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| Help with turntable purchase At your price level most turntables will give you the same performance be it DD or belt but stay away from built in phono stages as if it were the plague . Why ? Because the phono stage is the responsable of converting those extremely small electr... | |
| ...do great speakers increase in value over time in the vintage market? Yes and no . Depends on if the speaker was any good to start with . Many of these keep their prices close to what they cost when new and some even surpase it . Some of these are :JBL modelsQuadsDCM time windowsSPICA TC50PROAC modelsSPENDOR modelRO... | |
| LP - first needle drop or 2nd or 3rd?? The type of diamond needle you use does leave traces in the groove of the lp producing noise . Depending on the type they ride on different levels of the groove . Be it conical , eliptical or line contact . Conical because of its shape and size te... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? I was having vibration problems with my turntable lying upon a Levon equipment rack which is pretty sturdy but the floor is synthetic wood on I imagine concrete as it is the first floor of a three floor apartment complex . Even though my turntable... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster Think of it . What is music made of . Apart from the obvious which is sound it has tempo , rhythm with melodies , submelodies . All this with a particular tone .If you can get the playback equipment to play the elements that make up music you'll h... | |
| best-sounding class D amp? I haven't heard enough of class d amps to form an opinion but a friend of mind which i respect very much on the audiophile side recommeded highly Bel Canto amps . | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? Anyone heard Phil Collins in concert live ? Great ! | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? If you get the best digital and compare it with the best analog their sound will be very close . So close as to say that one can prefer one over the other and no one can complain . Obviously these playback system will be in the thousands .On a mor... | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? will be able to access my vinyl recordings as easily as I do CD’s, but with even greater resolution . You can't get greater resolution when transforming your vinyl collection to digital . You will get what is already on the vinyl , period , thats ... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? 6k ic's ? I could be a millonair and wouldn't spend that kind of money on a piece of wire . Not that I don't believe a I c could make a difference . They can and they do , in some instances a dramatic difference . But to spend that amount on a wir... | |
| Monster Regret!! No matter what it is your testing or considering for your audio system , always hear before commiting and let your ears and TASTE make the final decision .Take your time . Listen while you are relax and in a good mood . Sometimes that which might ... | |
| Best CD player under $2000 I have a turandot Opera Audio CD player that has great built and sounds wonderful . Some of my friends which have heard it in my system say it remembers them of the sound of Wadia . The one Opera Audio has right now on the market is not the same o... | |
| Pioneer Direct Drives - Now and then? I had a Pioneer PL 550 turntable . It was heavy , sturdy , well made and beautiful to look at . Above all it sounded exceptionally well . Had it in combination with a Supex high output moving coil , the SD 901 . Even now if I could put my hands on... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? With all the respect the op deserves what he says is a lot of BS...all you need is a love of music and thats it . period ! | |
| 1st press vinyl vs new vinyl something is terribly wrong here Its all about the MUSIC !!!! |