mikelavigne
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| How tall do you like your images? it ought to be entirely recording dependent. the more your system shows you differences between recordings, the better it is. cuz they are all different. if your system and room have sufficient acoustics, space and signal path headroom, then any ... | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? the solid state darTZeel NHB-108 stereo amplifier replaced Tenor Audio OTL tube amps in my system 19 years ago now. and over 19 years with the darTZeel brand i’m still a tube lover using solid state. you can find used darTZeel 108 stereo amps at ... | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? amplifiers are part of the distortion equation. especially the amplifier<->speaker relationship. if the amplifiers have headroom in the ability to keep the speaker linear, then the subtle ambient clues and musical threads that occupy the sou... | |
| Vacuuming after ultrasonic vinyl cleaning i think we choose our path; ----ultrasonic cleaning with blow dry or hang dry. or ----friction/scrub cleaning with vacuum. there are many subsets with each approach, most of which involve one compromise or another including excessive time spen... | |
| CSPort vs TechDAS @chauncey this box set is very good, all analog reissue of 4 symphonies. very good sound. quiet pressings. worth finding. one of my frequent choices. https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/126823/Herbert_von_Karajan-Brahms_The_Four_Symphonies-Vinyl... | |
| CSPort vs TechDAS @chauncey for 8 years (2002--2011) i owned the Rockport Sirius III with vacuum hold down. very high level of execution. but it does add a level of complication to the design. fabulous turntable. i wish i still owned it. i am neutral about the e... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium Here is the thing… if I buy a Lamborghini… there are some people that will be impressed when they see it heading down the road. On the other hand if I buy a pair of $100k snob appeal loudspeakers… virtually no one will notice them or give a cr$p... | |
| CSPort vs TechDAS not owned any Techdas turntables, but they are certainly fine products. heard them at shows. i have owned the CS Port LFT1 now for almost 5 years and to my ears prefer it’s music making presentation to the Techdas. greater ease and less of a mecha... | |
| Digitally recorded vinyl vs streaming too many variables to say whether your streaming is better than your vinyl playback with your digitally sourced vinyl. ---how great is your streaming? ---how great is your vinyl playback? ---do you mostly listen to processed pop music? acoustic... | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? rack investment is a relative thing to where you are on the system building path. no one size fits all. 1-to begin with put your gear on the floor and invest your money in the best pair of speakers you can afford. that is the quickest path to the... | |
| Magico's M9 classic Audiogon clown show stuff. why do i even take the time to look? i know how the posts will read already. can’t this forum ever consider the performance merits or build quality of an expensive product, why does price get everyone’s panties ... | |
| Reel to Reel - Half Track - Quarter Track no, that deck cannot play a half track recording properly as it has 4 heads reading 2 tracks. not sure the spread of the heads so can’t say whether you are reading one track twice, or both tracks partially. in any case it’s never going to work. t... | |
| Has Your Hobby Changed? 2 weeks ago, on May 15th, i retired after 49 years in Automotive Retail. i am very curious to see how this change in my life and time management will affect my hifi/music loving hobby. now i can listen as much as i like, before i worked 55 hours ... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? accepting ’Get Back’ as a very good or great film or even worth the time does not make or break one’s Beatles fandom qualifications. i see this documentary as a table full of excesses which i visit and consume at my own speed. from time to time i ... | |
| Shootout: Roon versus Plex, Qobuz versus Tidal: Who Won? at the tip top of the hardware/software food chain (Wadax Ref dac and Ref server) hard to beat Roon and Quboz as of today. but Roon is hard baked into Wadax. as higher rez files are more common maybe Qudoz will get more competition. Tidal is quit... |