20kHz, the standard upper boundary of human audibility where the vast majority of us don’t hear. Well done Hi-Rez digital gets you more information in the audible range, id... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? Lew here. Sam, who is "not a troll" has been successful despite his near illiteracy in starting another useless vinyl vs digital argument. Maybe that was his goal. Sam, in the world of science or even in the world of polemics, you need to state ... | |
| Planning to sell my Micro DDX-1000, recommendations? In my opinion, either one of your two tonearms is worth as much as or more than your DDX1000. | |
| McIntosh MR78 upgrades? Thanks, cleeds. You obviously know the subject quite well. Nowadays and for about the last 8 to 10 years, most new cars come with the capacity to receive SiriusXM. In my case, I tried SiriusXM in my car, on a lark, and now I am really hooked on it... | |
| 8 track tape vs 1st press vinyl I can't believe there are 38 responses to this friendly troll. 8T sucks, plain and simple. | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? Lew here. I'm with Mike. | |
| Now I get it... I re-read what I wrote above, and I realize it's possibly confusing, so kudos to Uber for more or less getting my idea. Here's a better way to say it: Over the decades, I have developed some biases regarding record labels. For example, I don't ... | |
| McIntosh MR78 upgrades? cleeds, I am not in any way challenging your statement that FM radio is a "huge industry" in the US, but with all respect can you explain the why and how that works? Thanks. | |
| Now I get it... I have found that beyond the situation in which you now find yourself, there is a promised land where your system can find the "good" parts of a badly recorded LP. (Can't do much about bad musicianship.) Nowadays there are very few LPs that spur ... | |
| Who Has the New Top Technics SL1200GRE? Does it blow your other expensive tables away? Vinny, After 14 months, are you still collecting opinions, or have you purchased a turntable, or did you ever have any intention of purchasing a turntable? Not that there's anything wrong with that. |