lloydc
Responses from lloydc
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? It varies, and makes no sense. You must experiment. | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET There are significant limitations to SET's. Glorious midrange, the best, really, but many people miss the deep bass, high frequency extension and dynamic range that other amps do better, or do not wish to be limited to highly sensitive speakers. S... | |
| Audio Supports 4 of a kind beats 3 of a kind,as Buconero says. Mceljo is correct in theory, but I find 4 easier to level. | |
| Original ProAc Response 2 vs. Gibbon Super 8 floor standing vs. monitors, all else equal? no contest. | |
| How long do you wait for a check to clear You will not have any practical remedy if things go bad. It does not matter when it "clears" or what the "hold" period is - your endorsement is a guarantee from you to the bank that you will make good on it if the check bounces, which can happen m... | |
| Why Upgrade the Rega Counterweight? I changed to the Origin Live endstub/counterweight. Seemed to clarify everything. That said, I would not recommend investing in incremental upgrades to Rega arms. It is money down the drain, at resale time. Better to save up and get a better arm. | |
| Perfect sound Now what? drugs and sex and rock and roll. Since you're positing a fantasy world, those things would have no side effects, and we'd all be different, too.the next step up from a great stereo is to get season tickets to the symphony. Or have Sting come play ... | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed via mailorder, you have to get a feel for how each vendor grades, as it is somewhat subjective. Especially if they only grade "visually", which is sometimes useless. Then buy more from those with whom you have a positive experience. I hate cleanin... | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? Not a chance. Dream on. | |
| Nakamichi Dragon Performance with Type II tapes I had no idea metal tape cost so much now. I have not used my Dragon for recording in several decades. But Inna, with all due respect, back in the day I really did prefer the sound of chrome tape. Metal always sounded a bit harsh to me, better spe... | |
| How necessary is a zerostat gun? Samhar, Ha! Will try it on child at the earliest opportunity.We rarely need them in Houston, it's not the heat, it's the ... | |
| Hooking a turntable to a laptop in order to record Ok, I did not realize a/d converters were common; wouldn't think they would be very good, given the cost constraints. Will check into that further. A "mic" input is usually not usable as a "line" input, is it? | |
| How necessary is a zerostat gun? Not needed unless you get a lot of static. Doesn't work on children. | |
| Hooking a turntable to a laptop in order to record The simple answer to your question is, "No." Even after putting the signal through a phono preamp, you need to do an analogue to digital (a/d) conversion; computers only record in digital. There are a few phono pre's intended for archiving vinyl t... | |
| Nakamichi Dragon Performance with Type II tapes Nakamichi tape was re-branded TDK, supposedly "center cut". It is true that metal tape will perform slightly better at the frequency extremes, but I usually preferred the chrome tapes, which sounded more uniform and "musical" to me, and less expen... |