mapman
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| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? Agree the golden age of vinyl was years ago and things have changed a lot since. Seems delusional to me to think that can be recreated on a similar scale. Some small high end niche vinyl providers may succeed.I also question whether we could succe... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You judge an amplifier on its current delivery capability, damping factor and input impedance instead of its pretty flashing lights. | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? Expectations for vinyl are high among a smaller dedicated group these days. That may be part of it. | |
| Wifi vs USB Check out my system listing. The wireless digital sounds fantastic and 90% of my detailed listening these days goes that way. | |
| As system improves, do bad recordings sound worse? I am increasingly of the opinion that the mark of a good system is that most all recordings of interest at least sound good enough to retain the listeners interest. Most recordings have deficiencies versus the ideal but few sound "bad" to me off l... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? " He then proceeded to tell me that when Bob Carver presented his Sonic Holography to the audio world, he did it with Ohm speakers."I have a Carver c-6 pre-amp (sitting idle as a backup currently) with sonic holography that I used with many speake... | |
| Bel Canto S300 with an Audio Research LS3 Q's I have a similar but significantly different setup.I have an ARC sp16 driving a Bel Canto ref1000mkii.This is a very good combo.Impedance matching between pre-amp output and amp input is a factor that can effect the sound. Tube pre-amp output impe... | |
| help me remove noise from my vinyl setup I use mu-metal sheeting to protect my MC step up amp from hum/noise induced from external EM fields emitted from amplifiers or other nearby transformers. I roll the mu metal sheeting into a oval tube large enough to insert my step up device into a... | |
| A/V Receivers with Ethernet Connection Question Yep, good old analog RCA audio cables are one good standard that has been around forever that no computer company, even Apple or Microsoft, can circumvent. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I think my Dyns use the Esotar tweeter. I interchange the Dyns and my 100S3s from time to time. My impression is the OHM top end is a bit more relaxed, the Dyn top end a bit hotter yet very nice. The little Dyns can be a little tizzy hot on the to... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rebbe,How are those LSIs working out?I was listening to my OHM Ls for the first time in a while the other day and it occurred to me that these might be just what the doctor ordered in your case. If available, I think John sells fully upgraded and ... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? I think a lot of new issues are digitally mastered despite being delivered on vinyl. Not all old records sound great. Some of these could be digitally remastered as well and hence sound "better" as a result of the remastering. Records have always ... | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not "There is a reason ARC charge as much for the tubes as they do - they measure their tubes, burn them in inhouse for 48h, measure them again - and then throw away those that up to specs. As much as 30% tubes gets rejected this way. No other indepen... | |
| Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models.... I recently gave a listen to my OHm Ls for teh first time since some recent system upgrades. I do not get to play these gems as much as my other speakers in the room they are in (an unfinished portion of the basement), but they never disappoint eve... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "The Ohms image with both specificity (as do the VSM and the P/E) but with a sense of weight and body that the other speakers can't quite match"That's a good way to describe what I often refer to as "meat on the bones", or a more lifelike weight t... |