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| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? Good mono recordings can be a very special audio treat. | |
| Why does most new music suck? Basie last recording from the 80's "Fancy Pants" is reference material in regards to sound quality + good performance as well.Many newer albums by newer groups are very well recorded. I find few CDs that I want to like but cannot because of poor s... | |
| progress? So when does the new and improved 45 rpm re-issue version of the classic Telarc 1812 recording come out? That might be the new King Kong of record tracking challenges. BEst sound ever if anything could play it without the stylus getting launched a... | |
| progress? The laws of physics relating to acceleration and inertia essentially make playing records always an exercise in compromise. The highest quality and most dynamic recordings are inherently also the hardest to get to playback accurately! A true dilem... | |
| progress? Stealing from Pauln, AK Member who wrote the following which nicely allows one to envision the factors at play in getting a cartridge/stylus to track a record properly: "Compliance is a measure of how hard the groove wall has to press on the stylu... | |
| progress? " I think it is all about set-up, cartridge/tonearm matching and proper isolation."Having not tested out or compared the modern tables to the older in a test like this, I also suspect the overall setup is the key to success in many cases. This and... | |
| RIP Amar Bose Obviously a very intelligent and successful man that many could and did learn from over the years. Don't know much else about him but that alone is a pretty good legacy.Bose early on was about elevating in-home sound quality mostly it seems, but o... | |
| Poor recordings that are now great. I recognize a lot of those and no doubt many are CD recordings (some remastered and released on CD within the last 20 years or so perhaps?) that can sound fantastic when things are going right, and not so interesting otherwise. The devil is all in... | |
| Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought? 1st record was one of those two lp Johnny Cash Sun Records hits compilations that were always being advertised on TV. Year was ~1967.1st store bought album a recall buying was a Quadraphonic version of Deep Purple Machine Head from the local Lafay... | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp Tube amplification is tube ampification. Buffer, preamp, doesn't really matter as long as done well and has synergy with the rest. Both can yield results ranging from really good to poor. Ic used with separate buffer will matter also. | |
| Why does most new music suck? All rock music and mucb of pop is part of youth culture. Its not reasonble for old guys to ass judgement condemning modern rock and pol. Its not our music for the most part. So you can pasx judgement and say it mostly sucks but it really does nof ... | |
| DACs With Killer Built-In Preamps "This is simple electronics 101"Yes, in "High End Audio 550", fundamentals still count for a lot, perhaps even more so than bank accounts. :^) | |
| Why does most new music suck? So here's a different spin.Let's assume most or all new music does suck.Then let's assume that those reading this are music lovers.Conclusion: we're all doomed!Thanks! I feel a whole lot better now!!!!! | |
| Why does most new music suck? "But at the end of the day, filet Mignon is still filet Mignon and McDonald's is still McDonald's, and the fact that you no longer want to eat the former can't change it. "Yeah, but it still may still taste pretty darn good when that is what you a... | |
| Rogue Audio two new integrateds Great or Same old? Have never heard a bad piece from Rogue. Very good sound quality, always musical and easy on teh ear, and very good value with these products in general. I am impressed every time I hear Rogue amps. |