mikewerner
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| "The Heat Pipes are coming"... The Heat Pipes are My advice is to run, Run, RUN! | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon I have a pr of 40.1's. They really are amazing speakers.I too attend live concerts regularly. I also have a musical household - my son plays piano and violin, I play violin, and my other son plays trumpet. I know what instruments should sound like... | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? How about when you shut your eyes, can you imagine that you are in the venue?Sometimes I can.With digital it's like I'm there but pixillated.With analog, sometimes it works but usually there is smudge. | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? Have you never - even for just one song - mistaken it for the real thing? | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? Last night I went to my son's Violin Master's Class.Small venue - maybe 10 to 15 people present.Piano and violin, that's it.I have been listening to my digital source lately at home. I'm having trouble figuring it out. I know it doesn't sound real... | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? Sure, this is a broad topic... It's a struggle for me to remember what it was like before I was married.But what I am interested in here is comparisons made within a Stereo System.I do think that my impressions at least 1 week after a change has b... | |
| How close to the real thing? That's a thoughtful reply.Does the real thing have to be real?What are the goals?I think feeling the presence of live music is different, and being within it is even more so.Do you ever sing in church? How does that feel? Is it live?To me there is... | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? Blindjim - wow! Thanks for the answer, everybody.It's a strange fish to fry, isn't it?What I do is forget all about A/B'ng. I'm more with Elizabeth on this one. I just make a change.I DO NOT LIKE Stereo Stores and if they're scared to turn it on, ... | |
| How close to the real thing? Well, if you play a musical instrument vs. listen to sound, they are obviously very different things!IMO nothing can aproach the connection you get to the music with playing - even listening in a concert hall. Any electronic copy and reproduction ... | |
| What Do You Hear When You Adjust VTA? I agree, again.One thing that has helped me a lot is to play many records within a boxed set. Then you can be pretty sure the pressings are more or less uniform in vinyl thickness and the cutting angle. One set I have has aprox 100 records in it o... | |
| Reminded once again of VTA criticality... I agree. The acceptable range is narrow - especially for line contact styli. Little changes make a big difference in making the sound sound musical. | |
| What Do You Hear When You Adjust VTA? I hear a shift between muddy slow plodding muffled sound (VTA too low)- to shrill, hurt the ears, ringing nastiness.With my line contact stylus the correct setting is quite precise and the range of acceptable is narrow. | |
| Why mono? I just installed a Lyra Helikon mono on a spare armwand for a Graham 2.2 The sound is really present compared to mono recordings on my stereo cart (Benz LP) with the preamp switched to mono.I have been thinking about why. The best I can come up wi... |