mikelavigne
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| 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... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Western Electric Audio Porn.....if you are into that sort of thing. and some definitely are. i've not personally been bitten by this bug....yet.http://www.silbatoneacoustics.com/collection.html http://www.silbatoneacoustics.com/labsystems.html | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? I posted a picture of my system but I haven’t the faintest idea how to access the photo or create a link to it. It’s edcyn’s system, btw. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8753 here you go.nice kitty.......and nice system. enjoy!btw.....once ... | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? i did own the Ortofon MC Anna Diamond for a few months, which was similar to the Ortofon MC Century. both fantastic cartridges and a whole different level than those others.i still have a standard MC Anna, and previously owned a couple A90's.reall... | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? Why not just buy a good TT, and join the converted? his vinyl reference is from a cereal box......what else is there to say?opinions about vinyl have been based on worse data points, after all. :-) | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? sometimes the first step in responding is to try to make sure we understand the question.the ’sound’ comes from a stylus being dragged through a groove of undulations that cause the stylus to deflect and move a coil or magnet to send a signal. the... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Avantgarde Trios with basshorns can’t do this? or the big Cessaros? Not sure I agree with you here.I think your speakers are simply harder to drive in a large room than one thinks. depends on one’s expectations for large scale, complicated, repro... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... interesting thread.i happen to be the customer described in the opening post who bought the cartridge which prompted the USA distributor to get upset. it’s a complicated situation which i’m not going add anything here about. people have their pers... |