mijostyn
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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @rauliruegas , no argument from me. Only in countries where people have large amounts of expendable income is the LP going to persist. @atmasphere , modern 64 bit floating point processors can lose a bunch of bits before distortion becomes any is... | |
| What should I expect moving from MM to MC? @karl_desch 1++. The Blue Point is not the world's best tracker. Soundsmith cartridges are renown for their tracking ability and detail. A high output Soundsmith like the Otello or the Carmen if you can afford it would be excellent choices another... | |
| Opinion on SME 15 Wonderful combination from all standpoints. SMEs are great just overpriced. Turntables do not have PRAT. Musicians have PRAT. HiFi gear has dynamics except for turntables. The ultimate turntable spins at a perfect 33.33 RPM silently, under any re... | |
| Shave your CDs They seem to forget that to make music the data has to be clocked. Try listening to a USB buss. USB to SPDIF AES/EBU converters are essentially just clocks. It does not matter how messed up the timing of the original data coming off the disc as th... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @atmasphere , I agree! I by current music on LP all the time. There is plenty of money to be made on LPs but it is no where what it use to be in the 70's. My children love music. They turn me on to new music all the time like Black Midi. They hav... | |
| Analog Upgrade itch @karl_desch , The Stabi M is isolated and has a great dust cover. The R is not isolated and you would have to have a dust cover made for it. The M is for the serious music lover. The R is for someone who wants to mount a dozen arms to his turntabl... | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? It is not how fast you go, but how you go fast. It is impossible to make an old 911 handle nearly as well as a newer one. There are very few vintage pieces worth owning from a performance perspective. For the most part it is just cheap nostalgia ... | |
| Synergistic Research Purple UEF Duplex - receptacle It's garbage like this that drives me nuts. People need to spend their money on better equipment not silly audiophile jewelry. Anybody who thinks that any audiophile receptacle sounds better than a plain old Lutron needs to have a serious discus... | |
| Direct Drive The only direct drive I would have any interest in would be the STST Motus II. It is the only DD turntable I know of that is properly suspended. Otherwise stick to belt drive. It is a much safer bet. The Thorens TD 1600 is an amazing turntable f... | |
| One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer? IMHO a silly question, unless you are rolling in money. The best way to go is, one of the best turntables you can afford and one of the best arms you can afford with one of the best cartridges you can afford. Do not buy two fair set ups at the e... | |
| Analog Upgrade itch It's new turntable time!! The Ref 2 and the 4 point are your best choice. The LP 12 is a tinker toy in comparison. My favorite Kuzma is the M. Mechanical switches and pots are the death of electronics. The fewer the better. If you have to have ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I shall now answer the OP's question. The best cartridge in the world is always the one I have mounted at the moment. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @rauliruegas , I hope you did not take my Mexican comment seriously. But, to get a French Cab better than Say a Duckhorn or Rombauer you would have to spend a fortune. For most people the above wines are a fortune. The problem for us is much of th... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @atmasphere , For every one person who buys an LP 10,000 people buy a digital file. LPs are certainly making a comeback but I have a feeling that will extinguish with the Zoomer generation. But, who knows. @rauliruegas , you forget what my profes... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @nonoise, Thank you. I hope you feel the same about your system. @asctim , I'm afraid you have lost me. I am after all, a very simple minded person. @cd318 , that sounds logical. |