mikelavigne
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| Kenny Burrell's album Midnight Blue for me i have a few recordings where i KNOW where the performers are. for me it’s Ben Webster ’Georgia’ Live at the Renaissance, Ben is prominent hard left. i put that on, there is Ben, and i KNOW the channel set-up is right. | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR A high-res file is going through a DAC; a vinyl LP is going through a cartridge, a turntable, and a phono preamp. I don't know how those are going to sound the same. @larsman sure, you can add on the colorations of the vinyl playback to the ... | |
| I know this an old topic...but Tonearm for Garrard 301 :) Glanz SH-1200s, i enjoy mine which i use for my Murasakino Sumile Mono cartridge. beautiful stainless steel build quality sounds great. https://glanz.tech/e/collection/mh1200s1000s900s/ | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR i think AP UHQR or Impex One Step are all analog, whereas MFSL Ultra Disc One Step has a digital step. which is a distinction with a REAL DIFFERENCE. you don’t know if you are screwed with the first two, 40-60 year old tapes don't always = sublim... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? btw; my friend has both Fuuga and Etsuro Urushi Bordeaux cartridges, and uses Slagle SUT’s and EMIA 'custom' phono. PM me and i can connect you for that exact compare. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? love your direction. i have a warm place in my heart for my much loved Dobbins Garrard 301 from 2008-2011, i have owned -4- Etsuro cartridges and still have one which is my favorite all time moving coil cartridge. my main phono is the silver wound... | |
| Tone arm length there are a few classic 9" tone arm verses 12" tone arm points to consider. this is assuming all other things are equal between the 2 arms. 1--a 9" arm will have less mechanical resonance. just by being shorter. 2--a 9" arm will be less set-up c... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax @pindac i’m not the right guy for such a thread; i only happen to have this clock since i acquired it to optimize my Esoteric T1 turntable. so not knowing about what effect it would have with the transport, i tried it and it blew my mind at the e... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax @pindac the point of my first post was to comment that my inexpensive transport (a little over $2000 new) and inexpensive cable (under $1000 used) were boosted a lot by adding the clock, and my final comment was that likely a clock less expensive... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax Given your system, interesting decision on Teac transport. Are you testing the waters with Teac transport before you upgrade to Esoteric top tier CD transports like K-01XD or Grandioso K1X SE. @lalitk this is a bit involved...sorry for the lon... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax Thoughts? @soix i wanted (1) the new version of the VRDS transport, and wanted (2) a front loader for my rack. and (3) my Wadax Reference Dac does not have the i2S interface (it does have a proprietary Wadax interface, plus an option for an ev... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax Just got a new CD transport, the TEAC VRDS-701T, to plug into my Wadax dac, to access my 4000 disc CD collection. the price of this transport, $2700 list price, is very modest in the context of my Wadax dac (over $200k in it’s current config). ht... | |
| TIME'S CELEBRATION: ORTOFON FIRST CENTURY ANNIVERSARY ! ! ! ! ! Dear @rauliruegas, i hope you are well, my friend. yes, Ortofon cartridges have been a big part of my story. my close friend was a dealer who was very connected with what Ortofon was doing from 2008 or so, and he would allow me to get an early u... | |
| Vibration Control observe the paper read out from a seismograph. all those squiggly lines. now add resonance feedback from playing music over the top of that. now add any industrial noise, or traffic noise, or waves or even airplane noise. all those things are the... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? OT but do you use any special isolator pucks/pods etc directly under your DAC, streamer and amplifiers? I’ve recently heard very good things about Stack Audio’s Auva 100’s for speaker isolation and their EQ’s for individual components. I think i... |