mikelavigne
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| Best preamp with built in phono stage? darTZeel NHB-18NS battery powered preamp. Swiss; built like a tank if the tank was built by Rolex.i have owned this preamp in 2 versions since 2006, now with version 2 since 2016. great internal phono stage. my 18NS has 2 of these phono stages ins... | |
| Blown away by a vinyl version of a CD? if you think the vinyl version of JATPS is good compared to the CD, you should hear a good 15ips 1/4" master dub tape transfer of it on a high quality master recorder tape deck.JATPS is an audiophile war horse, and not musically everyone’s cup of ... | |
| Dolby Atmos - is it for Audiophiles? @mijostyn See Mike, even you think the theater folks are second class citizens :-)Your 2 way system is not pure analog as I do believe you have described playing CDs and digital files. not sure how you can make that case. having a digital source i... | |
| Dolby Atmos - is it for Audiophiles? what is Dolby Atmos?basically it’s object based reproduction, as opposed to discrete channels. which means it uses dsp to steer objects through the soundfield instead of discrete separate channels.the benefit is that it scales really well to highe... | |
| Complete Proprietary Systems Aries Cerat.......and Genesis Loudspeakers. both are state of the art cost no object brands.brands you will rarely encounter on AudiogoN. i think Aries Cerat does cables too, but do not advertise them. Genesis Cables use the Absolute Fidelity bran... | |
| What is the sound level of Your Listening Room? i have a room built on concrete, inside another room, inside a barn, 75 feet from my home, in the middle of 5 acres, in the mountains, away from any urban activity.so zero outside ambient noise comes in. no mechanical systems in the structure to s... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings @mapman Perhaps those who have heard well made digitally remastered versions of those otherwise obtuse early mono releases on phono. 😉 the point being of course that those early mono recordings were never obtuse; they simply required the proper t... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings an easy example that illustrates how a great system can find the musical truth is what happens with early mono pressings. you might have a few laying around that someone gave you. you play them with your stereo cartridge and they might sound like ... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings i think what great systems can do is to unravel and reveal the musical truth of more complicated dynamically challenging recordings that seem opaque, or harsh, or confused on lesser systems. this can be with any media type. but great systems canno... | |
| JBL Synthesis SDP-75 i own the Trinnov Altitude 16 processor for the Home Theater. the SPD-75 is a re-badged version of the Trinnov Altitude 32, which is very similar.Audiogon is the wrong place to ask about the JBL Synthesis SPD-75. the SPD-75 (Trinnov) is the most c... | |
| Best material for an isolation platform? look at this question as including the rack and floor type. the isolation base is going to just be one part of the equation. is the floor resonating with the music?if you have a suspended wood floor, first thing is to consider is solving the flex ... | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? when the vinyl playback tools and the vinyl pressings are top notch the vinyl classical music reproduction experience is unsurpassed. of my approximately 3000 Classical Lps, this magic happens maybe 60% of the time. my best sounding 45rpm classica... | |
| Your Top 10...Are the majority from when you were a teen? not even remotely close.i’m a child of the 60’s, graduated High School in 1969. so yes; my rock sweet spot is definitely 60’s and 70’s rock. but my tastes and main listening now is classical 60% and jazz 30% both of which i did not know about or w... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? i’ve challenged blind testing advocates to show me a system that equals or exceeds the performance of my system using only blind testing as a system building method.all i heard was crickets. zero response. blind testers don’t assemble systems usin... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? how much do you want to know about it?here is a Stereophile article about the highs and lows of Blind Testing.https://www.stereophile.com/features/141/index.htmlpersonally i have zero interest in blind testing as tool for system building.but i hav... |