mikelavigne
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| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other I just compared Fleetwood Mac Rumours on audiophile vinyl (Pallas pressing) versus SACD. I used an EMM SACD player and ARC Reference level preamplification. The SACD had better and clearer highs (guitar fills mostly). The vinyl had a denser and m... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other well; i have lots of digital and vinyl masters from the same tape source.my darTZeel amplifiers have steady state and peak watt readouts on their face plates. readable from the listening position.i can play the same recording back to back and see ... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other i agree that these threads seek some sort of objective result, but that unless you are weapons free to approach these questions with unlimited resources we are going to have multiple "valid" if "not too useful" anecdotal based viewpoints. which is... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Wow, three turntables and $160k in digital hardware? Do you mind me asking what you do for a living Mike? i’m about to retire from managing a car dealership. it took 25 years to build up my system. a little each year. hifi is my way of coping wit... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other i have invested high degrees of assets in tape, vinyl and digital. taken each as far as i can go. as far as anyone. and my comments are related to the top level of each format. what happens in each format on the way to these levels could be comple... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? What about SUTs (set up transformers). Should that be a separate category for those with MC cartridges? with 2 of my 3 turntables i have recently added EMIA Silver wound 1:10 SUT's that were trans-formative to the performance. http://www.myemi... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? one more very significant thing.past a certain point......say over $15k-$20k mostly any turntable is good enough that the specific pressing matters more than the turntable.the media is a bigger issue than the gear once the gear gets to a certain l... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? most significant element depends on the level of analog you are at.at the entry level your biggest enemy is NOISE, so motor and platter will dominate the musical limitations. cartridge and arm are less significant, phono stage is also less signifi... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? @sdrsdrsdr It might be said there are different levels of the audiophile hobby.Level 1: digital Level 2: vinylLevel 3 : tape (15 ips)Im a level 2 that can’t afford level 3. there is a level 4.......1/2", 15ips tape. | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? yes.an audiophile is defined by a perspective, not owning gear, or format preference.it’s about wanting their music to sound as good as possible, and having an interest in high performance music reproduction.some of the most ’audiophile’ people I ... | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? are you asking how many times i’ve told my wife or friends that i’m done?done buying more gear? satisfied with the sound i have?bought my last turntable?my last cartridge?it’s a big number. might get bigger.honestly right now at 68 years, 9 months... | |
| Two Turntables? Why chicks dig turntables......multiple.:-)i've had as many as 5 at once, had one for a long time, now i have three.if you asked me 2 years ago i would have said i would only have one turntable forever.what changed?i realized (1) how much i enjoyed vi... | |
| Tube versus SS If you don’t need massive amounts of power to run your system would a stand-alone box regenerator be enough? when you say "your system", are you talking ’a’ system or.......’my’ system?obviously ’my’ system is built on lots of amplifier headroom.... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc I was also wondering if anybody else finds 45 RPM albums to be too noisy? i’d say you have to be more specific about 45rpm albums. and not all turntables are created equal.i likely own 95-99% of all the 45rpm albums out there (1500+) produced in ... | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? Another important point is that if I make a digital file of the playback of a vinyl album I get an exact copy of the ethereal sound. The digital now sounds like vinyl. In 192/24 you can not tell the difference between the actual vinyl and the digi... |