mikelavigne
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| Very best sounding Vinyl last time i visited Tom Port (Better Records) in his garage was 1999, and bought 10-15 records. not much impressed with his turntable. but i was happy with the pressings i bought. it was before he came up with the ’Hot Stamper’ branding.....and qu... | |
| Can a Hana SH cartridge be set up as either MC and MM? as yogiboy suggests, the Hana SH is a MM level output cartridge and should be used into a MM input (40db gain, 47k ohms).here is a helpful Absolute Sound review by Andre Jennings of the 4 Hana cartridge choices that explains the different gain of ... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? It looks nice and has an integrated mount for my 65” TV. Long term i absolutely want to replace it, but during this pandemic there’s no way I could do anything with this rack by myself. the good news about that Sanus is that it’s wide with a broa... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? sounds like your floor is pretty good, that’s a big positive. typically that is where you run into limitations.what rack are you currently using? you mention it’s not the best. that might be where you start first. a good rack does not need to get ... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? an audiophile is simply someone who cares about music sounding as good as possible. nothing more......no rules at all.they don’t even need to own any gear, or maybe have just one test track, or only MP3 on their i-phone.it’s the passion to care ab... | |
| You can't have too many bass traps... i am the poster child for too much bass trapping. and it only took me 10 years to figure it out.i did a clean sheet of paper built room in 2004 in a barn. it was a room inside a room. with bass trapping along the front walls (15’ x 9’ x 1’) and th... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other @rauliruegasto make sure i am on the same page with you, you are asking for 2-3 Lp’s where the digital version is better sounding than the vinyl version. right?i’m at work right now so i’ll pull a couple from my memory.Reference Recordings does so... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other djones51,I bought orange vinyl and when I sent that link to mikelavigne before my purchase he said it was the same record that he has (number, I guess). He did not comment on the color, though. In any case, the orange one sounds just fine to me, ... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Musicians say it sounds truest to what they hear coming from the instrument......it’s been multi-decades since ’musicians’ had any idea about anything other than digital.’a’ musician......maybe one in a thousand.one in a hundred working pro audio... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other I'm nowhere near Seattle but I would be more than happy to listen in a controlled blind test and see the preference of all involved. It might be vinyl but it still doesn't change reality. simply tell us the hardware and media to be played. we ... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other @roberttdid Mike, I will try to take you up on that offer to come listen after this whole Covid thing dies down which unfortunately looks like it won’t be any time soon. I may even bring my own digital source. I would be interested in your thought... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Some may prefer vinyl but it can’t hold the information that a digital file can it’s impossible. If a square wave won’t play then something is wrong. No such thing as " all analog". i completely understand your reluctance to allow actual listenin... | |
| Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other Robert,play this all analog record on a very high quality turntable...... https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/125556?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzfa9h_Cl6gIVEhLnCh0oigBLEAYYAyABEgI-EPD_BwE .......then provide a link to a digital recording that can do an acou... | |
| Does high end system with dedicated circuits need grounding products i think when we relate dedicated circuits to grounding we cause confusion, at least in the title to the thread. you do go on to discuss Synergistic Research grounding products.dedicated circuits are mostly related to safety issues related to the A... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? why do so many audiogon threads become ’one liner’ dumpster fires?i get liking it around here and then off we gooooooooooooooand it seems like they all go sorta south together. like in junior high school when the teacher loses the room. chaos. |